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Read-alouds Week to Week by Grade Level

10/19/2020

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Week of October 19, 2020 - TK - Fears and Monsters

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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, by Linda Williams
A little old lady must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods.
Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
A ladybug invites us to play a game of Let's Pretend.
Activity Draw scary face bookmarks

​Week of October 19, 2020 - Kindergarten - Fears and Monsters

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What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss
A traveler is terrorized by an empty pair of pants in this silly, slightly spooky story that also delivers a lesson about tolerance.
Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
A ladybug invites us to play a game of Let's Pretend.

I Want to Be in a Scary Story, by Sean Taylor
Monster wants to be the star of a scary story, but scary stories can be very scary...especially for their characters! ​
Draw Scary face bookmarks
Crafty Connection Make slime with hand soap, dish soap, and baking soda. The measurements are imprecise, so just enjoy the mixing and experimenting! Video directions.

Week of October 19, 2020 - First Grade Skeletons and Ghosts

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Just a Minute, by Yuyi Morales
​When Senor Calavera comes calling on Grandma Beetle, she forestalls him by performing a series of tasks that result in her own birthday party.
Just in Case, by Yuyi Morales

With Grandma Beetle's birthday approaching, Senor Calvera decides to do something extra special and get her a gift for each letter of the alphabet, in this companion book to Just a Minute.​
Crafty Connection Draw Pinky the cat step-by-step. 

Week of October 19, 2020 - Second Grade - Creepy Tales

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Ambient music The Invaders by Jerry Goldsmith
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling tasty carrots to munch out of Crackenhopper Field each time he passes by, until he starts thinking there are creepy carrots everywhere. 

Video The illustrator explains his inspiration
Activity Make a creepy carrot bookmark with orange and green paper and creepy stand-up underwear with a folded half sheet of green paper.
Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds
Jasper is frightened by his underpants.
Video Hear the story read by the author.​

Week of October 19, 2020 - Third Grade - Ghost Stories

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Leo : a Ghost Story, by Mac Barnett
Leo is a friendly house ghost--but when a family moves into his house, and tries to get rid of him, he leaves and roams the city looking for a friend.
Video YouTube Cracking ice cubes out of a tray
Cold Feet, by Cynthia DeFelice
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When Willie McPhee, the finest bagpiper in all of Scotland, falls on hard times and is in danger of freezing, he takes a pair of boots from a man who --he thinks-- no longer needs them. Now though his feet are warm, something worse than freezing lies ahead.
Video YouTube Highland bagpiper in the snow 

Crafty Connection Cut a spiral paper ghost
Activity Haunted house coloring sheet

Week of October 19, 2020 - 4th & 5th Grade - Presidential Election

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Video United States: a Mammoth Unearthed Discovery Education streaming video (password protected)
In 2015, a farmer in Michigan discovers the bones of a woolly mammoth beneath his soybean field.
Bones in the White House: Thomas Jefferson's Mammoth, by Candice Ransom
Funding explorers, including the famed Lewis and Clark, the third president of the United States sought to find a gigantic prehistoric skeleton to put the young country on the world stage.
Video Restoring Ecosystems with Extinct Species Discovery Education streaming video (password protected)

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