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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

5/4/2020

 

MBUSD schools are dismissed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance learning is in place for the rest of the school year.

To my dear Grand View parents: During this time we are apart the classes are receiving library content from me via Zoom. Students unable to participate in the sessions are welcome to enjoy the content here. There will be a fresh posting each Monday.
Mrs. Snively Reads to You Click here to view a few videos of me reading out loud. Publishers have waived copyright restrictions during this time of social distancing.
To my library colleagues around the country: you are welcome to borrow any ideas that may work for your own students. ​​​​​​​​

​Week of May 4, 2020 - TK - Children's Book Week

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Children's Book Week The world of Mo Willems is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
That Is NOT a Good Idea! by Mo Willems
A plump mama goose is invited to dinner by a hungry fox while her babies warn that it is a bad idea.
Video Click here for a read-aloud from BookToons.
Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

Week of May 4, 2020 - Kindergarten - Children's Book Week

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Children's Book Week This mystery is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
​There are No Bears in This Bakery, by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Muffin the cat investigates a suspicious noise at the Little Bear Bakery where a cub with a growling tummy has consumed all the yummy goods.
Video Click here for a read-aloud from SnuggleBug StoryTime.
Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

​Week of May 4, 2020 - First Grade - Children's Book Week

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Children's Book Week This book about bravery is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna the Very First Chicken, by Douglas Rees
The planet's first prehistoric chicken, Edna, confronts a stomping, hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex who scares away the other dinosaurs but is startled by Edna's mighty beak and bravely flapping wings.
Video Click here for a read-aloud with the author on Wee Share Stories, San Jose Public Library.
Video Click here for a Laughing Rooster Contest on The Kid Should See This.
Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

Week of May 4, 2020 - Second Grade - Children's Book Week

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Children's Book Week This book about honesty is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Betty Bunny Didn't Do It, by Michael B. Kaplan
When Betty Bunny breaks a lamp, she blames it on the Tooth Fairy. “Is that the honest truth?” her mom asks. “It's an honest lie,” Betty Bunny replies proudly. Honest lies, white lies, crying wolf – how can a little bunny keep track of the right thing to do?
Video Click here for a read-aloud by Cara Niemeyer.
Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

Week of May 4, 2020 - Third Grade - Children's Book Week
Curriculum Connection: Writing Fairy Tales

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Children's Book Week These fairy tales are exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Elements of Fairy Tales Readwritethink.org
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude, by Kevin O'Malley
Videos Before reading the story, set the mood with We Are Princesses and The Biker.
Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess whose beloved ponies are being stolen by a giant, and a boy conjures up a muscular biker who will guard the last pony in exchange for gold.
Video Click here for a read-aloud by Carin Barwick.
Waking Beauty, by Leah Wilcox
​Prince Charming tries all sorts of silly ways to wake Sleeping Beauty before he learns how he is really supposed to wake her up.
Video Click here for a read-aloud by Mrs. Nottoli.
​Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

Week of May 4, 2020 - Fourth Grade - Children's Book Week
​Curriculum Connection: Parody as Literary Device

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Children's Book Week These stories are exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Definition of Parody literarydevices.com 
The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of receiving anything in return.
Online Access Click here to read the book on Epic
The Taking Tree, by Shrill Travesty
A selfish little boy takes advantage of a long-suffering tree who finally gives him just what he deserves in this parody of The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein.
Video Click here for a read-aloud by Read Roam Love.
Video Click here for The Tree's Revenge, a brief animated parody
Video Eat It Weird Al Yankovic's music video parody of Michael Jackson's Beat It.
​Activities Click here for various Children's Book Week resources.

