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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

5/23/2022

 
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Week of May 23, 2022 | TK and Kindergarten | Vacation Plans

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Goldfish on Vacation, by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Three goldfish live in a small bowl, in an apartment building, in the middle of a big city, until one summer they get to go on vacation--in a fountain, with lily pads, and reeds, and other neighborhood goldfish. Based on true events in New York City.

The real Hamilton Fountain in New York City Named after Robert Ray Hamilton (1850-1890), the great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton. He gave the fountain as a place for city horses to have a drink. Located at Riverside Drive and 76th Street.
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Crafty Connection Step-by-step video demonstration of how to draw a goldfish in a bowl

Week of May 23, 2022 | First Grade | Adventure in China

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The Story about Ping, by Marjorie Flack
A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to return to his master's houseboat one evening.

Video Fishing in China with cormorants

​Crafty Connection Activity
 Step-by-step directions to fold an origami boat

Week of May 23, 2022 | Second Grade | Summer Reading

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Legend of Spud Murphy, by Eoin Colfer
When their mother drops them off at the library several afternoons a week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread the overbearing librarian, but are surprised at what they discover. Chapter 3 of 5.
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Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to make a simple owl scene using potato stamps and directions for a more complicated potato stamp art project. Both require adult supervision.

Week of May 23, 2022 | Third Grade | When Things Don't Go Right

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My Brother Louis Measures Worms and Other Louis Stories, by Barbara Robinson
Mary Elizabeth relates the humorous misadventures of her brother Louis in this collection of short stories featuring two very responsible children who somehow find themselves at the center of chaos.
​This week part 2 of 2: Louis at the Wheel.

The Rabbit Listened, by Cori Doerrfeld

When a child's block castle is destroyed, all the animals think they know just what to do, but the rabbit knows what the boy needs is someone to just listen.

Video OK Go This Too Shall Pass

Week of May 23, 2022 | Fourth Grade
Celebrating Memorial Day by Paying Kindness Forward

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Tucky Jo and Little Heart, by Patricia Polacco
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A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation. Many years later she returns his kindness. Part 2 of 2.

Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Day, by Emily Pearson
A child's good deed is multiplied as it is passed on by those who have been touched by the kindness of others.

Crafty Connection Make a friendship bracelet with pipe cleaners and beads or even candy wrappers

Week of May 23, 2022 | Fifth Grade | Summer Reading Teaser

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Video A Tale Dark and Grimm book trailer

​A Tale Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz
Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales as the siblings learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.

Video Hansel and Gretel are famous for eating a candy house. Candy is not gross, and, therefore, not awesome. But what if they ate a house of bugs? Ewww! Now THAT'S gross! The Case for Eating Bugs

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

5/9/2022

 

Week of May 9, 2022 | TK and Kindergarten
Celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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Ling & Ting, Not Exactly the Same! by Grade Lin
Video Author/illustrator Grace Lin reads the first chapter from the book (running time 3:38)
Sticking together through everything from getting haircuts and preparing dumplings to practicing magic tricks and using chopsticks, identical twin sisters Ling and Ting display distinctive differences in personality and preference despite their similar looks.

Crafty Connections Follow along with author/illustrator Grace Lin to draw the Rabbit in the Moon, and learn what is symbolized by the apple, the orange, and the peach. Grace Lin also offers a Ling & Ting paper doll template to print, color, and cut out.

Week of May 9, 2022 | First Grade
Celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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The Ugly Vegetables, by Grace Lin
Video The Ugly Vegetables presented by Ed's Storytime (running time 7:12)
A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all.

