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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

5/29/2023

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Week of May 29, 2023 | TK | Sharing

This Is MY Fort! by Drew Daywalt
Monkey and Cake are normally good friends, but today Cake is building a no-Monkey fort--until Monkey teaches him a lesson about being alone and he realizes that forts (and other things) are much better when they are shared.

How to Share with a Bear, by Erik Pinder
Thomas builds a cave of pillows and blankets where he can read, but when he goes to get a flashlight, a young "bear" goes inside and nothing Thomas does discourages the bear from being near him.

Crafty Connection Craft a brown bag bear puppet using paint and cut-out shapes, or simplify by using markers instead.

Week of May 29, 2023 | Kindergarten | Fun with Cats & Kindness

Lost Cat, by C. Roger Mader
Slipper the cat is mistakenly left behind in the commotion when the lady she has always lived with moves in with her daughter's family, so Slipper sets out to find someone new to adopt.

The Cat Who Lost His Purr, by Michele Coxon
Bootle the cat searches inside and outside for his lost purr and only retrieves it when his owners return.

I Like Your Buttons! by Sarah Lamstein
When a little girl compliments her teacher it starts a chain reaction of goodwill, good deeds, and thoughtfulness throughout the day.

June is Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month Click for info

Crafty Connection Create a bracelet made with buttons and pipe cleaners.

Week of May 29, 2023 | First Grade | Fun with Cats and Kindness

Horatio, by Eleanor Clymer
Horatio, the cat, is quite disgruntled when his owner starts to bring other pets into the house. He runs away to get some peace but finds his troubles just beginning.

June is Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month Click for info

Crafty Connection Draw Horatio step-by-step from the book cover

Week of May 29, 2023 | Second Grade | Joy of Reading

The Potato King, by Christoph Niemann
A bit of reverse psychology employed by King Frederick the Great of Prussia helped make the potato the fourth largest food crop in the world today.

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. Conclusion: chapters 4 and 5

Crafty Connection Video directions to make an owl using a potato stamp or recreate using crayons

Week of May 29, 2023 | Third Grade | Fascinating Worms

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. This week: The Adoption of Albert

Earthworms, Kevin J. Holmes
An introduction to earthworms' physical characteristics, habits, behavior, and relationships to humans.

Story Extender Can you add coffee grounds to your worm farm?

Crafty Connection Directions to fold a corner bookmark

At-Home Connection Paint with coffee

Week of May 29, 2023 | Fourth Grade | Kindness Goes Around

Video Kid President explains how to change the world with kindness

Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed, by Emily Pearson
A young girl's good deed is multiplied as it is passed on by those who have been touched by the kindness of others. Reflect how this book connects to Tucky Jo and Little Heart, by Patricia Polacco.

Video Actions have consequences: PBJ machine

Activity Rock painting tutorial with suggested supplies, step-by-step and simple designs

Week of May 29, 2023 | Fifth Grade | Kintsugi
Celebrating Mental Health Month and AAPI Month in Art

Kintsugi
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. Every break is unique and instead of repairing an item like new, the 400-year-old technique actually highlights the "scars" as a part of the design. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: Sometimes in the process of repairing things that have broken, we actually create something more unique, beautiful and resilient.

Golden Threads, by Suzanne Del Rizzo
A tale inspired by the Japanese art form of kintsugi follows the experiences of a beloved stuffed fox that is swept from its young owner by a storm and lovingly repaired by a girl who is recovering from an injury before she endeavors to return the toy to its home

Video The art of kintsugi

Crafty Connection Decorate bookmarks to pass on incoming TK and Kindergarten students

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

5/22/2023

Week of May 22, 2023 | TK | Vacation Plans

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.

Crafty Connection Goldfish coloring sheet

At-Home Activity Step-by-step video demonstration of how to draw a goldfish in a bowl

Week of May 22, 2023 | Kindergarten | We Love to Help at Home

Put it on the List, by Kristen Darbyshire
When family members see the consequences of forgetting to write things on the grocery list, they not only do better at keeping the list up-to-date, they also help with the shopping.

The LIttle Red Hen, by Paul Galdone
In this classic folk tale, four friends live together in a cozy little house. The trouble is, only one of them does any work! The rest of them like to lie around the house all day. Do you think that's fair?

