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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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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

2/28/2022

 

Week of February 28, 2022 | TK-5 | CYRM Picture Books Continue
No Place for Hate Pledge | Grand View Cares | EDSJI in MBUSD

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About the CYRM California Young Reader Medal Program
Drawn Together, by Minh Le
In this story about reaching across barriers, a young boy visits his grandfather but the lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. Then when they sit down to draw together their shared love of art and storytelling helps them form a bond that goes beyond words.
No Place for Hate / Grand View Cares
The Grand View Cares Team is working to make our school a community of inclusivity, respect, and equity. The endeavor begins this week with students signing the No Place for Hate Pledge (optional) during this week's library visit. The pledge states:
  • I promise to do my best to treat everyone fairly
  • I promise to do my best to be kind to everyone – even if they are not like me
  • If I see someone being hurt or bullied, I will tell a teacher
  • I will help others to feel safe and happy at school
  • I will be part of making my school No Place for Hate
Student artwork inspired by the pledge will be on display around campus and in the library hall. More activities are planned to qualify Grand View as a No Place for Hate school. For more information visit noplaceforhate.org.
Equity, Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusion in MBUSD
This year's CYRM picture book nominees naturally lend themselves to dialog and discussion about the commitment MBUSD has made to foster an inclusive school environment with respect and understanding for others. For more information refer to the EDSJI page on the MBUSD website.

Week of February 28, 2022 | TK | Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

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Ten Apples Up On Top! by Dr. Seuss (writing as Theo. LeSieg)
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A lion, tiger, and dog are balancing ten apples on their heads when two irritable bears start to chase them.
Crafty Connection Cat in the Hat coloring sheet 

Website Seussville

Week of February 28, 2022 | Kdg. | Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

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I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! by Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat takes Young Cat in tow to show him the fun he can get out of reading.
Crafty Connection Cat in the Hat coloring sheet
Website Seussville

Week of February 28, 2022 | First Grade | Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

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And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, by Dr. Seuss
Marco struggles to report truthfully to his father the events of his day, rather than embellish the dull sights in order to make for a more exciting tale. Published in 1937, this first book for children by Dr. Seuss was rejected by 27 publishers before being accepted by Vanguard Press. 
Discuss When the book finally made it to the shelves, some people thought it was unsuitable for children, saying the story encouraged the telling of lies. In fact, the book is about an active imagination; Marco tells the truth at the end. However, in March 2021 Seuss Enterprises pulled Mulberry Street from publication along with five other works by Seuss due to the inclusion of imagery they deem as "hurtful and wrong." Talk about the removal in the context of the No Place for Hate Pledge and how it can sometimes take many years to rectify a wrong.

Video 4-year-old on the importance of reading 
Crafty Connection Cat in the Hat coloring sheet
Website Seussville

Week of February 28, 2022 | 2nd Grade | Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

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Wild About Books, by Judy Sierra
In this celebration of the literary life, librarian Molly McGrew drives her bookmobile into the zoo, and then the fun begins! The animals draw close to listen to a Dr. Seuss story, and once they "learn all about this new something called reading," they try creating their very own stories.
Video 4-year-old on the importance of reading
Crafty Connection Create your Dr. Seuss name Students experiment with their names to create their own pseudonyms: Doctor + Middle Name | Abbreviation of First Name + Last Name spelled backwards.
Website Seussville

Week of February 28, 2022 | Third Grade | Narrative Nonfiction

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Farm Boy circa 1940,
(top right). Library of Congress, Bound for Glory exhibit
Tenant Farmhouse, Poplar Grove Plantation, North Carolina
(bottom right). Library of Congress, Bound for Glory exhibit
Mr. Williams,
 by Karen Barbour
"I was good at making my rows straight." Born the same year as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mr. Williams lived simply, sometimes facing the harsh reality of racism in the South. This understated story drives home that though most of us will not grow up to be famous, we can live our lives with dignity.
Text Connection Describe an ordinary activity in your daily life to help others know what is is like to be you. Consider keeping a diary or journal to capture moments in your daily life.
(Answer to anchor chart question: narrative nonfiction does not tell about a person's entire life.)

Week of February 28, 2022 | Fourth and Fifth Grade
CYRM Picture Book for Older Readers & Optional Novels

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About the CYRM California Young Reader Medal Program
Before She Was Harriet, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called many names, as explained in this brief biographical poem. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad. As Minty she was an enslaved person whose spirit could not be broken. As Araminta she was a young girl whose father showed her the stars and the first steps on the path to freedom.
Story Extender Visit Encyclopedia Britannica to find out more about Harriet Tubman 
CYRM Intermediate Novels | Grades 4/5 | Read All Three & Vote by 3/31/22 | Participation Optional
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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

1/31/2022

 

Week of January 31, 2022 | All Grades | Happy Lunar New Year!

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Happy Lunar New Year of the Tiger! Thank you to Linda Kirton for decorating the library hall with festive streamers and educational posters! Thank you to Charlotte Kirton for letting the library and makerspace borrow the LEGO set depicting new year traditions!
PowerPoint prepared by Linda and Charlotte explaining the traditions. 

Week of January 31, 2022 | TK & Kindergarten
Getting Ready for the 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 The Very Kind Rich Lady and her One Hundred Dogs presented by Elke Linde
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.

Crafty Connection Dog name coloring sheet

Week of January 31, 2022 | First Grade
Black History is American History | Spreading Kindness

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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.
Crafty Connection Students are encouraged paint a Kindness Rock and leave it where others may see it in their neighborhood. Here are some ideas for messages of kindness and encouragement.

​Coloring Sheet Have courage and be kind

Week of January 31, 2022 | Second Grade
Black History is American History | Spreading Kindness
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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.
​Crafty Connection Students are encouraged paint a Kindness Rock and leave it where others may see it in their neighborhood. Here are some ideas for messages of kindness and encouragement.

​Coloring Sheet Have courage and be kind

Week of January 31, 2022 | Third Grade
Black History is American History | Spreading Kindness

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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

Crafty Connection Students are encouraged paint a Kindness Rock and leave it where others may see it in their neighborhood. Here are some ideas for messages of kindness and encouragement.
​Coloring Sheet Have courage and be kind

Week of January 31, 2022 | Fourth Grade
Black History is American History | Spreading Kindness

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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 An interview with author Lesa Cline-Ransome (3 min)

Crafty Connection Students are encouraged paint a Kindness Rock and leave it where others may see it in their neighborhood. Here are some ideas for messages of kindness and encouragement.
​Coloring Sheet Have courage and be kind

Week of January 31, 2022 | Fifth Grade
Black History is American History | Spreading Kindness

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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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Crafty Connection Students are encouraged paint a Kindness Rock and leave it where others may see it in their neighborhood. Here are some ideas for messages of kindness and encouragement.
​Coloring Sheet Have courage and be kind​
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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.

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