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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

1/11/2021

 

Week of January 11, 2021 - TK and Kindergarten
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, by Jean Marzollo
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Focuses on highlights and accomplishments to help the very young appreciate Dr. King. 
Schoolwide Spirit Project Sponsored by Student Council Print the I Have a Dream template and hang it on the school fence on Friday, January 15.
Crafty Connection Use crayons to create scratch art in the style used to illustrate the book. Directions
Connection MLK coloring sheet

Week of January 11, 2021 - First Grade
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day, by Mir Tamim Ansary
Introduces Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, explaining the historical events behind it, how it became a holiday, and how it is observed.
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Strictly No Elephants, by Lisa Mantchev
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Sweetly affirming, a boy and his unusual pet create a space where all are welcome.
Schoolwide Spirit Project Sponsored by Student Council Print the I Have a Dream template and hang it on the school fence on Friday, January 15.
Connection MLK coloring sheet

Week of January 11, 2021 - Second Grade
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day, by Mir Tamim Ansary
Introduces Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, explaining the historical events behind it, how it became a holiday, and how it is observed.
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade, by Justin Roberts
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Sally McCabe is a very little girl who speaks out about the unkindness she sees, and people start to pay attention.
Schoolwide Spirit Project Sponsored by Student Council Print the I Have a Dream template and hang it on the school fence on Friday, January 15.
Connection MLK coloring sheet

Week of January 11, 2021 - Third Grade
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers, by Christine King Farris
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Growing up in the segregated South forced a very young Martin to learn a bitter lesson, and as a seven-year-old he embarked on a journey that would change the course of American history.
Video The Story of MLK by Kid President 
Video Children give speeches inspired by Dr. King 

Schoolwide Spirit Project Sponsored by Student Council Print the I Have a Dream template and hang it on the school fence on Friday, January 15.
Connection MLK coloring sheet

Week of January 11, 2021 - Fourth Grade
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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My Uncle Martin's Words for America, by Angela Farris Watkins
The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. recounts her uncle's work to promote racial equality and introduces key events during the civil rights era, focusing on key tenets of King's philosophy: freedom, justice, brotherhood and nonviolence.
What a Wonderful World based on the song by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss Illustrations and lyrics introduce a song, first recorded in 1967 by Louis Armstrong, which celebrates the wonders of nature, loving friends, and the promise of the future in a baby's cry.
Video Children give speeches inspired by Dr. King 
Video Louis Armstrong sings What a Wonderful World with spoken word introduction. ​
Video What a Wonderful Word, animation
Schoolwide Spirit Project Sponsored by Student Council Print the I Have a Dream template and hang it on the school fence on Friday, January 15.
Connection MLK coloring sheet

Week of January 11, 2021 - Fifth Grade
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Famous Speech On August 28, 1963, the "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The March was partly intended to show support for civil rights legislation proposed June 11th by President John F. Kennedy.
Video I Have a Dream 
President Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act Kennedy did not live to see the civil rights dream come true. The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Johnson on July 2, 1964. It outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women. It ended racial segregation in schools, the workplace, and public facilities.
The Cart that Carried Martin, by Eve Bunting In an example of how focusing on a smaller element of a larger story can cut to the heart of its meaning, Eve Bunting tells the story of the cart borrowed from a junk store that carried the body of Martin Luther King, Jr. through the streets of Atlanta, Georgia, on the day of his funeral.

Say Something! by Peter H. Reynolds
Encourages readers to say something using their actions and words to show the importance and power of their voice to bring about change.
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Video Children give speeches inspired by Dr. King 
Audio All You Need Is Love ​
Schoolwide Spirit Project Sponsored by Student Council Print the I Have a Dream template and hang it on the school fence on Friday, January 15.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

1/4/2021

 

Week of January 4, 2021 - TK and Kindergarten - New Beginnings

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New Beginnings The new year will bring many hoped-for changes!
Video Amphibian Life Cycles Discovery Education (streaming service password protected)
Tad, by Benji Davies
When everyone in the big pond starts disappearing, Tad, the smallest tadpole in the pond, wonders if the Big Blub will get her too.
Video Five Little Speckled Frogs Tike Tunes
Crafty Connection Create a fun, silly, dangly-legged frog with paper and glue. Step-by-step instructions

Week of January 2, 2021 - First Grade - Growth Mindset

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Gumball machine collage - step-by-step
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Observed first Friday in February -click for info
New Beginnings Keep on trying!
On Account of the Gum, by Adam Rex
In a timeless tale of wordplay and humor, a family resorts to increasingly wacky measures to get a wad of gum unstuck from a kid's hair, causing everything from butter and scissors to the vacuum and a pet cat to become impossibly, hilariously entangled.
National Bubble Gum Day Observed on the first Friday in February. Click here for the origins of the celebration, and here for more info.
Video Bubblegum How It's Made DiscoveryTV UK
​​Crafty Connection Gumball machine collage. Step-by-step directions

Week of January 4, 2021 - Second Grade - You Are Enough

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New Beginnings You can do it!
Knot Cannot, by Tiffany Stone
A whimsical tale follows the experiences of a piece of rope that unhappily compares itself to a snake that can move and hiss, before a dilemma helps the rope discover the benefits of its knotting capabilities.
Crafty Connection Click here for step-by-step video directions to learn several knots. Click here to create a silky knotted snake using rope, yarn, or paracord.

Week of January 4, 2021 - Third Grade - The END of 2020!! YAY!!

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New Beginnings Never have we ever been more glad to see the "back end" of a year. Adios, 2020! 
Video Adios 2020 Prayan Animation Studio 
Butts are Everywhere, by Jonathan Stutzman
It's not usual for a book about butts to be read out loud, but with a year as we have just experienced and times that we are not yet through, it's a great way to celebrate the "tail end" of 2020 with a little laughter, and some information, too.
Crafty Connection But of course, using toilet paper rolls to create cuteness and beauty! Ideas here

Week of January 4, 2021 - Fourth & Fifth Grade - Joy of Science

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Anthony Fauci as a child
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Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Beatrix Potter age 15
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Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
New Beginnings Spark your joy in 2021 and beyond. You never know, someone may be aided, helped, or saved by your passion.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is an immunologist and has served as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, where he oversees research to diagnose, prevent, and treat infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. In an interview, he talked about serving the health community for more than half a century, saying, "it's electrifying, when you look at all the good that you can do."
Video Dr. Fauci on his 52 years in clinical biomedical research MSNBC

Beatrix Potter, Scientist, by Lindsay H. Metcalf
Although best known today for her illustrated stories about cuddly animals, Beatrix Potter's first love was science, a passion she pursued by observing, questioning, collecting, and recording. She collected animals, sketched them in life, and, after death, examined their bones. Because Beatrix lived at a time when women were not encouraged to follow a passion for science, she turned to storytelling.

    MBUSD begins the 2020-21 year with 100% distance learning.

    TK-2nd grade classes return for hybrid classroom learning the week of 12/7/20.
    ​During the time we are apart classes will  receive weekly library content from me via Zoom. Colleagues
     are welcome to borrow ideas. 

    Mrs. Snively Reads

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    Library Program

    Our students enjoy weekly visits for a presentation crafted to instill a love of reading, to enhance
    Common Core classroom lessons, and to inspire life-long learning. Visits include checking out materials, practicing information literacy, and exercising digital citizenship.

    California Model School Library Standards Read Aloud 15 Minutes. Every Child. Every Parent. Every Day See why it matters at readaloud.org

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