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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/7/2022

 

Week of February 7, 2022 | TK
Let's Get Ready for Valentine's Day

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Heart mouse instructions below
Set the Mood Happy Dog Music
​I Love Dogs! by Sue Stainton
Lazy dogs, crazy dogs, yappy dogs, happy dogs... and one very special dog.
Clifford's First Valentine's Day, by Norman Bridwell
Emily Elizabeth describes all the Valentine fun that she and Clifford had when he was just a tiny puppy in her pocket.
Video Clifford's First Valentine's Day presented by Read Me a Story.

Never Too Little to Love, by Jeanne Willis
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How can a tiny mouse get the kiss he needs?

Library Crafty Connection Valentine lift-the-flap
At Home Crafty Connection Heart Mouse Paper Craft Instructions

Week of February 7, 2022 | Kindergarten
​Let's Get Ready for Valentine's Day

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Set the Mood Whimsical Music
Mr. Tanen's Ties, by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
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The principal at Lynnhurst Elementary School is well known for his colorful and unusual ties, but his boss orders him to stop wearing them until he learns to love them too, and ties a knot of another sort.
Video Mr. Tanen's Ties presented by Reading Books 4U

Crafty Connection Color a crazy tie, cut out the shape, and paper clip it to your collar.

Week of February 7, 2022 | First Grade
Let's Get Ready for Valentine's Day

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Set the Mood Whimsical Music
​Yuck, a Love Story, by Don Gillmor 
​Austin has a hard time admitting he likes his new neighbor, Amy, but when her birthday comes he goes to fantastic lengths to get her an unexpected present.
Video Yuck, a Love Story presented by bentoncolibrary
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Small Talk "Kids on Valentine's Day: What's this Love Thing All About?" 
Crafty Connection Coloring sheet with yucky fluffy slime recipe

Week of February 7, 2022 | Second Grade
Let's Get Ready for Valentine's Day

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Island of Aka, Okinawa, Japan
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Shiro on Aka
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Island of Zamami, Okinawa, Japan
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Marilyn on Zamami
Set the Mood Classic Japanese Music
Shiro in Love, by Wendy Tokuda
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Shiro started as an unwanted pup left in a garbage dump, but after he was rescued he became famous in Japan.
Video Shiro in Love presented by Teacher Chloe

Crafty Connection Valentine's Day Puppy Love coloring sheet

Week of February 7, 2022 | Third Grade
Let's Get Ready for Valentine's Day

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Set the Mood Cuban dance music
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach, by Carmen Agra Deedy
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When her grandmother advises lovely cockroach Martina to spill coffee on suitors to see their true personality revealed, the beautiful cockroach is in for a surprise.
Video Martina the Beautiful Cockroach presented by Michelle Oaxaca
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Cockroaches: Public Enemy #1 Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
Crafty Connection Cockroach facts coloring sheet

Week of February 7, 2022 | Fourth Grade
​Let's Get Ready for Valentine's Day

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Set the Mood Whimsical Music 
Nobody Hugs a Cactus, by Carter Goodrich
Hank is prickly and cantankerous. He enjoys a solitary life in the windowsill of a desert hut, where he can survey the surrounding Southwestern vistas. Through encounters with various passersby, Hank soon realizes how lonely for affection he is.
Video Nobody Hugs a Cactus presented by Alexis Lampley 
Video A camel snacks on a prickly pear cactus with 6-inch spikes 
No Monkeys, No Chocolate, by Melissa Stewart and Alan Young
Examines the animals and other living things that share a habitat with cocoa trees and keep the plants growing and thriving.
​Video No Monkeys, No Chocolate presented by Storytime with Ms Nikki
Crafty Connection Paint a cactus rock garden ​

Week of February 7, 2022 | Fifth Grade
​Let's Get Ready for Valentine's Day

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You Loves Ewe, by CeCe Bell
Homonyms cause great confusion as an increasingly cranky yam tries to make introductions and provide explanations about a lady sheep to a silly donkey.
Video You Loves Ewe presented by Mr. Library Man

Mr. Scruff,
 by Simon James

Polly belongs with Molly, Eric belongs with Derek, Perry belongs with Terry--everyone knows that owners and their dogs belong together in their own unique way. But for Poor Mr Scruff, alone in the dogs' home, there's no one--that is until a very special little boy arrives looking for a friend.
Video Mr. Scruff presented by Kids Fun Learning

Video The Case for Loving presented by Butterfly Garden Preschool
The Case for Loving, by Selina Alko
Children these days would be shocked to know that before 1967 they could not marry a person of a race different from their own. This is the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple who, in 1958, struggled with marriage laws. They fought the unfair laws and took their case all the way to the Supreme Court.
Video NBC Nightly News Report: the Loving Case (aired 2012) 
Video Released in 1966, "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees was top of the charts in 1967

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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.
    Colleagues are welcome to borrow program ideas.

    California Model School Library Standards 

    Read Aloud 15 Minutes. 
    Every Child. Every Parent. Every Day See why it matters at readaloud.org

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