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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/26/2021

 

Week of April 26, 2021 | TK
Ugly Ducklings... Beloved Older Books and Poetry Month

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Little Bear, by Else Holmelund Minarek (1957)
Video Little Bear presented by Children Storytime Classics
Minarek worked as reporter before becoming a first grade teacher and recognizing the need for children's books with simple words. She wrote over 40 children's books during her lifetime. Little Bear was her first. Little Bear is locally world famous as the singular text that taught Mrs. Snively to read before she was old enough to start Kindergarten. 
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle (1967)
Video Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? presented by Darren Robin McTurk
A satisfying cumulative rhyme in which children see a variety of animals, each one a different color.
Crafty Connection Brown Bear inspired craft using melted crayons.
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Week of April 26, 2021 | Kindergarten
Ugly Ducklings... Beloved Older Books and Poetry Month

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Pease porridge
Petunia, by Roger Duvoisin (1950)
Video Petunia presented by Shannon R. Linville
When Petunia finds a book in the barnyard she believes she is wise because she carries it under her wing. But when her advice to the other animals goes all wrong she realizes that to be truly wise she must learn to read.
The Real Mother Goose, illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright (1916)
A comprehensive collection of over three-hundred traditional nursery rhymes such as Wee Willie Winkie, Misty Moisty Morning, and Pease Porrige Hot.
Video Pease Porrige Hot presented by PinkFong
Kitchen Connection If pease porridge is something you'd like to try, here is a recipe.

Week of April 26, 2021 | First Grade | Ugly Ducklings
Compare and Contrast Beloved Older Books with Newer Books

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Harry the Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion (1956)
Video Harry the Dirty Dog presented Storyline Online with Betty White
Harry is a white dog with black spots who loves everything . . . except baths. One day, before bath time, Harry runs away. By the time he returns home, Harry is so dirty he looks like a black dog with white spots and his family doesn't recognize him.
The Sky Dog, by Brinton Turkle (1969)

Video Sky Dog presented by Rachel White
A little boy is convinced that the white dog he finds on the beach is the same one he used to see playing among the clouds overhead.

​A Dog Wearing Shoes, by Sangmi Ko (2015)
Video A Dog Wearing Shoes presented by Maya Condos
Mini finds a dog and begs to keep him. Based on a true story. The author's niece once found a lost dog with 
shoes on, and after returning him to his owner, she adopted a dog named Ray. Sangmi lives and works in Seoul, South Korea, with two adopted dogs, White and Malti.
Found, by Jeff Newman (2018)
Video Found presented by Carole Walker
In this wordless story, a young girl who has lost her own dog bonds with a stray and makes a tough decision about doing the right thing when the dog's owner is found.

Week of April 26, 2021 | Second Grade | Poetry Month
Compare and Contrast Beloved Older Books with Newer Books

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The Outside Cat, by Jane Thayer (1957)
Video The Outside Cat presented by WastelesslyWise
Samuel wants to get inside. He finally does, only to discover that the family and cat who were living there have moved. Now Samuel wants out, but he’s trapped in an empty house. 
Six-Dinner Sid, by Inga Moore (1991)
Video Six-Dinner Sid presented by Ms. Shelly's Read Aloud
A clever cat lives with six families.
Won Ton : a Cat Tale Told in Haiku, by Lee Wardlaw (2011)
Video Won Ton presented by Julia and Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara
Prefaced with a clear explanation of the traditional Japanese haiku, a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5 | 7 | 5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
A cat arrives at a shelter, arranges to go home with a good family, and settles in with them, all the while letting them know who is boss and, finally, sharing his real name.

Connection Haiku worksheet

Week of April 26, 2021 | Third Grade | Poetry Month
Listen to a picture book told in verse and listen to a poem, then have fun creating poetry using the titles of books (details below).

