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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

10/18/2021

 

Week of October 18, 2021 | TK | Fears and Monsters

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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, by Linda Williams
A little old lady must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods.
Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
A ladybug invites us to play a game of Let's Pretend.
Activity Draw scary face bookmarks

Week of October 18, 2021 | Kindergarten | Fears and Monsters 

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What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss
A traveler is terrorized by an empty pair of pants in this silly, slightly spooky story that also delivers a lesson about tolerance.
Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
A ladybug invites us to play a game of Let's Pretend.

Draw Scary face bookmarks

Crafty Connection Make slime with hand soap, dish soap, and baking soda. The measurements are imprecise, so just enjoy the mixing and experimenting! Video directions.

Week of October 18, 2021 | First Grade | Skeletons and Ghosts

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Just a Minute, by Yuyi Morales
​When Senor Calavera comes calling on Grandma Beetle, she forestalls him by performing a series of tasks that result in her own birthday party.
Just in Case, by Yuyi Morales

With Grandma Beetle's birthday approaching, Senor Calvera decides to do something extra special and get her a gift for each letter of the alphabet, in this companion book to Just a Minute.​
Video Day of the Dead sugar skulls -- how they're made, history, and meaning
Crafty Connection Step-by-step draw Pinky the cat

Week of October 18, 2021 | Second Grade

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Ambient music The Invaders by Jerry Goldsmith
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling tasty carrots to munch out of Crackenhopper Field each time he passes by, until he starts thinking there are creepy carrots everywhere. 

Video The illustrator explains his inspiration
Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds
Jasper is frightened by his underpants.
Video Hear the story read by the author.​
Crafty Connection Make a creepy carrot bookmark with orange and green paper and creepy stand-up underwear with a folded half sheet of green paper.

Week of October 18, 2021 | Third Grade | Ghost Stories

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Leo : a Ghost Story, by Mac Barnett
Leo is a friendly house ghost--but when a family moves into his house, and tries to get rid of him, he leaves and roams the city looking for a friend.
Video YouTube Cracking ice cubes out of a tray
Cold Feet, by Cynthia DeFelice
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When Willie McPhee, the finest bagpiper in all of Scotland, falls on hard times and is in danger of freezing, he takes a pair of boots from a man who --he thinks-- no longer needs them. Now though his feet are warm, something worse than freezing lies ahead.
Video YouTube Highland bagpiper in the snow 

Crafty Connection Cut a spiral paper ghost
Activity Haunted house coloring sheet

Week of October 18, 2021 | Fourth Grade | Curricular Connection
Our California Legacy and the National Parks

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Two Bear Cubs: A Miwok Legend from California's Yosemite Valley, retold by Robert D. San Souci
Two bear cubs go for a romp and become so tired they fall asleep on a rock, and don't wake up when the rock begins to grow. It isn't until a little measuring worm attempts the climb that the cubs are rescued.
Every Kid In a Park Find out more about this offer open to every 4th grade student and their families.
Video In 2019 10-year-old Selah became the youngest climber to reach the top of El Capitan.
Crafty Connection Fold an origami inchworm.

Week of October 18, 2021 | Fifth Grade | Narrative Nonfiction

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Jonas Salk (1914-1995) and family
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Jonas Salk Discovery Education streaming video, password protected access 
Thank You, Dr. Salk by Dean Robbins
From childhood, young Jonas saw the effects of polio, and set out to make a difference by extensive study and experimentation, even testing his vaccine on himself and his family. Salk's vaccine was initially provided to American first, second, and third graders in a pioneering clinical trial.
The Polio Pioneer, by Linda Elovitz Marshall
As a child, Jonas Salk saw things from a unique perspective and hoped that one day he could make the world a better place.
Video Jonas Salk, the polio virus and the vaccine

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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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    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 

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

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