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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

11/9/2020

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Week of November 9, 2020 - TK and Kindergarten
​Picture Book Month and Seasonal Veggie Silliness

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I Yam a Donkey! by Cece Bell
A stern yam corrects a grammatically-challenged donkey.
Video Because TK and Kindergarten miss library this week due to the Veterans Day Holiday, students can enjoy this reading of I Yam a Donkey presented by Mr. Shawn's Storytime.
Crafty Connection Draw a yam bookmark on orange construction paper.

Week of November 9, 2020 - First Grade
Picture Book Month and Feasting Season Silliness

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The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse, by Mac Barnett
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When a mouse is swallowed by a wolf, he learns that a duck devoured earlier has set up a table to enjoy the food the gluttonous predator eats.
Crafty Connection Rainbow food choices coloring sheet

Week of November 9, 2020 - Second Grade
​Picture Book Month and National Monuments

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Video Washington, D.C., tour 
One More Acorn, by Don Freeman
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As winter nears, Earl the Squirrel searches for the acorns he stashed in the parks of Washington, D.C. Iconic author/illustrator Don Freeman began this story in 1963. His son completed it with help from an illustrator almost 50 years later.
Crafty Connection Make leaf rubbings on the reverse of the Find the Alligator coloring sheet.

Week of November 9, 2020 - Third Grade
​Picture Book Month - Curriculum Connection to Mystery Fiction

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Who is the Mystery Reader? by Mo Willems
Zoom Squirrel and his pals practice a new superpower while trying to discover the identity of an enigmatic Mystery Reader. 
Private I. Guana: the Case of the Missing Chameleon, by Nina Laden
A detective is hired to search the forest for a missing chameleon.
Video Read by actor Esai Morales presented by Storyline Online. 

Week of November 9, 2020 - Fourth Grade
Picture Book Month - Curriculum Connection to Reading Nonfiction

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Odd Boy Out, by Don Brown
Albert was a peculiar baby with a big head. When he was older he hit his sister, bothered his teachers, and didn't have many friends. In the midst of all this, he was fascinated with solving puzzles and scientific problems. The ideas Albert Einstein (1879-1955) came up with during his childhood as an odd boy were destined to change what we understand about the world around us.
Video N Is a Number: a Portrait of Paul Erdos (trailer)

The Boy Who Loved Math, by Deborah Heiligman
At the age of four Paul Erdos (1913-1996) could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number of seconds you had been alive in his head. But he didn't learn to butter his own bread until he turned twenty!
Website A Magical Answer to an 80-Year-Old Puzzle. Terence Tao, now a math professor at UCLA, was a youngster when he met Erdos.
Having an Erdos Number Paul Erdos published papers with 507 coauthors. In the mathematics community those 507 people have the coveted distinction of having an Erdos number of 1, meaning that they wrote a paper with Erdos himself. Someone who published a paper with one of his coauthors is said to have an Erdos number of 2, and an Erdos number of 3 means that someone wrote a paper with someone who wrote a paper with someone who worked with Erdos. Albert Einstein’s Erdos number was 2. The highest known Erdos number is 15; this excludes non mathematicians, who all have an Erdos number of infinity.
Website Paul Erdos International Math Challenge
At Home Activity Tessellation art with worksheet and video demonstration.

Week of November 9, 2020 - Fifth Grade
Picture Book Month and the Power of Self, the Power of Unity

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I Talk Like a River, by Scott Jordan
When a boy who stutters feels isolated, alone, and incapable of communicating in the way he'd like, it takes a kindly father and a walk by the river to help him find his voice.
Video Thirteen-year-old Brayden Harrington speaks out about stuttering on NBC News

Unstoppable, by Adam Rex
​When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

10/26/2020

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Week of October 26, 2020 - TK - Halloween Witches

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Two Little Witches: a Halloween Counting Story, by Harriet Ziefert
Count ten trick-or-treaters on a Halloween night and watch them disappear at the spooky old house.
Where's the Halloween Treat? by Harriet Ziefert

A counting book in which the children receive Halloween goodies from costumed hosts.
​Halloween Bugs, by David A. Carter
Behind each spooky door lurks a different Halloween pop-up surprise....Trick-or-treating becomes spine-tingling fun with the ghostly, ghouly Bugs inside! 
Crafty Connection Witch coloring sheet

​Week of October 26, 2020 - Kindergarten - Halloween Witches

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Excuse Me... Are You a Witch? by Emily Horn
Herbert doesn't have a home but he loves visiting the library where it's warm and there are lots of good books to read.
Taffy Finds a Halloween Witch, by Donna Lugg Pape
Taffy is a little orange cat who wishes to be a black cat in order to be good enough for a witch to take home and love.
Crafty Connection Witch coloring sheet

Week of October 26, 2020 - First Grade - Change over Time

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As an Oak Tree Grows, by G. Brian Karas
Relays the events of 200 years from the perspective of an oak tree, showing how much the world can change... even while some things hardly seem to change at all.
Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away, by Meg Medina
This year's Read for the Record selection tells the story of two best friends who will always be numero uno in each other's hearts.
Video Evelyn Del Rey read aloud presented by MVC Murrell Library

Crafty Connection Collect leaves and have an adult iron them between sheets of wax paper. Details

Week of October 26 - Second Grade - Read for the Fun of It!