Video The Little Red Hen, presented by StoryTime at Awnie's House (running time 5:57)

Kitchen Connection Basic vanilla butter cake recipe with coloring sheet

Week of May 22, 2023 | First Grade | Puppy Fun

Videos Cuteness overload French bulldogs and toy poodles

Gaston, by Kelly DiPucchio
A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park.

Antoinette, by Kelly DiPucchio
Raised in a family of talented bulldogs, Antoinette the poodle wonders what makes her special. She gets the chance to prove herself and find what she's good at when puppy Ooh-La-La goes missing

Crafty Connection Color and cut out dog ears to attach to hair with tape

Week of May 22, 2023 | Second Grade | Summer Reading

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.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw and color a swimming pool

Week of May 22, 2023 | Third Grade | When Things Don't Go Right

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 22, 2023 | Fourth Grade | Celebrating Memorial Day

Tucky Jo and Little Heart, by Patricia Polacco
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.

Crafty Connection Make a friendship bracelet with three braided pipe cleaners and five pony beads or even candy wrappers

Week of May 22, 2023 | Fifth Grade | Summer Reading Teaser

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

5/15/2023

Week of May 15, 2023 | TK | Insects

Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy, by David Soman and Jacky Davis
Lulu and Sam know how to include some new friends when they play Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy, saving the playground from hairy monsters and big mean robots.

Crafty Connection Students create their own picture book with a prepared red, yellow and black construction paper booklet

At-Home Craft Story Extender Video Step-by-step instructions to make a paper ladybug

Week of May 15, 2023 | Kindergarten | Curriculum Connection Frogs

Froggy Fable, by John Lechner
A little frog is upset when his simple life is changed by such things as other animals moving in nearby, but during an unexpected adventure away from the pond he learns that change can be good, after all.

I Don't Want to Be a Frog, by Dev Petty
A frog who yearns to be any animal that is cute and warm discovers that being wet, slimy, and full of bugs has its advantages.

Frog on a Log? (also published as Oi, Frog), by Kes Gray
n rhyming text, cat explains why frog has to sit on a log, even if he finds it uncomfortable.

Crafty Connection Students draw a frog bookmark, copying the three styles pictured on the covers

Week of May 15, 2023 | First Grade | A World of Worms

Worm Gets a Job, by Kathy Caple
Worm attempts various jobs for his animal friends so that he can buy painting supplies and enter the art contest.

I Can Only Draw Worms, by Will Mabbitt
Teaches the reader to count to ten using worms that have great adventures or everyday experiences, described but not illustrated due to the author/illustrator's inability to draw anything but worms.

Video I Can Only Draw Worms (abridged) presented by Puffin Books (running time 1:58)

Crafty Connection Students cut out a wiggly worm friend

Week of May 15, 2023 | Second Grade | Boredom Buster: Reading

I'm Bored, by Michael Ian Black
When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedius, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do, from turning cartwheels to using their imaginations.

Video Click here for a read-aloud by the author, and a drawing demo from the illustrator.

Video Click here for Found Object Doodles by Debbie Ridpath Ohi (who probably is never bored!)

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 1 and 2 of 5.

Crafty Connection Students practice Found Object Doodles or cut out a potato drawn on brown paper

Week of May 15, 2023 | Third Grade | Responsibility

Video Click here to see Mo Willems stage the scenery for Nanette's Baguette.

Nanette's Baguette, by Mo Willems
Complications ensue when a young frog's mother gives her the responsibility of buying the family baguette.

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 1 of 2: Louis at the Wheel.

Crafty Connection Create a paper village of your own, inspired by buildings from your town

Week of May 15, 2023 | Fourth Grade | Memorial Day

Capital of Philippines, Manilla, Luzon

Luzon rice fields

Battle of Luzon, March 1945

Background The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia made up of more than 7,000 islands that are categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visaya, and Mindanao.

Tucky Jo and Little Heart, by Patricia Polacco
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 1 of 2.

Week of May 15, 2023 | Fifth Grade | Summer Reading Teaser

The Three Sillies and Ten Other Tales to Read Out Loud, by Anne Rockwell
In this collection, "The Old Woman and Her Pig" is an example of an awesome folktale.

