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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
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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
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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
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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

3/16/2020

 

Week of March 16, 2020
​MBUSD Schools Dismissed - Distance Learning in Place

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MBUSD Protocol Helps to Flatten the Curve
Beginning March 16 all MBUSD students begin distance learning and school buildings are closed to the public. The earliest date our schools are expected to re-open is Tuesday, April 14.
Explaining COVID-19 to Kids
News of the coronavirus is everywhere, and many adults are wondering how to discuss this topic in a way that will be reassuring and not make kids more worried than they already may be. Fortunately, there are some great resources to help at South Bay Families Connected.
The Importance of Following Social Distancing Protocols
Are your children asking why they may not get together with friends to play or do schoolwork over the next few weeks? This article from Medium helps to explain the importance of social distancing: Social Distancing: This is Not a Snow Day.
Online Access to the Library is Available 24/7
Search various databases, the catalog, and more by visiting grandviewlibrary.info. Under the Resources tab find Encyclopedia Britannica and TeachingBooks.net. The username and password for both is mbusd and beach. Just for fun, try StorylineOnline, found under the Resources for Students dropdown. Hear actor Chris O'Dowd read Arnie the Doughnut --hilarious!

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.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/2/2020

 

Week of March 2, 2020 - All Grades - CYRM Picture Book Nominees
Curriculum Connection - Social Emotional Wellness

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About the California Young Reader Medal 
2019 Winners Grand View, MBUSD, and statewide results  
This Week we connect to our schoolwide focus on social emotional wellness with two CYRM nominees:
Can I Be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings
A dog looking for a home sends letters to prospective owners on Butternut Street, with surprising results.
Video NKLA Adoption Center in West Los Angeles

The Bad Seed, by Jory John
Book Trailer TeachingBooks.net
A naughty seed with a bad attitude, bad temper, and bad manners vows to change his life for the better, but his efforts are met with skepticism by his friends.
Activity Sunflower coloring sheet
Take Home Each student will get one sunflower seed to plant outside the library or at home.

Week of March 2, 2020 - Fourth and Fifth Grade
3rd Nominee CYRM Picture Book for Older Readers & Vote 

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Her Right Foot, by Dave Eggers Presents facts about the Statue of Liberty, describing its creation in France, assembly in the United States in 1886, and the symbolism of its right foot which appears to be breaking free from chains.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/24/2020

 

Week of February 24, 2020
​TK, Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade
Rotary Club Volunteers Help Us Wish Dr. Seuss a Happy Birthday

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Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904-September 24, 1991)
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You find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.
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Rotary Four Way Test
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Working to end Polio worldwide

Week of February 24, 2020
TK

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Ten Apples Up On Top!
by Dr. Seuss writing as Theo. LeSieg
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A lion, tiger, and dog are balancing ten apples on their heads when two irritable bears start to chase them.
Activity Cat in the Hat coloring sheet 

Website Seussville

Week of February 24, 2020
​Kindergarten

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I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
by Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat takes Young Cat in tow to show him the fun he can get out of reading.
Activity Cat in the Hat coloring sheet
Website Seussville

Week of February 24, 2020
​First Grade

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And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, by Dr. Seuss
Marco struggles to report truthfully to his father the events of his day, rather than embellish the dull sights in order to make for a more exciting tale. Published in 1937, this first book for children by Dr. Seuss was rejected by 27 publishers before being accepted by Vanguard Press.
Video 4-year-old on the importance of reading
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Activity Create your Dr. Seuss name Students experiment with their names to create their own pseudonyms: Doctor + Middle Name.
Website Seussville

Week of February 24, 2020
Second Grade

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Wild About Books, by Judy Sierra
In this celebration of the literary life, librarian Molly McGrew drives her bookmobile into the zoo, and then the fun begins! The animals draw close to listen to a Dr. Seuss story, and once they "learn all about this new something called reading," they try creating their very own stories.
Video 4-year-old on the importance of reading
Activity Create your Dr. Seuss name Students experiment with their names to create their own pseudonyms: Doctor + Middle Name and 
Abbreviation of First Name + Last Name spelled backwards.

