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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/28/2022

 

Week of March 28, 2022 | TK & Kindergarten | Let's Roll

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Roly-Poly Egg, by Kali Stileman
Splotch is a small bird who lives high up in a tree. One day, she lays an egg. It is small and very spotty, but Splotch thinks it is perfect in every way! This is the story of Splotch and the adventure of her roly-poly egg. Follow the dotted line and see where it goes. Along the way, find lots of animals and a butterfly on every page.
Science Connection Video When I was a little girl, I adored roly polies! Somehow, they were not creepy like other insects, and guess what? They are not true insects! Learn all about the wonderful roly poly from PBS Digital Studios. 
Crafty Connection There is no right or wrong way to make your own Splotch and egg. Get some paint and blend two colors in a riotous scribble-circle for Splotch's body. Use paper cut outs to add eyes, legs, and the egg. Here is a how-to. In the library we'll create with crayons.
Let's Roll While you're waiting for paint to dry, roll around in the backyard like a roly poly!

​Week of March 28, 2022 | First Grade | Annual Egg Drop

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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.
STEM Egg Drop Activity First graders test out the different ways one might cushion an egg to have it land unbroken when dropped from the roof of the first grade classrooms.
Crafty Connection Humpty Dumpty coloring sheet 

Week of March 28, 2022 | Second Grade | Serving Eggs Again

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Guji Guji, by Chih-Yuan Chen
A crocodile hatched and raised by a mother duck must come up with a plan to save his family when a trio of bad crocodiles try to convince him to serve up his relatives for their dinner.
Video Jacana dad rescues his chicks from a crocodile
Crafty Connection Spring flowers coloring sheet

At-Home Extension Make simple egg carton chicks from the instructions found at wikihow.com.

Week of March 28, 2022 | Third Grade | Women in Science

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Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine, by Laurie Wallmark
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Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was fascinated by numbers as a child and is considered by many to be the mother of computer programming. In 1953, more than a century after her death, her notes on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine were republished. The engine has now been recognized as an early model for a computer and her notes as a description of a computer and software. ​
Video Ada Lovelace
Video The Babbage Difference Engine 
Crafty Connection Color by number sheet

Week of March 28, 2022 | Fourth Grade | Women in Science

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Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge, by Rachel Dougherty
Emily Warren Roebling (1843-1903) was way ahead of her time. As a young girl she studied math and science. Her husband was the chief engineer of the suspension bridge spanning the East River but when he became incapacitated after contracting "the bends" Emily became his go-between for the remaining years that it took to complete the project, teaching herself to interpret plan equations and drawings.
Video Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge on HistoryPod

Week of March 28, 2022 | Fifth Grade | Women in Science

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Erdos and Tao (age 10) 1985
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! Observation: of the numerous mathematicians depicted at the end, only a few are women and none are people of color.
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13, by Helaine Becker
From an early age Katherine (1918-2020) loved numbers. She was ready for high school at age 10, but her West Virginia hometown was segregated and there was no high school for Black children. Her family moved to another town and Katherine graduated from a Black high school there by age 14. She began a career as a human computer in the early 1950s for the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (which later became NASA) earning the trust of the astronauts with her competency and creativity.

Paul Erdos Continued...
Video N Is a Number: a Portrait of Paul Erdos (trailer)
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 Magical Answer to an 80-Year-Old Puzzle. Terence Tao, now a math professor at UCLA, was a youngster when he met Erdos, earning his Erdos number of 1.
Crafty Connection Tessellation art with worksheet and video demonstration.
Extension Paul Erdos International Math Challenge 

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/21/2022

 

Week of March 21, 2022 | TK and Kindergarten | The Alphabet

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A Busy Creature's Day Eating! by Mo Willems
A raucous creature eats everything in sight from A to Z.
Video Eat Your Rainbow, a fruits and veggies nutrition song
Crafty Connection Alphabet coloring sheet and Eat a Rainbow coloring sheet

Week of March 21, 2022 | First Grade | Bedtime

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Good Night, Good Knight, by Shelley Moore Thomas
A Good Knight helps three little dragons who are having trouble getting to sleep.
Sleepy the Goodnight Buddy, by Drew Daywalt