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 A Tale Dark and Grimm may be awesome and a little gross... but what if I told you that you have mites living on...your FACE?! Ewww! Now THAT'S gross!

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

5/8/2023

Week of May 8, 2023 | TK
Celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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 8, 2023 | Kindergarten
Celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Video How to Dim Sum, a Beginner's Guide

Dim Sum, Here We Come! by Maple Lam
In this yummy celebration of togetherness, love, family and food, a girl and her younger sister attend their weekly dim sum family gathering.

Crafty Connection Dim sum coloring sheet

Week of May 8, 2023 | First Grade
Celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

The Ugly Vegetables, by Grace Lin
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 8, 2023 | Second Grade
Celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Yoko, by Rosemary Wells
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

No Kimchi for Me! by Aram Kim
Yoomi doesn't like the taste of spicy kimchi, but when Grandma makes kimchi pancakes, Yoomi considers changing her mind.

Kitchen Connection Recipe for Quick Kimchi Pancakes from Bon Appetit

Week of May 8, 2023 | Third Grade
Celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh, by Supriya Kelkar
Harpreet wears different colored patkas to highlight how he feels each day. When it is time to move across the country, the color of his patka signals his unhappiness about the change, until chance helps him make a new friend with a special "hat" of her own.

Crafty Connection The numerals we use originated in India in the 6th or 7th century and were introduced to Europe through the writings of Middle Eastern mathematicians. Create a unique tile pattern using numbers drawn bubble style on a 4" x 4" paper folded diagonally twice. Start at the center and repeat around the paper. Use random numbers or numbers of significance such as an address or birthdate.

Week of May 8, 2023 | Fourth Grade
Celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Curriculum Connection: California History

Many businesses owned by people of Japanese heritage had to be sold in haste at a fraction of their worth

Manzanar internment camp, approx. 230 miles north of Los Angeles near Lone Pine

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

Yoshito Wayne Osaki (1923-2015)

Background After Japan bombed Pear Harbor, Hawaii, in December 1941, Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in February 1942. The order led to the incarceration for the duration of the the war of 120,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast.

My Dog Teny, by Yoshito Wayne, Osaki
The true story about a boy and his dog and the friendship that they shared during the time of the forced evacuation of Japanese Americans during World War II. Originally published in 2001 as an essay in a collection of short stories by eleven Japanese American writers about their experiences as children and youth during World War II: "From Our Side of the Fence."

Mr. Osaki studied architecture at Berkeley after the War and designed stores, apartments, schools, and churches. In 1988, the U.S. Government 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.

Week of May 8, 2023 | Fifth Grade
Celebrating Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
and Novel Study Continues

Gyo Fujikawa (1908-1998)

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way, by Kyo Maclear
Growing up in a Japanese American family in California, Gyo Fujikawa enjoyed drawing. She studied art in college, traveled to Japan, and worked for Disney Studios in New York before beginning her career as an artist and picture-book illustrator. She is known for her inclusive illustrations of children, beginning with Babies (1963).

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 (page 5-16).

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

5/1/2023

Week of May 1, 2023 | All Grades
CYRM Winners | Screen Time Awareness | Children's Book Week

California Young Reader Medal
Winners announced on May 1. Compare the state results with our local voting results.

Screen Time Awareness Week
Jimmy Jet and His TV Set, by Shel Silverstein Poem
Though a child could never actually turn into a TV, or have brains turn to mush from excessive screen time, children who spend too much time with electronic entertainment might not enjoy an imagination such as is gained through exploratory play, pleasure reading, and quiet reflection. Unplug from screen-based entertainment and let your imagination run wild. Find out more at screenfree.org.

Children's Book Week
Celebrate with books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings! Find out more.

Week of May 1, 2023 | TK and Kindergarten
CYRM Winners | Screen Time Awareness | Children's Book Week

Screen Time Awareness Week
If..., by Sarah Perry
Illustrations present such imaginative possibilities as worms with wheels, caterpillar toothpaste, and whales in outer space.
Connections 101 Screen Free Activities

Children's Book Week
The world of Mo Willems is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Crafty Connection Children's Book Week coloring page

That Is NOT a Good Idea! by Mo Willems
A plump mama goose is invited to dinner by a hungry fox while her babies warn that it is a bad idea.

