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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/22/2021

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Week of February 22, 2021 | TK-3 | CYRM Picture Books Begin!

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California Young Reader Medal Find out about the CYRM program.
The Day You Begin, by Jacqueline Woodson | Nominee 1 of 5
There will be times when we feel as if we don't fit in, and that can feel uncomfortable. When we reach out and take that first step to get to know someone else, that tiny but mighty brave spark of confidence can lead to inclusion and real friendship. Finding the courage to share your story can connect you to others.
Video The Day You Begin presented by author Jacqueline Woodson.
Making Deeper Connections Note the images of rulers in the story and discuss the way we measure ourselves and others. Interestingly, RULER is an acronym for the five skills of emotional intelligence found on resilienteducator.com:
  • Recognizing emotions in oneself and others
  • Understanding the causes and consequences of emotions
  • Labeling emotions with a nuanced vocabulary
  • Expressing emotions in accordance with cultural norms and social context
  • Regulating emotions with helpful strategies

Week of February 22, 2021 | Grades 4/5
CYRM Picture Books for Older Readers Begin!

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California Young Reader Medal Find out about the CYRM program.
Step Right Up, by Donna Janell Bowman | Nominee 1 of 3

A biography of William "Doc" Key (1833-1909), a former slave and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Beautiful Jim Key (1889-1912), to read, write, and do math, and who helped teach the world to treat animals kindly. A movie of this incredible story is currently in development with actor Morgan Freeman slated to portray William Key.
Video Step Right Up presented by NSD Library Videos.
Video Illustrator Daniel Minter demonstrates his woodblock technique and explains why he never shows the horse with a bit in his mouth or a saddle on his body.
Take the Pledge Choose kindness and respect the needs and feelings of others.

Making Deeper Connections Publisher's teaching guide.
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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/15/2021

 

Week of February 15, 2021 | Presidents Holiday Recess 

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/8/2021

 

Week of February 8, 2021 - 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.
Video Clifford's First Valentine's Day presented by Read Me a Story.
Mr. Scruff, by Simon James

Polly belongs with Molly, Eric belongs with Derek, Perry belongs with Terry--everyone knows that owners and their dogs belong together in their own unique way. But for Poor Mr Scruff, alone in the dogs' home, there's no one--that is until a very special little boy arrives looking for a friend.
Video Mr. Scruff presented by Kids Fun Learning

Never Too Little to Love, by Jeanne Willis
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How can a tiny mouse get the kiss he needs?
Video Never Too Little to Love presented by Tall Towers Stories.

Library Crafty Connection Valentine lift-the-flap
At Home Crafty Connection Heart Mouse Paper Craft Instructions

Week of February 8, 2021 - 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.
Video Mr. Tanen's Ties presented by ECSD Professional Learning

Crafty Connection Color a crazy tie, cut out the shape, and paper clip it to your collar.

Week of February 8, 2021 - First Grade - Happy Valentine's Day

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Set the Mood Whimsical Music
​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 Yuck, a Love Story presented by bentoncolibrary
Video 
Small Talk "Kids on Valentine's Day: What's this Love Thing All About?" 
Crafty Connection Coloring sheet with yucky fluffy slime recipe

Week of February 8, 2021 - Second Grade - Happy Valentine's Day

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Island of Aka, Okinawa, Japan
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Shiro on Aka
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Island of Zamami, Okinawa, Japan
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Marilyn on Zamami
Set the Mood Classic Japanese Music
Shiro in Love, by Wendy Tokuda
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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.

Coloring Sheet Valentine's Day Puppy Love

Week of February 8, 2021 - 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.
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Cockroaches: Public Enemy #1 Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
Activity Cockroach coloring sheet

Week of February 8, 2021 - Fourth & Fifth Grade - Finding Love

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Set the Mood Whimsical Music 
Mr. Scruff, by Simon James
Polly belongs with Molly, Eric belongs with Derek, Perry belongs with Terry--everyone knows that owners and their dogs belong together in their own unique way. But for Poor Mr Scruff, alone in the dogs' home, there's no one--that is until a very special little boy arrives looking for a friend.
Nobody Hugs a Cactus, by Carter Goodrich
Hank is prickly and cantankerous. He enjoys a solitary life in the windowsill of a desert hut, where he can survey the surrounding Southwestern vistas. Through encounters with various passersby, Hank soon realizes how lonely for affection he is.
Video Nobody Hugs a Cactus presented by Alexis Lampley
Video A camel snacks on a prickly pear cactus with 6-inch spikes 
Crafty Connection Paint a cactus rock garden 
​Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli
An anonymous valentine changes the life of the unsociable Mr. Hatch, turning him into a lighthearted friend who appreciates and enjoys helping his neighbors.
Video Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch ready by Hector Elizondo on Storyline Online 

