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Read-alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/29/2021

 

​Week of March 29, 2021 | All Grades | CYRM Vote Ends Wednesday

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California Young Reader Medal Voting Closes 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 31
This annual program helps to determine the most popular books for children in the State of California.
  • Vote here in the Picture Book category (all TK-5th graders)
  • Vote here in the Picture Book for Older Readers category (all 4th-5th graders)
  • Vote here in the Intermediate Novel category (optional for 4th-5th graders who have read all three nominated novels
  • Find out about the California Young Reader Medal
  • Questions? Email hsnively@mbusd.org

​Week of March 29, 2021 | All Grades | Readathon Continues!

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Shop with code GVREADS and {pages} will donate to GV!
Raising funds for Our School Library March 22 -- April 1
The Grand View PTA is a strong supporter of the school library program and has chosen it to be the beneficiary of the first time ever Grand View Readathon! Find out more

Week of March 29, 2021 | TK and Kindergarten | Canceled
Virtual Field Trip to the Manhattan Beach Public Library

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Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss
Students will take a virtual field trip to the Manhattan Beach Public Library this week.
Video Book! Book! Book! presented by Salt River Schools 
Crafty Connection Step-by-step video instructions to make cheerful paper frogs.

Week of March 29, 2021 | First Grade | Egg Drop Season

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The Perfect Nest, by Catherine Friend
With hopes of making a delicious omelet, Jack builds a nest to catch a chicken, but ends up attracting more than the bird.
Read-aloud Video Mrs. Snively reads The Perfect Nest
Alternate Video See and hear this story read by Hannibal Ferret Storybooks. The reader is off camera and provides a nice close up of the book's pages for students to pause the video and read along.

STEM Egg Drop Activity First graders would have had an "egg drop" on the last Friday before Spring Break, testing out the different ways one might cushion an egg to have it land unbroken when dropped from the roof of the first grade classrooms. Ideas are here on buggyandbuddy.com/stem. ​Fresh eggs may be too scarce at the moment to drop in this way; try the experiment using an empty egg shell filled with small toys or glitter and taped together.
Activity Download and print a Humpty Dumpty coloring sheet ​

Week of March 29, 2021 | Second Grade | Celebrating Reading

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Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, by Carolyn Crimi
Henry doesn't like doing pirate things.All Henry ever wants to do is read books. When their ship sinks, the other pirates learn pretty quickly what good Henry is getting from his beloved books.
Video Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies presented by Mr. Bragg's Library 
Crafty Connection Step-by-step instructions to fold an origami boat

Week of March 29, 2021 | Third Grade | Celebrating Reading

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This is Not that Kind of Book, by Christopher Healy
A riotous mash-up alphabet primer features characters that represent different book genres, from fairy tales and mysteries to superhero adventures and joke books, challenging readers to keep up as the story abruptly shifts in other directions.
​Video This is Not that Kind of Book presented by Muggle Maestra 
Crafty Connection Learn about miniature books and make your own with step-by-step instructions.

Week of March 29, 2021 | Fourth Grade
Celebrating Books and the Joy of Reading

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Thank You, Mr. Falker, by Patricia Polacco
The story of a girl who struggles with reading and the teacher who is determined to not let her fail.
Video Thank You, Mr. Falker presented by Storyline Online
The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore, by William Joyce
In this allegory about the curative power of story, a bibliophile learns that when we care for books, they will restore and take care of us. 
Video The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore, animated short 
Crafty Connection Learn about miniature books and make your own with step-by-step instructions.

Week of March 29, 2021 | Fifth Grade
Celebrating Books and the Joy of Reading

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Poet Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
How to Read a Book, by Kwame Alexander; illustrated by Melissa Sweet
In this partnership of text and image, reading is captured in both content and form, and hailed as the individual, creative act that it is. Not only does the book explain how to read (i.e., first find a great place to do so), it also demonstrated the elegant and emotional chaos awaiting readers. 
Two poems by Langston Hughes Let America be America Again (1936). and I, Too (1945). Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry.
Video How to Read a Book presented by the Center for Fiction.
Crafty Connection How to make a mixed-media collage with magazine cut-outs and text.

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    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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