Roderick will think of any excuse not to go to bed at night. So his parents get him a goodnight buddy to help him sleep but it turns out the stuffed companion really resists bedtime, too.
Crafty Connection Draw a Goodnight Buddy bookmark

Week of March 21, 2022 | Second Grade
A Playful Connection to the Dinosaur Research Project

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​Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads, by Bob Shea Sheriff Ryan might only be seven years old, and he might not know much about roping. But he knows a lot about dinosaurs. And it turns out that knowing a thing or two about paleontology can come in handy when it comes to hoodwinking and rounding up a few no-good bandits.
Crafty Connection Make a paper dinosaur at home

Week of March 21, 2022 | Third Grade | Women's History Month

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The House that Jane Built, by Tanya Lee Stone
Details the life of social worker and activist Jane Addams (1860-1935). At a young age, Addams became aware that not all people had the advantages in life that she enjoyed, and she was determined to "find a way to fix the world."

Video Segment Jane Addams Founds Hull House in Chicago Discovery Education streaming video (password protected) about 3 minutes (begin at :38). Conclude with details from book's back matter.

Week of March 21, 2022 | Fourth & Fifth Grade
Conclude CYRM Picture Book for Older Readers and Vote

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About the CYRM California Young Reader Medal Program
The Skydiving Beavers: a True Tale, by Susan Wood
Describes the successful 1948 effort of Elmo Heter of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to transport beavers from an overcrowded town, McCall, Idaho, to the remote Chamberlain Basin region by parachuting seventy-six beavers into the area.
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unearthed video of beavers being relocated via parachute during the 1940s and 50s aired on CNN in 2015
Crafty Connection Use two pipe cleaners and one coffee filter to make a parachute guy

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/14/2022

 

Week of March 14, 2022 | TK-5 | CYRM Picture Books | Vote

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About the CYRM California Young Reader Medal Program
Sulwe, by Lupita Nyong'o
In this powerful story about colorism and self-love, a young girl wishes for her dark skin to be lighter. The story is bases on the real-life struggles actress Lupita Nyong'o faced growing up in Kenya as a dark-skinned girl. Ms. Nyong'o felt unbeautiful until dark-skinned model Alek Wek came on the international scene. "I couldn't believe someone who looked like me could be viewed as beautiful." Besides her work as an an actress, writer, and producer, Ms. Nyong'o advocates for elephant conservation with WildAid.
Video Lupita Nyong'o reads Sulwe 
Crafty Connection Elephant coloring sheet 

Week of March 14, 2022 | Fourth and Fifth Grade | Optional
​Read All 3 CYRM Intermediate Novel Nominees & Vote by 3/31/22

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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/7/2022

 

Week of March 7, 2022 | TK-5 | CYRM Picture Books Continue
Social Emotional Learning Week at Grand View | Details

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About the CYRM California Young Reader Medal Program
Hair Love, by Matthew A. Cherry
It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters. Zuri's hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. But he loves his Zuri, and he'll do anything to make her—and her hair—happy. 
Discuss Identify SEL aspects observed in the illustrations and/or text: feelings, empathy, positive goals, positive relationships, responsible decisions. 
Videos Hair Love, the Oscar-winning animated short film by Matthew A Cherry | Additional music for Hair Love is by Taylor Graves who attended high school with our very own Mrs. Grings
Video DJ HInes' video of himself styling his 3-year-old daughter Chloe's hair inspired the short film
Crafty Connection Hair Love word search provided by Reading is Fundamental
Read-Alike: Crown, an Ode to the Fresh Cut, by Derrick D. Barnes

In this playful story, a boy walks into a barbershop as a blank canvas and imagines all the things that might happen because of the cut, from passing a geography test, to becoming a star.

Week of March 7, 2022 | Fourth and Fifth Grade | Optional
​Read All 3 CYRM Intermediate Novel Nominees & Vote by 3/31/22

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    MBUSD begins the 2021-22 school year with full-day in-person learning

    The library is open to students and staff beginning August 30, 2021. All will wear masks inside at all times and will be mindful of physical distancing.
    Beginning March 14, 2022 the wearing of masks is strongly recommended but not required.

    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.
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    Every Child. Every Parent. Every Day See why it matters at readaloud.org

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