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Video M Is for Musk Oxen | Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
A Is for Musk Ox, 
by Erin Cabatingan
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Musk Ox takes over an alphabet book, explaining to Zebra why almost every letter can be used to describe musk oxen.
Crafty Connection Make an alphabet book following the model set down by Musk Ox. Use words beginning with every letter of the alphabet to describe how awesome you are or that tell what you like!  Write the words, or cut out pictures of things you like. For example, A is for Heidi because Heidi is Awesome, and B is for Heidi because Heidi likes Books, and C is for Heidi because Heidi likes Cats. Can you think of 26 words, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet to describe yourself or things you like? See how many you can get!

Week of October 26, 2020 - Third Grade - Scary Stuff

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The Fun Book of Scary Stuff, by Emily Jenkins
A little boy makes his dogs' hair stand on end by telling them about all the things that scare him.
My Teacher Is a Monster! by Peter Brown
Bobby has the worst teacher. She's loud, she yells, and if you throw paper airplanes, she won't allow you to enjoy recess. She is a monster! But over the course of one day, Bobby learns that monsters are not always what they seem.
Video Dead Stuff: the Secret Ingredient in the Food Chain 
Video The Paper Airplane Guy
Crafty Connection Folding and flying paper airplanes is not allowed at school, but we're not AT school, are we, boys and girls?!? 

Week of October 26, 2020 - Fourth Grade - Borrow Books

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​Grand View Library will begin checking out books to 4th grade students beginning Friday, 11/6. We will add more grade levels as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience. 4th grade students will be taught the hold process on 10/29 during their Library Zoom sessions.
Today, students will be shown how to:
  • Navigate to the catalog from the library website
  • Log in using their unique username and generic password
  • Search for a book and place it on hold
  • Rate a book and write a brief review
  • Log out and create a personal password (recommended)
  • Video Here are the steps as explained by Mrs. Primm, the Library Resource Specialist at Meadows Elementary. The process is the same --just select the Grand View Library Catalog when prompted, rather than the Meadows Library Catalog.
Steps to pick up the holds:
  • Holds may be picked up every Friday, beginning 11/6, from the bench by the Grand View front office, from 11:15am-12:30pm.
  • Face coverings must be worn. Maintain social distance.
  • Holds will be wrapped to maintain cleanliness and will have the student's name on them.
  • Books may be returned Monday-Friday to the Book Drop outside of the front office between 8:00am-1:00pm.
  • Returned books will be quarantined following American Library Association guidelines and cleaned before being checked out again.
Questions? Email Heidi Snively at [email protected].

Week of October 26, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Social Justice

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New MBUSD Committee to Focus on Equity Recent events around the nation have sparked a new level of reflection in our community about racial injustice. We recognize that simply acknowledging systemic and institutional racism is not enough. We must act. The MBUSD Board of Trustees approved goals for the 2020-21 school year which include a new focus on identifying, strengthening, and incorporating diverse resources to support the district's emphasis on equity, diversity, social justice, critical reflection, and inclusion. A committee of educators, parents, and students is forming to examine how best to move forward in this direction. Those interested in joining the Equity Committee should complete this INTEREST FORM and submit it by 10/30. Whether or not you participate as a committee member, thank you for joining us in this work.
Video A Kid's Book About Racism, read by author Jelani Memory
What Can a Citizen Do? by Dave Eggers
To explain the abstract concept of citizenry the author focuses on commonalities and how even young citizens can contribute to society.
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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

9/21/2020

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Week of September 21, 2020 - TK - Having Grit & Fun with Numbers

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Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, by Eric Litwin
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Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off, one by one, he still finds a reason to sing.

Video Pete sings his song 
Crafty Connection Print this Pete the Cat color by number 
Is That Wise, Pig? by Jan Thomas
Mouse and Cow are making soup, but Pig keeps trying to add strange ingredients.
Video Is That Wise, Pig? read by Story Time Pals 
Activity Connection Cooking with children (safety first!) is a great way to reinforce independence, math, science, language skills, and more. Try these No Bake Kids' Recipes: mud pie, pineapple bagel spread, cinnamon pears, pumpkin pie, and more!

​Week of September 21, 2020 - Kindergarten - Fall Leaves

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Fall Leaves Fall! by Zoe Hall
When fall comes, two brothers enjoy catching the falling leaves, stomping on them, kicking them, jumping in piles of them, and using them to make pictures. Includes a description of how leaves change through the year.
Fall Is Not Easy, by Marty Kelley
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With new expectations to be met, fall can be a tough season for a lot of us.
Crafty Connection Transform ordinary leaves found in the yard into colorful nature collages. Directions.

