Week of March 21, 2022 | TK and Kindergarten | The Alphabet
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A Busy Creature's Day Eating! by Mo Willems
A raucous creature eats everything in sight from A to Z.
Video Eat Your Rainbow, a fruits and veggies nutrition song
Crafty Connection Alphabet coloring sheet and Eat a Rainbow coloring sheet
A raucous creature eats everything in sight from A to Z.
Video Eat Your Rainbow, a fruits and veggies nutrition song
Crafty Connection Alphabet coloring sheet and Eat a Rainbow coloring sheet
Week of March 21, 2022 | First Grade | Bedtime
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Good Night, Good Knight, by Shelley Moore Thomas
A Good Knight helps three little dragons who are having trouble getting to sleep.
Sleepy the Goodnight Buddy, by Drew Daywalt
Roderick will think of any excuse not to go to bed at night. So his parents get him a goodnight buddy to help him sleep but it turns out the stuffed companion really resists bedtime, too.
Crafty Connection Draw a Goodnight Buddy bookmark
A Good Knight helps three little dragons who are having trouble getting to sleep.
Sleepy the Goodnight Buddy, by Drew Daywalt
Roderick will think of any excuse not to go to bed at night. So his parents get him a goodnight buddy to help him sleep but it turns out the stuffed companion really resists bedtime, too.
Crafty Connection Draw a Goodnight Buddy bookmark
Week of March 21, 2022 | Second Grade
A Playful Connection to the Dinosaur Research Project
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Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads, by Bob Shea Sheriff Ryan might only be seven years old, and he might not know much about roping. But he knows a lot about dinosaurs. And it turns out that knowing a thing or two about paleontology can come in handy when it comes to hoodwinking and rounding up a few no-good bandits.
Crafty Connection Make a paper dinosaur at home
Crafty Connection Make a paper dinosaur at home
Week of March 21, 2022 | Third Grade | Women's History Month
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The House that Jane Built, by Tanya Lee Stone
Details the life of social worker and activist Jane Addams (1860-1935). At a young age, Addams became aware that not all people had the advantages in life that she enjoyed, and she was determined to "find a way to fix the world."
Video Segment Jane Addams Founds Hull House in Chicago Discovery Education streaming video (password protected) about 3 minutes (begin at :38). Conclude with details from book's back matter.
Details the life of social worker and activist Jane Addams (1860-1935). At a young age, Addams became aware that not all people had the advantages in life that she enjoyed, and she was determined to "find a way to fix the world."
Video Segment Jane Addams Founds Hull House in Chicago Discovery Education streaming video (password protected) about 3 minutes (begin at :38). Conclude with details from book's back matter.
Week of March 21, 2022 | Fourth & Fifth Grade
Conclude CYRM Picture Book for Older Readers and Vote
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About the CYRM California Young Reader Medal Program
The Skydiving Beavers: a True Tale, by Susan Wood
Describes the successful 1948 effort of Elmo Heter of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to transport beavers from an overcrowded town, McCall, Idaho, to the remote Chamberlain Basin region by parachuting seventy-six beavers into the area.
Video An unearthed video of beavers being relocated via parachute during the 1940s and 50s aired on CNN in 2015
Crafty Connection Use two pipe cleaners and one coffee filter to make a parachute guy
The Skydiving Beavers: a True Tale, by Susan Wood
Describes the successful 1948 effort of Elmo Heter of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to transport beavers from an overcrowded town, McCall, Idaho, to the remote Chamberlain Basin region by parachuting seventy-six beavers into the area.
Video An unearthed video of beavers being relocated via parachute during the 1940s and 50s aired on CNN in 2015
Crafty Connection Use two pipe cleaners and one coffee filter to make a parachute guy
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