Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

Week of October 11, 2021 | TK | Pumpkin Season

It's Pumpkin Time! by Zoe Hall
A brother and sister plant and tend their own pumpkin patch so they will have jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.
​How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? by Wendell Minor
​With increasing absurdity as pumpkins grow bigger and bigger still, giant pumpkins decorate American landmarks.
Video Pumpkin: How Does It Grow?
Crafty Connection Pumpkin bead bracelet 
​At-Home Activities Various Halloween crafts for this age group, with supervision

​Week of October 11, 2021 | Kindergarten | Pumpkin Season

Pumpkin Heads! by Wendell Minor
Pumpkin heads and jack-o-lanterns abound when Halloween rolls around.
Stumpkin, by Lucy Ruth Cummins
A stemless pumpkin that yearns to be a Halloween jack-o-lantern sees all of the other pumpkins in the shop chosen until he is the last one left without a home.
Video Pumpkin: How Does It Grow?
Crafty Connection Pumpkins coloring sheet  
At-Home Activities Various Halloween crafts for this age group, with supervision

Week of October 11, 2021 | First Grade | Black Cats

Night's Nice, by Barbara and Ed Emberley
A little kitty (can you spot him?) explores the wonders of nighttime.
Moonlight the Halloween Cat, by Cynthia Rylant
One special night of the year for one special cat.
Max at Night, by Ed Vere
Unable to go to sleep without closing his nighttime ritual, Max the kitten embarks on a journey to find the moon and say goodnight.
What! Cried Granny: an Almost Bedtime Story, by Kate Lum
When her grandson Patrick arrives for his first sleepover, Granny's resourceful efforts to provide him with a bed, pillow, and other necessities result in a sleepless night for both of them
Video A time-lapse of cats enjoying the sunshine through a window
Crafty Connection A purr-fect Halloween coloring sheet
​At-Home Activities Various Halloween crafts for this age group, with supervision

Week of October 11, 2021 | Second Grade | Scary Stories

A Not Scary Story About Big Scary Things, by C.K. Williams
This unusual monster story shows that confidence and courage can tame our fears.
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! 
Crafty Connection A purr-fect Halloween coloring sheet
At-Home Activity Make a haunted house

Week of October 11, 2021 | Reading for Information & Info Literacy

I, Fly the Buzz About Flies and How Awesome They Are, by Bridget Heos
Last week we learned about spiders and this week the humble fly gets equal time. Flies go through metamorphosis just like butterflies, and when flies eat solid food they throw up on it first!
The Spider and the Fly, by Mary Bothan Howitt
An illustrated version of the well-known poem and cautionary tale about a wily spider who preys on the vanity and innocence of a little fly.
Show What You Know Quiz Part 1, Library Citizenship and Part 2, The Dewey Decimal System
This online worksheet will allow students to demonstrate a basic understanding of how to look up materials and locate them in the library.
Video Illustrator Tony DeTerlizzi reads The Spider and the Fly
At-Home Activity Bake a shoofly pie. It more accurately could be called molasses pie, but it's so sweet and sticky it earned the moniker shoofly pie because you have to keep shooing the flies away!

Week of October 11, 2021 | 4th & 5th Grade | Library Features

Using Your Library Account
Students will be shown how to:

• Navigate to the catalog from the library website
• Log in with their unique username and create a personal password (birth date in record needed as with example student Gary Gator)
• Log in with their unique username and create a personal password (if birth date missing from record as with example student Allie Gator)
• Search for a book and place it on hold
• Rate a book and write a brief review

Using Your Online References
Students will be shown how to access the following from the Resources tab:

• Encyclopedia Britannica - resource provided by the state (no username/password required)
• World Book Online - resource provided by Grand View PTA (username/password required)

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