Week of May 4, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Children's Book Week

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Children's Book Week This picture book biography is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Girl Running : Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon, by Annette Bay Pimentel
An uplifting account of the achievements of the first woman to run the Boston Marathon describes how as a girl, Bobbi Gibb was not allowed to participate in sports at school and was subsequently barred from the 1966 Boston Marathon, compelling her to prove that women are just as capable as men.
Video Click here for a read-aloud by rkspiro.
Video Click here for a 2016 interview with Bobbi Gibb.
Update Although today about half of the race participants are women, there is just one sculpture of a female runner along the race route. It is sculpted by Bobbi Gibb, modeled after herself, and was installed in 2019.
COVID-19 Update Originally scheduled for April 20, the 2020 Boston Marathon has been rescheduled for September 14.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/30/2020

 

As of March 16, 2020, MBUSD schools are dismissed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance learning is in place until further notice.

To my dear Grand View parents: During this time we are apart, please enjoy these stories with your children. They are what I would have presented, with modifications for the new normal of distance learning. There will be a fresh posting each Monday.
Mrs. Snively Reads to You Click here to view a few videos of me reading out loud. Publishers have waived copyright restrictions during this time of social distancing.
To my library colleagues around the country: you are welcome to borrow any ideas that may work for your own students. ​

​Week of March 30, 2020 - TK & Kindergarten - Let's Roll

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Roly-Poly Egg, by Kali Stileman
Read-aloud Video Mrs. Snively reads Roly-Poly Egg
Splotch is a small bird who lives high up in a tree. One day, she lays an egg. It is small and very spotty, but Splotch thinks it is perfect in every way! This is the story of Splotch and the adventure of her roly-poly egg. Follow the dotted line and see where it goes. Along the way, find lots of animals and a butterfly on every page.
Science Connection Video When I was a little girl, I adored roly polies! Somehow, they were not creepy like other insects, and guess what? They are not true insects! Learn all about the wonderful roly poly here at The Kid Should See This. 
Activity There is no right or wrong way to make your own Splotch and egg. Get some paint and blend two colors in a riotous scribble-circle for Splotch's body; add legs, feet, eyes, and the egg with paper cut outs glued on, or by drawing them on with crayon. Here is a how-to.
Let's Roll While you're waiting for paint and/or glue to dry, roll around in the backyard like a roly poly!

Week of March 30, 2020 - First Grade - Annual Egg Drop

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The Perfect Nest, by Catherine Friend
With hopes of making a delicious omelet, Jack builds a nest to catch a chicken, but ends up attracting more than the bird.
Read-aloud Video Mrs. Snively reads The Perfect Nest
Alternate Video See and hear this story read by Hannibal Ferret Storybooks. The reader is off camera and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.
STEM Egg Drop Activity First graders would have had an "egg drop" on the last Friday before Spring Break, testing out the different ways one might cushion an egg to have it land unbroken when dropped from the roof of the first grade classrooms. Ideas are here on buggyandbuddy.com/stem. ​Fresh eggs may be too scarce at the moment to drop in this way; try the experiment using an empty egg shell filled with small toys or glitter and taped together.
Activity Download and print a Humpty Dumpty coloring sheet ​

Week of March 30, 2020 - Second Grade - Serving Eggs Again

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The Good Egg, by Jory John
A very good egg learns to relax and not be perfect all the time. Sequel to the 2020 CYRM nominee, The Bad Seed. 
Video See and hear this story read by The Joyful Bookshelf.
Guji Guji, by Chih-Yuan Chen
A crocodile hatched and raised by a mother duck must come up with a plan to save his family when a trio of bad crocodiles try to convince him to serve up his relatives for their dinner.
Video See and hear this story read by actor Robert Guillaume on storylineonline.net.
Activity Make simple egg carton chicks from the instructions found at wikihow.com.

Week of March 30, 2020 - Third Grade
Women's History Month and The Glass Ceiling

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Ruby's Wish, by Shirin Yim Bridges
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.
Read-aloud Video Mrs. Snively reads Ruby's Wish. (video element to come)
Activity Ruby and her cousins practiced calligraphy. Have fun creating your own font with this Simple Calligraphy Tutorial for Kids. 