Week of May 1, 2023 | First Grade
CYRM Winners | Screen Time Awareness | Children's Book Week

Screen Time Awareness Week
The Dragon in the Clock Box, by M. Jean Craig
When Joshua says he has a dragon's egg his family plays along. Note: no electronic entertainment is visible and readers can see how family members spend their leisure time.
Connections 101 Screen Free Activities

Children's Book Week
This book about imagination is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Crafty Connection Children's Book Week coloring page

What Is Inside This Box? by Drew Daywalt
Monkey has a box, which he tells Cake has a cat inside, but only when the box is closed; Cake suggests that maybe there is a dinosaur instead.
Crafty Connection Take and make foldable box

Week of May 1, 2023 | Second Grade
CYRM Winners | Screen Time Awareness | Children's Book Week

Screen Time Awareness Week
Open this Little Book, by Jesse Klausmeier
An imaginative exploration of the art of book making and a charming tale of friendship and the power of books. The special invitation at the end is the perfect lead-in for...

Emma Kate, by Patricia Polacco
The best thing to play with is a huge imagination.
Connections 101 Screen Free Activities

Children's Book Week
This book about honesty is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Crafty Connection Children's Book Week coloring page

Betty Bunny Didn't Do It, by Michael B. Kaplan
When Betty Bunny breaks a lamp, she blames it on the Tooth Fairy. “Is that the honest truth?” her mom asks. “It's an honest lie,” Betty Bunny replies proudly. Honest lies, white lies, crying wolf – how can a little bunny keep track of the right thing to do?

Week of May 1, 2023 | Third Grade
CYRM Winners | Screen Time Awareness | Children's Book Week

Screen Time Awareness Week
Goodnight iPad, by Ann Droyd
In this parody for the next generation, a family bids goodnight to their electronic gadgets before going to bed.

When Charlie McButton Lost Power, by Suzanne Collins
A boy who likes nothing but playing computer games is in trouble when the power goes out and his little sister has all of the batteries in the house.
Connections 101 Screen Free Activities

Children's Book Week
These fairy tales are exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Crafty Connection Children's Book Week coloring page

Elements of Fairy Tales Readwritethink.org
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude, by Kevin O'Malley
Videos Before reading the story, set the mood with We Are Princesses and The Biker.
Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess whose beloved ponies are being stolen by a giant, and a boy conjures up a muscular biker who will guard the last pony in exchange for gold.

Waking Beauty, by Leah Wilcox
Prince Charming tries all sorts of silly ways to wake Sleeping Beauty before he learns how he is really supposed to wake her up.

Week of May 1, 2023 | Fourth Grade
CYRM Winners | Screen Time Awareness | Children's Book Week

Screen Time Awareness Week
If You Give a Mouse an iPhone, by Ann Droyd
In this parody of the Laura Numeroff storiies if you give a bored little mouse an iPhone he's likely to miss out on all the real fun going on around him.
Connections 101 Screen Free Activities

Children's Book Week
The following two stories are exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and meaningful - books that beg for repeat readings!
Crafty Connection Children's Book Week coloring page

The Taking Tree, by Shrill Travesty
In this parody of The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein, a selfish little boy takes advantage of a long-suffering tree who finally gives him just what he deserves.

Video Click here for The Tree's Revenge, a brief animated parody

Video Eat It Weird Al Yankovic's music video parody of Michael Jackson's Beat It.

Week of May 1, 2023 | Fifth Grade
CYRM Winners | Screen Time Awareness | Children's Book Week

Screen Time Awareness Week
Jimmy Jet and His TV Set, by Shel Silverstein Poem
Though a child could never actually turn into a TV, or have brains turn to mush from excessive screen time, children who spend too much time with electronic entertainment might not enjoy an imagination such as is gained through exploratory play, pleasure reading, and quiet reflection. Unplug from screen-based entertainment and let your imagination run wild. Find out more at screenfree.org.
Connections 101 Screen Free Activities

Children's Book Week
This picture book is exactly what Children's Book Week is about: books that engage readers of all ages - pictures that invite second and third closer looks - stories that are fun and eye-opening - books that beg for repeat readings!