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Play the video at right up to minute 1:17 to hear the title poem
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3 books make a three-line poem
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5 books make a five-line poem
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6 books make a six-line poem
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A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes, by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon
Video A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes presented by amandpmstorytime
A poetic celebration of non-traditional pockets and what they hold, pointing out that a sock is a pocket for your toes and a vase is a pocket for a rose.
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming, by Chris Harris
Video I'm Just No Good at Rhyming presented by Tiffanie Bui
Play the video up to minute 1:17 to hear the title poem.
A frolicking romp through the zany world of nonsense verse.
Create Book Spine Poems Print worksheet It’s fun! It’s easy! It makes a bit of a library mess! Oh, well! Select three to six books with titles that inspire your poetic fire. Stack the books flat, one on top of the other, so the spines are visible. Move the books around until you like the way it reads, top to bottom. Write the titles on this worksheet the way you want the poem to read, top to bottom. Go over the titles with marker. Shade in each rectangle lightly with a different color crayon to create book spines.

Week of April 26, 2021 | Fourth Grade | Poetry Month

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A River of Words : the Story of William Carlos Williams, by Jen Bryant
Video A River of Words presented by Erin Boyington
This picture book biography of William Carlos Williams traces childhood events that lead him to become a doctor and a poet.

Delving Deeper Video The Canvas Williams and the artist Charles Demuth knew each other at university. I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold (1928) is one of a series of eight abstract portraits of friends, inspired by Gertrude Stein's word-portraits, that Demuth made between 1924 and 1929. This painting pays homage to a poem by William Carlos Williams and consists not of a physical likeness of Williams, but of an accumulation of images associated with him. Williams' poem The Great Figure describes the experience of seeing a red fire engine with the number 5 painted on it racing through the city streets.
Crafty Connection Video United Art and Education Project #170 Instructions for drawing a number then precisely segmenting the drawing in the style of I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold.
Note The usual Fourth Grade poetry month activity, making Blackout Poetry using discarded books, might be presented by the teachers this year, as it was done last year.
For Blackout Poetry instructions, click 
here and scroll to the week of April 15, 2019, Fourth Grade.

Week of April 26, 2021 | Fifth Grade | Poetry Month
Finding Hidden Poems in the Pages of Discarded Books

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Nonsense! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey, by Lori Mortensen
Video Nonsense presented by the Escondido Library
Profiles the education and eccentric brilliance of writer and artist Edward Gorey, discussing the creative process that led to more than 100 children's books and inspired a generation of creators, from Lemony Snicket to Tim Burton.

Create Hidden Poetry Choose a page from a discarded book and rip it out neatly. Don't read the words on the page. Draw the outline of any object and then choose your words from within the object. Look for words that fit your drawing. You will be surprised when they seem to emerge like magic from the object you have drawn. Lightly underline the selected words with pencil. When you are sure of them, box them in. And now you can draw freely, filling in the details of your object.
Video Hidden Poems by Miriam Paternoster (running time 3:28)

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/19/2021

 

Week of April 19, 2021 | 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 The Earth Book, read by author Todd Parr
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.
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 19, 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 Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years 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. 
​Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 19, 2021 | 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 Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! presented by mrspierson99.

Video clip Toys All Gone
​Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 19, 2021 |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 Here We Are presented 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. 
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 19, 2021 | Fourth Grade
Celebrating Earth Week | Toxic Waste Disposal

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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 Someday a Tree, presented by Jeff Eller.

Video Big Yellow Taxi performed by Joni Mitchell  
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 19, 2021 | Fifth Grade
Celebrating Earth Week | Speaking Up & Taking Action for the Earth

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April 22, 1970
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Senator Nelson of Wisconsin
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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 Love Your World presented by Erin Schneider.
The World's Poorest President Speaks Out, by Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay (2010-2015)
In 2012, the United Nations brought governments, international institutions, and major groups together to agree on a range of measures that would bring about sustainable and fair use of resources. When it came time for the president of Uruguay to speak, Jose Mujica presented the problem of sustainability and climate change differently from previous speakers. Mujica posited that the real problem is not climate change but "how we have come to live our lives" in a vicious cycle "where we sell things to make money, which we use to buy whatever we want, and then buy some more." He challenged listeners to consider whether "we were born to pursue economic growth and progress [or rather] to live in such a way as to find happiness on this planet." 
Video The World's Poorest President (aired on Kenyan Citizen TV, 2013)
Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane! 
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/12/2021

 

