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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/20/2020

 

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 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 April 20, 2020 - TK & Kindergarten - Celebrating Earth Week
Natural Resources

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The Earth Book, by Todd Parr
Students learn simple ways to take care of the planet. 

Video See and hear this story read by author Todd Parrd
Video Paired with the animated Think Earth which shows the impact humans have on the environment and how to minimize it for a healthier planet. Define and discuss natural resources: paper, metal, glass, oil. From the Think Earth Foundation.
Activities April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day - celebrate with a week of educational fun.
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

​Week of April 20, 2020 - First Grade - Celebrating Earth Week
The Five Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Rot, and Refuse

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Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years, by Stacy McAnulty
A simple story that joyfully introduces readers to key moments in the planet's life, from its formation over four billion years ago to the present and ends on a reflective note to encourage sharing, playing nice, and cleaning up.
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Video See and hear this story read by author Stacy McAnulty.
Video Paired with the animated Recycle Rex. Rex and friends learn about recycling firsthand when the field where they play is in jeopardy of being turned into a landfill. Define and discuss the Six Rs and how excessive packaging contributes to waste. 
Activities
 April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day - celebrate with a week of educational fun.
​Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 20, 2020 - Second Grade - Celebrating Earth Week
​Where Does Trash Go?

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Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! by Pat Cummings
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When Harvey cleans his room by stuffing everything under the rug he learns that though out of sight may be out of mind, it is not good enough when it comes to finding a place for his things. Discuss over-consumption and how landfills are filling to capacity. 
Video See and hear this story read by mrspierson99.

Video clip Toys All Gone
Activities April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day - celebrate with a week of educational fun.
​Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 20, 2020 - Third Grade - Celebrating Earth Week
Wetlands and Resources

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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, by Oliver Jeffers
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An uplifting, sweetly humorous observation about the importance of kindness, tolerance, and sharing.
Video See and hear this story read by MaiStoryBook. A paper doll chain craft is offered at the end.

Video curriculum connection Ballona Wetlands field trip. Opening with a visit to a wetlands preserve, and invoking "7th generation" wisdom, Common Ground, the Water, Earth and Air We Share imparts the message of conservation and responsibility for our shared natural resources and respect for the environment. The video is unavailable to share via distance learning. Please click here for a partial reading of the book. 
Activities April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day - celebrate with a week of educational fun.
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

​Week of April 20, 2020 - Fourth Grade - Celebrating Earth Week
Toxic Waste Disposal

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Cl;ick to play Big Yellow Taxi
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Someday a Tree, by Eve Bunting
A young girl, her parents, and their neighbors try to save an oak tree that has been poisoned by illegal hazardous waste dumping.
Video See and hear this story read by Jeff Eller.

Video Big Yellow Taxi sung by Joni Mitchell.  
Activities April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day - celebrate with a week of educational fun.
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 20, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Celebrating Earth Week
Taking Action for the Earth

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When Senator Nelson was Governor of Wisconsin (1958-1962) one of his priorities was to protect land from unrestrained development.
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Earth Day is an annual observance, held on April 22, to increase awareness of environmental issues. Millions of people worldwide gather to clean up litter, to protest threats to the environment, and to celebrate progress in reducing pollution. In 1969, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson suggested that a day of environmental education be held on college campuses. The following year, the lawyer and environmentalist Denis Hayes (then a recent graduate of Stanford University) led hundreds of students in organizing the observance of Earth Day on April 22, 1970. About 20 million people participated in this celebration. The event helped to alert people to the dangers of pollution and fostered a new environmental movement. Also in 1970, Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency to set and enforce pollution standards, and passed the Clean Air Act which limits the amount of air pollution that cars, utilities, and industries could release. Other environmental laws soon followed. (Hayes, Denis. "Earth Day." World Book Student. World Book, 2016. Web. 18 Apr. 2016.)
The effort continues with Grades of Green, a grassroots organization that teaches kids about environmental stewardship that got its start at Grand View Elementary School in 2009. 
Website History of Earth Day
Love Your World, by Dawn Sirett

Remember the promises you made when you were younger about taking care of the Earth? Simple text and photographs offer suggestions on things children can do to help the environment, such as grow garden, recycle, and reuse materials. 
Video See and hear this story read by Erin Schneider.

Video ABC7 Eyewitness News Manhattan Beach Students are Pros at Saving the Planet 
Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World by Allan Drummond
Read-aloud Video Mrs. Snively reads Pedal Power.
The story of the people in Amsterdam in the 1970s who led protests against crowded, unsafe streets and took over a vehicles-only tunnel on their bikes, showing what a little pedal power could do.
Video How Amsterdam Became a Bicycle Paradise.

Activities April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day - celebrate with a week of educational fun
​Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

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