Crafty Connections Follow along with author/illustrator Grace Lin to draw the Rabbit in the Moon, and learn what is symbolized by the apple, the orange, and the peach. Grace Lin also offers an Ugly Vegetable coloring sheet.
Kitchen Connection Ugly Vegetable soup recipe

Week of May 9, 2022 | Second Grade
Celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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Yoko, by Rosemary Wells
Video Yoko presented by ThePigNetwork (running time 4:18)
​Yoko's mother packs her a lunch with all her favorite sushi, but the other kids jeer ("Yuck-o-rama!") at the raw fish and green seaweed, and Yoko is devastated. In a well-meaning attempt to foster understanding, the teacher announces they will have an International Day, and everyone will bring in a dish from a foreign country. Will anyone try Yoko's sushi?
Crafty Connection Sushi coloring sheet 

Week of May 9, 2022 | 3rd-5th Grade | AAPI Heritage Month
Focus on Japanese-American Internment During World War II

Students will be introduced to Japanese-American internment camps in order to understand and appreciate a community event at Mira Costa High School honoring the Uyematsu family legacy in Manhattan Beach, and how a portion of the land the family once owned became Mira Costa. For some students this will be the first time they will have heard about the internment camps.
Community Event Sunday, May 15, 10am-12pm, MCHS Quad Meadows Elementary School and Meadows Cares invite families to learn about the Uyematsu family legacy in Manhattan Beach​ | RSVP ​
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Mira Costa sits on land formerly owned by the Uyematsu family. The original parcel stretched from Sepulveda Blvd. to Peck Ave. and from Artesia Blvd. to 2nd Street.
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Francis Uyematsu was famous for developing camellias
The Uyematsu family and Mira Costa (11 min.)

​Third Grade Presentation

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Camp Amache, Colorado, the Japanese American Internment Camp where the author's family resided
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Pre-Reading & Discussion Prompts For teachers and students from the Anti-Defamation League
Fish for Jimmy, Inspired by One Family's Experience in a Japanese-American Internment Camp, by Katie Yamasaki
Video Fish for Jimmy presented by Dana Mejia (running time 8:29)
After the attack on Pearl Harbor a family's peaceful life is shattered. The father is taken away and the rest of the family is taken to an internment camp. Little Jimmy refuses to eat the camp food and is growing weak. His brother makes a daring escape from the camp to find fresh fish to tempt Jimmy's appetite. Based on the author's family's history in a Colorado camp.
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World War II ended in 1945. In 1988 the U.S. Government finally apologized to the surviving internees from the camps. It admitted that the internment was due to racial prejudice, wartime paranoia, and poor leadership. The government also acknowledged that no Japanese American was ever found guilty of endangering the U.S. during World War II.

Fourth and Fifth Grade Presentation

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Many businesses owned by people of Japanese heritage had to be sold in haste at a fraction of their worth
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Tanforan Racetrack detention center, San Bruno, California, still smelled of horses when evacuees were moved in
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Manzanar internment camp, approx. 230 miles north of Los Angeles near Lone Pine
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Photos such as this one by Dorothea Lange documenting the camps were impounded by the military for their sympathetic nature and remained largely unseen until 2006
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Topaz internment camp in Utah
The Bracelet, by Yoshiko Uchida
Video The Bracelet presented by KonokaABC (running time 10:22)
Emi, a young Japanese-American whose family leaves Berkeley to be interned at the beginning of WW II, receives a bracelet as a parting gift from her best friend, but it's lost on the first day at the camp. Emi is desolate, but soon realizes she won't need a keepsake to remember her friend. The memories that fill her heart will always be with her. Based on the author's own experiences.
Pages to Pause for Discussion
  • Page 7 If you were Emi, what would the bracelet mean to you?
  • Page 11 How does the sentence, "Everyone was clutching bundles and suitcases tagged with family numbers," make you feel?
  • Page 14 What do you think the people who posted the sign, "We are loyal Americans" were trying to say?
  • Page 17 "This is your apartment." What are you thinking right now and why?
  • Page 19 The bracelet can't be found. How do you think Emi feels?
  • Page 23 What did Emi learn about herself?
  • Page 27 How do you think Emi's move to Utah will be different from her move to Tanforan Racetrack?

​World War II ended in 1945. In 1988 the U.S. Government finally apologized to the surviving internees from the camps. It admitted that the internment was due to racial prejudice, wartime paranoia, and poor leadership. The government also acknowledged that no Japanese American was ever found guilty of endangering the U.S. during World War II.

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

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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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
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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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