Week of September 21, 2020 - First Grade - Books and Reading

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Make a book-nibbling bookmark
I Am a Story, by Dan Yaccarino
A celebration of the art of storytelling traces how it has evolved from cave paintings and the invention of the printing press to the digital technologies that inform and unite today's diverse world. Sharp eyes will take note of the starry transition from cave people to contemporary folk as astrological signs reappear as constellations, with a tiny red bird on each page to remind us that stories give flight to our imagination.
Crafty Connection Tiny Birds coloring sheet ​
I Don't Like to Read, by Nancy Carlson
Henry the mouse likes everything about first grade except reading, but with some extra help at school and home, he is delightfully surprised.
Connection Read a book, of course :)
Nibbles the Book Monster, by Emma Yarlett
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Nibbles the Monster enjoys books a little too much!
Crafty Connection Make a book nibbling bookmark. Directions.

Week of September 21, 2020 - Second Grade - Empathy

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Empathy is defined as the ability to understand the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of someone else. An example of empathy is feeling the same amount of excitement as a friend, when they tell you they are getting a puppy or a kitten.
Video Sesame Street: actor Mark Ruffalo and Murray help explain the feeling of empathy.
A Letter to My Teacher, by Deborah Hopkinson
Written as a thank you note to a cherished teacher, the ending brings the love of learning and teaching full circle. 
Discuss Do you think the new teacher will be able to feel empathy for her students when things don't go quite right for them? How might having empathy affect our relationships at home or at school?

Draw and Write Students draw a picture of themselves with their teacher and write a note including a personality trait that they know their teacher will enjoy, and a behavior that they hope to improve during second grade. Show it to your teacher on your next Zoom.

Week of September 21, 2020 - Third Grade - Welcome Fall

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Green on Green, by Dianne White
The animals, fruits, feelings, and colors that characterize each season of the year.
​Lawrence in the Fall, by Matthew Farina

Lawrence the fox accompanies his father into the forest to collect something to take to his school show-and-tell, and encounters the beauty of nature and finds exactly what he needs.
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Video Why Do Leaves Change Color?
​Leaves, by David Ezra Stein
A bear who has never experienced autumn before is puzzled by the falling leaves, unsure whether he should try to put them back or use them as a bed for a nap. Read by Michael DeJohn
Crafty Connection Transform ordinary leaves found in the yard into colorful nature collages. Directions.

Week of September 21, 2020 - Fourth and Fifth Grade
​California Young Reader Medal Intermediate Novel Nominees

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Introducing the CYRM Intermediate Novel Nominees Students in 4th and 5th grade are invited to participate in deciding the most popular fiction novel in California by reading all three CYRM novels and voting for their favorite by June 1. General vote info. Specific Grand View vote info to come. More about the CYRM. Questions? Email Mrs. Snively at [email protected].
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, by Karina Yan Glaser
The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home and convince the dreaded Beiderman just how wonderful they are. And all is fair in love and war when it comes to keeping their home. First in a series, fans of The Penderwicks will love getting to know Harlem's favorite family. A story of confrontation and understanding just right for our troubled times.
Video Book trailer at teachingbooks.net
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Save Me a Seat, by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
Meet Ravi, who has just moved to the United States from India, where he has always been at the top of his class. Meet Joe, who has lived in the same New Jersey town his whole life, and lives with learning difficulties. Two fifth grade boys born worlds apart and so different from one another --how could they ever be friends? They are united by a common enemy, Dillon Samreen, the class bully. Dillon is Indian American and Ravi oh so wrongly assumes their shared heritage means they will be friends. This story about fitting in and overcoming obstacles features two points of view that will be a hit with fans of Wonder, by R.J. Palacios. 
Video Book trailer at teachingbooks.net
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Restart, by Gordon Korman
Chase's memory just went out the window. He doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't remember hitting his head. He doesn't, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again, starting with his own name. When he gets back to school, he sees that different kids have very different reactions to his return. Some kids treat him like a hero. Some kids are clearly afraid of him. Pretty soon Chase realizes it's not only a question of who he is, it's a question of who he was, and who he's going to be.
Video Book trailer at teachingbooks.net
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark, by Debbie Levy
​As a child in Brooklyn, Ruth learned the importance of a powerful dissent. Her mother objected to the notion that girls shouldn't get an education. Ruth objected to the discrimination facing her Jewish family. In school, she objected to having to take sewing and cooking classes (but still had to), and in college, she objected to the notion that, as a woman, she couldn't pursue a law career. Dissent is the through line woven into this picture-book biography of Justice Ginsburg, and it's a tidy way to demonstrate how her fearless objections to the unfair status quo not only led the way to her career as a Supreme Court justice but also contributed to dismantling many of those discriminatory laws that prevented equal treatment. 
Video I Dissent presented by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

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    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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