Website Seussville

Week of February 24, 2020 - Third Grade
​Black History Month and Narrative Nonfiction

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Farm Boy circa 1940,
(top right). Library of Congress, Bound for Glory exhibit
Tenant Farmhouse, Poplar Grove Plantation, North Carolina
(bottom right). Library of Congress, Bound for Glory exhibit
Mr. Williams,
 by Karen Barbour
"I was good at making my rows straight." Born the same year as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mr. Williams lived simply, sometimes facing the harsh reality of racism in the South. This understated biography drives home that though most of us will not grow up to be famous, we can live our lives with dignity.

Week of February 24, 2020 - Fourth and Fifth Grade
California Young Reader Medal - Picture Book for Older Readers

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California Young Reader Medal About
Lillian's Right to Vote: a Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, by Jonah Winter
An elderly woman stands at the bottom of a steep hill, determined to walk to the top to cast her vote. As she climbs she recalls significant people and events that have led her to this day: her great-great-grandparents being sold at a slave auction, her great-grandpa picking cotton, her uncle failing unfair voting registration tests, her parents being deterred from the polls, cross burnings, civil rights marches, and, finally, the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. An afterword details the story's inspiration -- African American Lillian Allen, who voted in 2008 at age 100 -- and notes how the 1965 Voting Rights Act has been diminished by a 2013 Supreme Court decision.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/17/2020

 

Week of February 17, 2020
No School - Presidents Holiday Recess

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/10/2020

 

Week of February 10, 2020 - TK - Happy Valentine's Day

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Set the Mood Happy Dog Music
​I Love Dogs! by Sue Stainton
Lazy dogs, crazy dogs, yappy dogs, happy dogs... and one very special dog.
Clifford's First Valentine's Day, by Norman Bridwell
Emily Elizabeth describes all the Valentine fun that she and Clifford had when he was just a tiny puppy in her pocket.

Never Too Little to Love, by Jeanne Willis
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How can a tiny mouse get the kiss he needs?

Activity Valentine lift-the-flap
At home activity Heart Mouse Paper Craft Instructions

Week of February 10, 2020 - Kindergarten - Happy Valentine's Day

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Set the Mood Whimsical Music
Mr. Tanen's Ties,
 by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
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The principal at Lynnhurst Elementary School is well known for his colorful and unusual ties, but his boss orders him to stop wearing them until he learns to love them too, and ties a knot of another sort.

Activity: Necktie Craft

Week of February 10, 2020 - First Grade - Happy Valentine's Day

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​Yuck, a Love Story,
 by Don Gillmor 
​Austin has a hard time admitting he likes his new neighbor, Amy, but when her birthday comes he goes to fantastic lengths to get her an unexpected present.
Video 
Small Talk "Kids on Valentine's Day: What's this Love Thing All About?" 
Activity Coloring sheet with yucky fluffy slime recipe

Week of February 10, 2020 - Second Grade - Happy Valentine's Day

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Set the Mood Classic Japanese Music
Video
 Zamami Island, Okinawa, Japan
Shiro in Love,
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Shiro started as an unwanted pup left in a garbage dump, but after he was rescued he became famous in Japan.
Set the Mood Classic Japanese Music

Activity Valentine's Day coloring sheet

​Week of February 10, 2020 - Third Grade - Happy Valentine's Day

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Set the Mood Classic Cuban music
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach, by Carmen Agra Deedy
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When her grandmother advises lovely cockroach Martina to spill coffee on suitors to see their true personality revealed, the beautiful cockroach is in for a surprise.
Video 
Cockroaches: Public Enemy #1 Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
Activity Cockroach coloring sheet