Week of March 30, 2020 - Fourth Grade
Women's History Month and Labor Laws

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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909, by Michelle Markel
Describes how immigrant Clara Lemlich Shavelson (1886-1982) fought against poor treatment of her fellow factory workers, leading the largest walkout of women workers in the country in 1909.
View the book at celebratepicturebooks.com
More about Clara Lemlich Shavelson The written record of history made by women is woefully inadequate: there is still no separate entry in the encyclopedia for this heroic woman. Learn more about Clara at pbs.org. 
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica article

Week of March 30, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Women's History Month

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Miss Moore Thought Otherwise, by Jan Pinborough
​Video See and hear this story read by Readalotamus Books Read Aloud. The reader is off camera and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.
Once upon a time, American children couldn’t borrow library books. Reading wasn’t all that important for children, many thought. Luckily Miss Anne Carroll Moore (1871-1961) thought otherwise! This is the true story of how Miss Moore created the first children’s room at the New York Public Library, a bright, warm room filled with artwork, window seats, and most important of all, borrowing privileges to the world’s best children’s books in many different languages.
Controversy over Goodnight Moon There is a reason why this classic by Margaret Wise Brown is missing from the New York Public Library's list of the ten-most checked out books of all time. Slate article by Dan Koits, January 13, 2020.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/23/2020

 

As of March 16, 2020, MBUSD schools are dismissed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance learning is in place until further notice.

​To my dear Grand View parents: During this time we are apart, please enjoy these stories with your children. They are what I would have presented, with modifications for the new normal of distance learning. There will be a fresh posting each Monday.
To my library colleagues around the country: you are welcome to borrow any ideas that may work for your own students. 

Week of March 23, 2020 - TK and Kindergarten - The Alphabet

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A Busy Creature's Day Eating! by Mo Willems
A raucous creature eats everything in sight from A to Z.
Video See and hear this book read aloud by Mike Golczynski on Mr. Mike's Storytime Bonanza from the Ionia Community Library. The reader is off camera, and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.
Activity Download and print pages to make your own ABC book from easypeasyandfun.com.
More Mo Did you know Mo Willems will doodle with you? Click here for doodle fun with Mo.

Week of March 23, 2020 - First Grade
Bedtime, or Anytime, Reading Together Makes Us Feel Better

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Good Night, Good Knight, by Shelley Moore Thomas
A Good Knight helps three little dragons who are having trouble getting to sleep.
Video See and hear this book read by Grandma at MaynStreetLife.
Get Well, Good Knight, by Shelley Moore Thomas
A good knight does his best to help his three ill dragon friends with a wizard's soups, but when these fail miserably, the knight realizes he needs a more dependable source of aid.
Video See and hear this book read by Shauna Patek.

​Week of March 23, 2020 - Second Grade
A Playful Connection to Dinosaur Research Project

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Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads, by Bob Shea Sheriff Ryan might only be seven years old, and he might not know much about roping. But he knows a lot about dinosaurs. And it turns out that knowing a thing or two about paleontology can come in handy when it comes to hoodwinking and rounding up a few no-good bandits.
Pre-read discussion Front load some of the vocabulary with this guide found at teachingbooks.net provided by Macmillan.
Video See and hear this story read by Dustin Steichmann for AHEV Library. The reader is off camera and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.
Activity Extend the reading experience with this guide found at teachingbooks.net provided by Macmillan.

