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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

5/31/2021

 

Week of May 31, 2021 | TK | Sharing

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This Is MY Fort! by Drew Daywalt
Monkey and Cake are normally good friends, but today Cake is building a no-Monkey fort--until Monkey teaches him a lesson about being alone and he realizes that forts (and other things) are much better when they are shared.
How to Share with a Bear, by Erik Pinder
Thomas builds a cave of pillows and blankets where he can read, but when he goes to get a flashlight, a young "bear" goes inside and nothing Thomas does discourages the bear from being near him.
Crafty Connection Craft a brown bag bear puppet using paint and cut-out shapes, or simplify by using markers instead.

Week of May 31, 2021 | Kindergarten | Fun with Cats & Kindness

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Lost Cat, by C. Roger Mader
Slipper the cat is mistakenly left behind in the commotion when the lady she has always lived with moves in with her daughter's family, so Slipper sets out to find someone new to adopt. 
The Cat Who Lost His Purr, by Michele Coxon

Bootle the cat searches inside and outside for his lost purr and only retrieves it when his owners return.
I Like Your Buttons! by Sarah Lamstein,
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When a little girl compliments her teacher it starts a chain reaction of goodwill, good deeds, and thoughtfulness throughout the day.
June is Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month Click for info
Crafty Connectionc Create a bracelet made with buttons and pipe cleaners.

Week of May 31, 2021 | First Grade | Just for Fun

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Please, Mr. Panda, by Steve Antony
What is the proper way to ask for a doughnut?
Tea Party Rules, by Ame Dyckman
How much can one bear take, even for cookies? 
Princess Sparkle-Heart Gets a Makeover, by Josh Schneider
A destroyed doll is made better than new.
Activity Doughnut coloring sheet 

Week of May 31, 2021 | Second Grade | Joy of Reading

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Legend of Spud Murphy, by Eoin Colfer When their mother drops them off at the library several afternoons a week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread the overbearing librarian, but are surprised at what they discover. Chapter 4 of 5.
I Will Chomp You! by Jory John
There's a monster all the way through this book! 

Week of May 31, 2021 | Third Grade | Fascinating Worms

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My Brother Louis Measures Worms and Other Louis Stories, by Barbara Robinson
Mary Elizabeth relates the humorous misadventures of her brother Louis in this collection of short stories. This week: The Adoption of Albert, part 1 of 2
Wonderful Worms, by Linda Glaser
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the common earthworm.
Video Around the Worm Bin in 80 Days 

Week of May 31, 2021 | Fourth Grade

Fourth grade Zoom canceled this week.

Week of May 31, 2021 | Fifth Grade | Summer Reading Teaser

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Video A Tale Dark and Grimm book trailer
A Tale Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz
Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales as the siblings learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.
Video No need to roast anyone, Hansel and Gretel...how about a PB&J sandwich made like this?

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

2/1/2021

 

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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    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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