Week of February 10, 2020 - Fourth Grade - Celebrating Love

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Set the Mood Everly Brothers All I Have to Do is Dream, 1958 
The Case for Loving,
 by Selina Alko
Children these days would be shocked to know that before 1967 they could not marry a person of a race different from their own. This is the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple who, in 1958, struggled with marriage laws. They fought the unfair laws and took their case all the way to the Supreme Court.
Celebrate the Supreme Court Ruling The Beatles All You Need is Love, 1967
Video NBC Nightly News Report: the Loving Case (aired 2012)

Week of February 10, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Valentine & Novel Study

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Set the Mood Whimsical Music
​XO, Ox: A Love Story,
by Adam Rex

A hapless ox and a graceful gazelle share an affectionate correspondence initiated by the ox that transforms as the conceited gazelle is won over by the ox's hopelessly romantic overtures.
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Schooled, by Gordon Korman
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Although he knows a lot about Zen Buddhism, nothing has prepared home schooled Capricorn Anderson for an A-list bully, a popular girl, and middle school politics. The shifting points of view capture a pitch-perfect "fish out of water" story.

Activity Journal responses to writing prompts will be written in cursive (link to chart). Why Writing by Hand Could Make You Smarter, by William R. Klemm, Ph.D., Psychology Today, posted March 14, 2013.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/3/2020

 

Week of February 3, 2020 - TK & Kindergarten - 100th Day of School

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The Very Kind Rich Lady and Her One Hundred Dogs, by Chinlun Lee
The very kind rich lady cares for 100 lucky dogs!

Video Will Zero the Hero visit Grand View on the 100th Day?
Activity Dog name coloring sheet

Week of February 3, 2020 - First Grade
Black History is American History

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Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story, by Ruby Bridges
In 1960 Ruby Bridges became a pioneer in school integration at the age of six, when she was chosen to spend her first-grade year in what had formerly been an all-white elementary school.
Activity Have courage and be kind coloring sheet

Week of February 3, 2020 - Second Grade
​Black History is American History

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Video Rosa Parks Discovery Education (password protected)
Rosa Parks, by Lisbeth Kaiser
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A brief biography of Rosa Parks, African American civil rights activist.
Activity Have courage and be kind coloring sheet

Week of February 3, 2020 - Third Grade
​Black History is American History

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White Socks Only, by Evelyn Coleman
Grandma tells the story about her first trip alone into town during the days when segregation still existed in Mississippi, and how her naive assumption about a sign earned her a whipping from an angry man.
The Other Side, by Jacqueline Woodson
Though a literal and figurative fence segregates a town, two girls find a way to overcome the separation and become playmates at the dawn of the Civil Rights Era and Freedom Summer.

Activity Have courage and be kind coloring sheet

Week of February 3, 2020 - Fourth Grade
​Black History is American History

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Light in the Darkness, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Risking a whipping if they are discovered, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field where they learn to read and write in a pit school.

Words Set Me Free, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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A biography of the early life of Frederick Douglass, one of the first leaders of the antislavery movement. Discusses how he spent his childhood as a slave on a plantation, was sold at the age of eight to Hugh and Sophia Auld in Baltimore, and explains that learning to read was the key to his freedom.
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Activity Have courage and be kind coloring sheet

Week of February 3, 2020 - Fifth Grade
​Black History is American History

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Henry's Freedom Box, by Ellen Levine
A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave (c1815-1897) escaped to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate to Philadelphia.
Henry Climbs a Mountain, by D.B. Johnson

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), refused to pay taxes to a state that allowed slavery and was arrested in 1846. The endnote explains that Thoreau assisted slaves in fleeing to Canada, and that both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. were inspired by Thoreau's writings about peaceful civil disobedience.
Video Greensboro Four Woolworth's Lunch Counter AwesomeStories.com February 1, 1960, four black college students sat a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. Their peaceful protest inspired other people to organize sit-ins throughout the South.
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
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Four young men who followed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s words of peaceful protest and dared to sit at a "whites only" lunch counter.
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Activity Have courage and be kind coloring sheet

Read-alouds and Presentations Week-to-Week by Grade Level

1/27/2020

 

Week of January 27, 2020
Hero in the Hallway Kindness Nominations Continue

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Hero in the Hallway Kindness Nominations When we perform acts of kindness, we can make the world into the better place that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned. Students, teachers, and staff are invited to be on the look out for everyday heroes in the hallway performing kindnesses large and small and nominate them for recognition at the Kindness Assembly on February 5th. The nomination forms and collection box are in the library.