Week of March 23, 2020 - Third Grade - Women's History Month

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Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine, by Laurie Wallmark
​Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was fascinated by numbers as a child and is considered by many to be the mother of computer programming. In 1953, more than a century after her death, her notes on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine were republished. The engine has now been recognized as an early model for a computer and her notes as a description of a computer and software. ​
Video See the story presented by author Laurie Wallmark at Talks by Google. The author reads the story and asks thought-provoking questions.
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Margaret and the Moon, by Dean Robbins Margaret Hamilton (1936-    ) loves mathematics; in fact, she loves knowing about everything, and she wonders, "Why didn't more girls grow up to be doctors? Or scientists? Or anything else they wanted?" Computers are still brand-new in the 1950s and '60s, so when Margaret discovers them, she experiments to figure out what they might do: simple mathematics, tracking airplanes, predicting the weather. As the director of software programming for an MIT laboratory working for NASA, she helps Apollo 8 orbit the moon and Apollo 10 get within 9 miles of the moon's surface. When Apollo 11 runs into problems, Margaret and her computer codes get them out of trouble and onto the moon.
Video See and hear this story read by Rebecca Knowles at Rebecca Reads. The reader is off camera and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.

Week of March 23, 2020 - Fourth Grade - Women's History Month

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Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? by Tanya Lee Stone
​Describes the opposition Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) faced while pursuing a medical education, and her pioneering medical career that opened doors for future generations of women. Blackwell was rejected by 28 medical schools before being accepted to Geneva College (now Hobart College) in New York. She was the first woman in the United States (1849) to earn a medical degree.
Pre-read discussion Parent and child can each tell about something they wanted to do, but were told that they could not. Why did you want to do it? How did it feel to be denied the opportunity?
​Video See and hear this story read by NC Bookgirl Colleen Yarnell. The reader is off camera and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.
Activity To enrich and deepen the understanding of the material, try these discussion questions found at teachingbooks.net.

Week of March 23, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Women's History Month

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I Dissent, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark, by Debbie Levy
A picture book portrait of the celebrated Supreme Court justice traces her achievements through the lens of her many famous acts of civil disagreement against inequality, unfair treatment and human rights injustice. In celebration of her 86th birthday on March 15, 2019, fans "planked like Ruth."
Video See and hear this story read by the Children's Librarian at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
Activity Extend the reading experience with this curriculum guide provided by Simon & Schuster.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/9/2020

 

Week of March 9, 2020
All Grades - California Young Reader Medal, Picture Book Category

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About the California Young Reader Medal 
2019 Winners Grand View, MBUSD, and statewide results  
This Week For the love of reading
The Highest Mountain of Books in the World, by Roccio Bonilla
A boy who wants to fly discovers the many ways that books can take him to the greatest heights.

Week of March 9, 2020 - First Grade
CYRM Thematic Connection - For the Love of Reading

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Little Libraries, Big Heroes, by Miranda Paul
The story of how the Little Free Library organization brings communities together through books, from founder Todd Bol's first installation to the creation of more than 75,000 mini-libraries around the world.

Week of March 9 - Second Grade - Women's History Month

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Sofia Valdez, Future Prez, by Andrea Beaty
Sofia Valdez proves that community organizers of any age can have a positive impact.

Week of March 9, 2020 - Third Grade - Women's History Month

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The House that Jane Built, by Tanya Lee Stone
Details the life of social worker and activist Jane Addams (1860-1935). At a young age, Addams became aware that not all people had the advantages in life that she enjoyed, and she was determined to "find a way to fix the world."
Video segment Jane Addams Founds Hull House in Chicago Discovery Education streaming video (password protected) about 3 minutes (begin at :38).
Conclude with details from back matter of The House that Jane Built..

Week of March 9, 2020 - Fourth Grade - Women's History Month

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A Woman for President, the Story of Victoria Woodhull, by Kathleen Krull
Traces the life and accomplishments of the American suffragist Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) who became the first successful female stockbroker and later started a newspaper and ran for president in 1872.

Week of March 9, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Women's History Month

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Victoria Woodhull, 1872
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Margaret Chase Smith, 1964
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Shirley Chisholm, 1972
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Hillary Clinton, 2008 & 2016
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Elizabeth Warren, 2020
Four women were serious candidates for president. What happened? by Swanee Hunt
Last week Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced the end of her presidential campaign, and US Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), has virtually no chance of winning.
Video Someday: the Long Fight for a Female President 
The story of women running for the highest office from 1872 to 2016.
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