The Very True Legend of the Mongolian Death Worms, by Sandra Fay
A humorous take on the legend of the giant worms that are purported to inhabit the Gobi Desert, much like the notorious Big Foot of the Pacific Northwest. Back matter gives additional information about the legend.

Crafty Connection Children's Book Week coloring page

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. We begin this novel today with the introduction and then up to page 5.

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/24/2023

Week of April 24, 2023 | TK | "Ugly Ducklings" Beloved Old Books

Manhattan Beach Pier c1950

Manhattan Avenue c1950 looking north from about 9th Street

Else Holmelund Minarek (1920-2012)

Published 1957

Little Bear (1957), by Else Holmelund Minarek (1920-2012)
Else Holmelund Minarek worked as reporter before becoming a first grade teacher and recognizing the need for children's books with simple words. She wrote over 40 children's books during her lifetime. Little Bear was her first, and was also the very first book in the I Can Read! series.

Crafty Connection Embellish and color a teddy bear "chapter book"

Week of April 24, 2023 | Kindergarten | Beloved Older Books

Manhattan Beach Pier c1950

Manhattan Avenue c1950 looking north from about 9th Street

Roger Duvoisin (1904-1980)

Published 1950

Petunia (1950) by Roger Duvoisin (1904-1980)
When Petunia finds a book in the barnyard she believes she is wise because she carries it under her wing. But when her advice to the other animals goes all wrong she realizes that to be truly wise she must learn to read.

Crafty Connection Color and cut out Ida and her chicks math manipulative

Week of April 24, 2023 | First Grade | "Ugly Ducklings"
Compare and Contrast Beloved Older Books with Newer Books

Manhattan Beach Blvd. at Highland Ave.

Manhattan Beach City Hall

Downtown Manhattan Beach

Published 1956

Published 1969

Published 2015

Harry the Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion (1956)
Harry is a white dog with black spots who loves everything . . . except baths. One day, before bath time, Harry runs away. By the time he returns home, Harry is so dirty he looks like a black dog with white spots and his family doesn't recognize him.

The Sky Dog, by Brinton Turkle (1969)
A little boy is convinced that the white dog he finds on the beach is the same one he used to see playing among the clouds overhead.

A Dog Wearing Shoes, by Sangmi Ko (2015)
Mini finds a dog and begs to keep him. Based on a true story. The author's niece once found a lost dog with shoes on, and after returning him to his owner, she adopted a dog named Ray. Sangmi lives and works in Seoul, South Korea, with two adopted dogs, White and Malti.

Crafty Connection "Reader of the Pack" dog coloring sheet

Week of April 24, 2023 | Second Grade | Poetry Month
Compare and Contrast Beloved Older Books with Newer Books

Manhattan Beach Blvd. at Highland Ave.

Manhattan Beach City Hall

Published 1957

Published 1991

Published 2011

The Outside Cat, by Jane Thayer (1957)
Samuel wants to get inside. He finally does, only to discover that the family and cat who were living there have moved. Now Samuel wants out, but he’s trapped in an empty house.

Six-Dinner Sid, by Inga Moore (1991)
A clever cat lives with six families.

Won Ton : a Cat Tale Told in Haiku, by Lee Wardlaw (2011)
Prefaced with a clear explanation of the traditional Japanese haiku, a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5 | 7 | 5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
A cat arrives at a shelter, arranges to go home with a good family, and settles in with them, all the while letting them know who is boss and, finally, sharing his real name.

Crafty Connection Haiku worksheet

Week of April 24, 2023 | Third Grade | Poetry Month

I'm Just No Good at Rhyming, by Chris Harris
A frolicking romp through the zany world of nonsense verse.

Crafty Connection Book Spine Poems Print worksheet It’s fun! It’s easy! It makes a bit of a library mess! Oh, well! Select three to six books with titles that inspire your poetic fire. Stack the books flat, one on top of the other, so the spines are visible. Move the books around until you like the way it reads, top to bottom. Write the titles on this worksheet the way you want the poem to read, top to bottom. Go over the titles with marker. Shade in each rectangle lightly with a different color crayon or colored pencil to create the appearance of book spines.