Week of January 27, 2020 - Youth Media Awards Announced 

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American Library Association Youth Media Awards
Each year the American Library Association honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards, including the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards, guide parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards encourage original and creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature and media.
Time and Place
The 2020 Youth Media Award announcements will take place on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at 8 a.m. ET from the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia. Fans can follow the action live at 
http://ala.unikron.com.

​Week of January 27, 2020 - TK - Penguins

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Video Penguin Cam Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
Sergio Makes a Splash, by Edel Rodriguez
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Even though he loves water, Sergio the penguin is afraid to swim in the deep water until he learns how.

Activity Penguins coloring sheet

Week of January 27, 2020 - Kindergarten - Penguins

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Penguins ABC, by Kevin Schaefer
Bright, bold photographs depict adorable penguins diving, jumping, and waddling through the ABCs.
Video Penguin Cam Discovery Education Streaming Video 
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The Emperor's Egg, by Martin Jenkins
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Describes the parental behavior of Emperor penguins, focusing on how the male keeps the egg warm until it hatches and how the parents care for the chick after it is born.

Activity Penguins coloring sheet

Week of January 27, 2020 - First Grade - Groundhog Day

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Video History of Groundhog Day Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected) Find out the story behind Punxsutawney Phil and the history of Groundhog Day.
Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox, by Susan Blackaby
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Brownie is waiting for spring and meets a fox... will Brownie be able to talk her way out of becoming a mid-winter snack?
Activity 
Groundhog Coloring Sheet
At-Home Activity Ground Hog Pudding Cups Turn pudding, cookies, and simple trimmings into the cutest treat ever! 

​Week of January 27, 2020 - Second Grade - Dinosaurs

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Are the Dinosaurs Dead, Dad? by Julie Middleton
During a trip to the museum Dave keeps trying to get his dad's attention. The dinosaurs around him are springing to life!

What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs? by Carol Carrick
Patrick imagines that at one time dinosaurs were great friends of people and were responsible for building the world we enjoy today.

Video United Kingdom: Birds Related to Dinosaurs Discovery Education (password protected) Scientists study the link between modern birds and dinosaurs.
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime, by Bob Shea
Roaar! Roaaaar! Nothing can stop him!
How to Be a T Rex, by Ryan North
Sal decides she is not going to be a teacher or doctor or lawyer when she grows up --she is going to be an awesome Tyrannosaurus rex.
Activity Draw Bob Shea's dinosaur (hint: start with a sideways rounded heart shape)

Week of January 27, 2020 - Third Grade
​Curriculum Connection - Ballona Wetlands Field Trip

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Website Ballona Wetlands 
Heron Street, by Ann Turner
Over the centuries as people settle near the marsh by the sea, herons and other animals are displaced.
Secret Place, by Eve Bunting
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A boy learns that the city with all its concrete and noise can also be a home for wildlife when he sees egrets, cinnamon teals, and mallard families nesting in a secret place between two walls.

Week of January 27, 2020 - Fourth and Fifth Grade
California Young Reader Medal - Picture Book for Older Readers

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California Young Reader Medal About 
Malala's Magic Pencil, by Malala Yousafzai
This picture book by history's youngest Nobel Prize laureate describes how as a child in Pakistan (born 1997) she wished for a magic pencil to make others happy and to make her home cleaner and safer. In her young lifetime she has already experienced devastating changes to her country, which has been transformed into a hotbed of terrorism. Malala now lives in Birmingham, England and devotes her life to the good of the people her belief that all girls everywhere deserve an education.
​Video A brief interview with Malala in her hometown in 2018.
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