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/1/2021

 

Week of February 2, 2021 - 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 Zero the Hero by Joan Holub book trailer  
He's not a Froot Loop, a bagel or a doughnut... he's Zero the Hero!
Video How Krispy Kreme doughnuts are made 
Speaking of doughnuts, let's find out how doughnuts are made at Krispy Kreme.
Video Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller read by Chris O'Dowd 
Arnie much more than an average doughnut, round, iced and deliciously sprinkled.

Activity Dog name coloring sheet

Week of February 1, 2021 - First Grade
Black History is American History | The Kindness Project

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Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story, by Ruby Bridges
In 1960 Ruby Bridges (born September 8, 1954) 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 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Video Ruby Bridges read by Sankofa
Video Segment First Day of School Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
What was it like for young Ruby that first day? Ruby speaks about the angry crowds she saw, a US Marshall talks about Ruby's bravery, and her teacher speaks about the anger of the crowds outside.
School Kindness Garden Students are encouraged to bring a hand-painted rock to the Rock Garden by the front office. Here are some ideas for messages of kindness and encouragement.

​Coloring Sheet Have courage and be kind

Week of February 1, 2021 - Second Grade
​Black History is American History | The Kindness Project

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Rosa Parks, by Lisbeth Kaiser
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A brief biography of Rosa Parks (1913-2005), civil rights activist.
Rosa Parks Rosa Parks, read by Read Aloud for Kids

Video Segment Rosa Parks Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
Identifies civil rights activist Rosa Parks and describes her role in the movement.

School Kindness Garden Students are encouraged to bring a hand-painted rock to the Rock Garden by the front office. Here are some ideas for messages of kindness and encouragement.
​Coloring Sheet Have courage and be kind

Week of February 1, 2021 - Third Grade
Black History is American History | The Kindness Project

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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.
Video White Socks Only read by Amber Rose Tamblyn

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.
Video The Other Side read by Katherine Detrick

School Kindness Garden Students are encouraged to bring a hand-painted rock to the Rock Garden by the front office. Here are some ideas for messages of kindness and encouragement.
​Coloring Sheet Have courage and be kind

Week of February 1, 2021 - Fourth Grade 
​Black History is American History | The Kindness Project

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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.
Video Words Set Me Free read by Sankofa Read Aloud 
Video Past Present: Giving Stories New Life (running time approx. 3 min.)
An interview with author Lesa Cline-Ransome.

School Kindness Garden Students are encouraged to bring a hand-painted rock to the Rock Garden by the front office. Here are some ideas for messages of kindness and encouragement.
​Coloring Sheet Have courage and be kind

Week of February 1, 2021 - Fifth Grade
Black History is American History | The Kindness Project

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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.
Video Henry's Freedom Box ready by The Teacher's Library
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 Henry Climbs a Mountain read by Rev. Kelly 

Video Woolworth's Lunch Counter Sit-Ins Civil Rights activists Joseph McNeil, Diane Nash, and John Lewis reflect on the history and legacy of the lunch counter from the F.W. Woolworth department store in North Carolina, and the sit-in campaign that began on February 1, 1960, Their peaceful protest inspired other people to organize 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.
Video Sit-In read by Grace Bolin
Video Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney discuss creating Sin-In 
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School Kindness Garden Students are encouraged to bring a hand-painted rock to the Rock Garden by the front office. Here are some ideas for messages of kindness and encouragement.
Coloring Sheet Have courage and be kind

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

    During the time we are apart classes will receive weekly library content via Zoom. Colleagues are welcome to borrow ideas. ​

    MBUSD completes the 2020-21 school year in Phase 5 of our 5-phase plan to reopen our schools.

    Phase 1 - 9/16/20 preschool aged childcare and EDP
    Phase 1 - 9/29/20 MCHS sports training
    Phase 2 - 10/12/20 high need hybrid
    Phase 3 - 12/8/20 grades TK-2 hybrid
    Phase 3 - 3/1/21 grades 3-5 hybrid
    Phase 4 - 3/8/21 grade 6 hybrid
    Phase 5 - 4/19/21 5 days a week in-person learning for grades TK-12 students who select in-person

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