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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

12/7/2020

 

Week of December 7, 2020 - TK - Happy Hanukkah

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Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah, by Sylvia A. Rouss
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When the Shapiro family celebrates the eight nights of Hanukkah, Sammy Spider keeps his feet warm over the Menorah and yearns for a dreidel of his own.
Video Hear the story read by Mrs. Goldfarb, from New Albany Elementary School. Click  here
Craftivity Video Use blue painter's tape to create a sticky web. Toss paper balls, balloons, and other objects to see what sticks! Click here

Week of December 7, 2020 - Kindergarten - Happy Hanukkah

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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel, by Caryn Yakowitz
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A beloved grandmother spreads out a yummy Hanukkah supper only to develop an insatiable appetite that alarms her family, in a story augmented by parodies of art by such masters as da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Picasso.
Video Hear the story read by KidTimeStoryTime. Click here
Crafty Connection Make your own paper dreidel. Click here

Week of December 7, 2020 - First Grade - Happy Hanukkah

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The Magic Dreidels, by Eric A. Kimmel
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When Jacob drops his new dreidel down the well a friendly goblin gives him magic dreidels that are stolen by the neighborhood busybody.
Video Hear the story read by Mrs. Prestianni. Click here 
Writing Prompt If you had a magic dreidel, what would it spin out? Print the sheet

Week of December 7, 2020 - Second Grade - Happy Hanukkah

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Runaway Dreidel! by Leslea Newman
In this rhyming tale a family's preparations for Hanukkah are disrupted by a wildly spinning dreidel that no one can catch.
Video Hear the story read by Mrs. Snively. Click here
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Writing Prompt Write a descriptive new ending to explain where the dreidel went. Print the sheet
Ant and Honey Bee, a Pair of Friends in Winter, by Megan McDonald
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Ant isn't ready to hunker down. Will Honey Bee welcome an interruption of her peace and quiet? 
Chapter 2 of 3.

​Week of December 7, 2020 - Third Grade - Happy Hanukkah

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Hanukkah Bear, by Eric A. Kimmel
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At 97 years old, Bubba Brayna does not hear or see too well, so when old Bear wanders into her house she mistakes him for the rabbi and treats him to a delicious helping of potato latkes.
Video Hear the story read by Rebekah Wall. Click here
Activity Sheet Help Old Bear find his way to Bubbe Brayna's house. Click here 
Kitchen Connection Try this latke recipe from the back of the book. Click here

Week of December 7, 2020 - Fourth Grade - Happy Hanukkah

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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, by Eric Kimmel
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A resourceful traveler must use his wits to outsmart a pack of ghoulish goblins if he wishes to celebrate a bright and cheery Hanukkah.
Video Hear the story read by Zev using the Novel Effect app to create a soundscape. Click here
Crafty Connection Fold an origami dreidel. Click here

Week of December 7, 2020 - Fifth Grade - Happy Hanukkah

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The Parakeet Named Dreidel, by Isaac Bashevis Singer
When David and Mama and Papa are celebrating Hanukkah one frosty winter evening in Brooklyn, Papa sees a parakeet sitting on the window ledge and it becomes part of their family. Many years later, David is at a party one night and tells Dreidel's story--only to discover that a woman at the party owned the bird herself as a child.
Video Hear the story read by Jamie Offenberger. Click here 

Crafty Connection Fold an origami dreidel. Click here

    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

    Mrs. Snively Reads
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    Videos of Mrs. Snively reading aloud

    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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