Week of April 12, 2021 | All Grades
Celebrating National School Library Month with Who's On First

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Who's on First? With split second comedic timing Bud Abbott and Lou Costello bring their hilarious baseball routine to a new generation of delighted fans.
Script Who's on First?
Video Who's on First? (1953)
Book Video Who's on First picture book presented by NKY DIY

Bonus Video 7 into 28 Lou Costello invents CGI math (chuckle-chuckle).
Local news report Extended Costello family in the Library The Beach Reporter (5/2/13)
Local news report Lou Costello's daughter in the Library Easy Reader (4/14/10) ​

Week of April 12, 2021 | First Grade | Baseball Back in the Stands!

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Playing Right Field, by Willy Welch 
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Although he is always chosen last and sent to play in right field where there is little action, and nothing much to do but watch the dandelions grow, a young boy has his moment of fame.
Video Right Field by Willy Welch sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary 
Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.

Week of April 12, 2021 | Second Grade | Baseball in the Stands!

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Batter Up Wombat, by Helen Lester
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An Australian wombat joins the Champs baseball team, and even though he is disastrously ignorant about the game, his innate talents save everyone when a tornado suddenly strikes.
Video Find out about the wombat

Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.

Week of April 12, 2021 | Third Grade | DEAR Author Beverly Cleary 

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Celebrating Author Beverly Cleary
April 12, 1916, McMinnville, Oregon - March 25, 2021, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
From Henry Huggins (1950) to Ramona's World (1999) Beverly Cleary wrote books for children, about children much like themselves. Children of today may find themselves amazed at the freedom to roam that was enjoyed by the children in Beverly's books, not unusual at the time.
Audio Excerpt Listen to actor Neil Patrick Harris read Chapter 1 of Henry Huggins.

"Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, in childhood."

Learning to read did not come easily for young Beverly, and once she did learn, she found the stories contained in early readers to be boring, simple, and unsurprising. Then, in the third grade, on a rainy afternoon at home, she found herself enjoying reading The Dutch Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins about the adventures of ordinary children. The book awoke in her the joys of reading for pleasure and she began spending extra time in the public library.

"Children should learn that reading is a pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school."

By the time Beverly was in sixth grade, a teacher suggested she should become a children's author, based on essays she had written for class assignments. Beverly first worked as a children's librarian and in a bookstore before becoming a full-time writer for children. In her work as a librarian, she struggled to find books to recommend to children, books that they would have fun reading, so she decided to write children's books herself, books about characters that young readers could relate to.

"I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all."

During an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2011 at the age of 95 she stated, "I've had an exceptionally happy career." Beverly Cleary died in a retirement home a few weeks shy of her 105th birthday. No cause of death was given.
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National DEAR Day April 12 Drop Everything And Read
In 2006, to mark Beverly's 90th birthday, the American Library Association, and others set aside her birthday, April 12, as a day to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. When Beverly’s own children were young, they participated in sustained silent reading time at school, known as DEAR. Their enthusiasm for this activity inspired Beverly to give the same experience to Ramona, who gets to enjoy DEAR time with her class in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981), introduced in Chapter 2.
Audio Excerpt Listen to Chapter 2 of Ramona Quimby, Age 8, presented by MrsMorrisReads

Week of April 12, 2021 | Fourth Grade | Baseball Back in the Stands!

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Dad, Jackie, and Me, by Myron Uhlberg
In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson. Based on the author's experience growing up as a hearing child with deaf parents.

Video Dad, Jackie, and Me presented by Ms. Rhone 
The William Hoy Story, by Nancy Churnin
Learn about deaf baseball player William Hoy (1862-1961) and his influence on the way baseball umpires use hand signals to call the game.
​Video The William Hoy Story, presented by Mrs. St. Germain Reads
​Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.

Week of April 12, 2021 | Fifth Grade | Baseball Back in the Stands!

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Brothers at Bat, by Audrey Vernick
The Acerra family of Long Branch, New Jersey, formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.
Video The Brothers at Bat presented by Abby Reads
Video Watch the brothers in action 
Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.

Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/5/2021

 

Week of April 5, 2021 | Spring Break 

    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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