Week of April 24, 2023 | Fourth Grade | Poetry Month
Black Out Poems Created from Weeded Novels

Black Out Poetry
Video How to: Black Out Poetry by Ariel Bisset (running time 5:37 stop at 4:13)
Choose a page from a discarded book and rip it out neatly. Find the poem by scanning the page and lightly underlining or boxing interesting words. Black out the rest of the page so only the poem is left. Alternatively, highlight the poem with a doodle. Click images above to view the examples.

Week of April 23, 2023 | Fifth Grade | Poetry Month

Dr. William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)

A River of Words : the Story of William Carlos Williams, by Jen Bryant
This picture book biography of William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) traces childhood events that lead him to become a doctor and a poet.

Delving Deeper Video The Canvas Williams and the artist Charles Demuth knew each other at university. I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold (1928) is one of a series of eight abstract portraits of friends, inspired by Gertrude Stein's word-portraits, that Demuth made between 1924 and 1929. This painting pays homage to a poem by William Carlos Williams and consists not of a physical likeness of Williams, but of an accumulation of images associated with him. Williams' poem The Great Figure describes the experience of seeing a red fire engine with the number 5 painted on it racing through the city streets.

Crafty Connection Video United Art and Education Project #170 Instructions for drawing a number then precisely segmenting the drawing in the style of I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold.

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/17/2023

Week of April 17, 2023 | All Grades | Celebrating Earth Week

Earth Day is an annual observance, held on April 22, to increase awareness of environmental issues. Millions of people worldwide gather to clean up litter, to protest threats to the environment, and to celebrate progress in reducing pollution. In 1969, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson suggested that a day of environmental education be held on college campuses. The following year, the lawyer and environmentalist Denis Hayes (then a recent graduate of Stanford University) led hundreds of students in organizing the observance of Earth Day on April 22, 1970. About 20 million people participated in this celebration. The event helped to alert people to the dangers of pollution and fostered a new environmental movement. Also in 1970, Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency to set and enforce pollution standards, and passed the Clean Air Act which limits the amount of air pollution that cars, utilities, and industries could release. Other environmental laws soon followed. (Hayes, Denis. "Earth Day." World Book Student. World Book, 2016. Web. 18 Apr. 2016.)
The effort continues with Grades of Green, a grassroots organization that teaches kids about environmental stewardship that got its start at Grand View Elementary School in 2009.

Video ABC7 Eyewitness News Manhattan Beach Students are Pros at Saving the Planet

Earth Week 2023 Activities around the district to celebrate and care for our Earth

Week of April 17, 2023 | TK and Kindergarten | Earth Week
Natural Resources

The Earth Book, by Todd Parr
Students learn simple ways to take care of the planet.

Video Paired with the animated Think Earth which shows the impact humans have on the environment and how to minimize it for a healthier planet. Define and discuss natural resources: paper, metal, glass, oil.

Earth Week 2023 Activities around the district to celebrate and care for our Earth

Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane!
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 18, 2022 | First Grade | Earth Week
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot, Repurpose, and Refuse

Video Recycle Rex Rex and friends learn about recycling firsthand when the field where they play is in jeopardy of being turned into a landfill. Define and discuss the Six Rs and how excessive packaging contributes to waste.

Earth Week 2023 Activities around the district to celebrate and care for our Earth

Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane!
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 17, 2023 | Second Grade | Earth Week
Out of Sight, Out of Mind. Where Does Trash Go?

Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! by Pat Cummings When Harvey cleans his room by stuffing everything under the rug he learns that though out of sight may be out of mind, it is not good enough when it comes to finding a place for his things. Discuss over-consumption and how landfills are filling to capacity. Talk about the importance of a clean beach.

Video clip Toys All Gone

Earth Week 2023 Activities around the district to celebrate and care for our Earth

Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane!
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 17, 2023 | Third Grade | Earth Week
Wetlands | Making Land Use Decisions for the Seventh Generation

Curriculum Connection Ballona Wetlands field trip.

Video Common Ground, the Water, Earth, and Air We Share Curriculum connection Opening with a visit to a wetlands preserve, the video imparts the message of conservation and responsibility for our shared natural resources and respect for the environment. The narrator references "The Seventh Generation" principle, an Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) philosophy: decisions we make today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future.

Earth Week 2023 Activities around the district to celebrate and care for our Earth

Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane!
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 17, 2023 | Fourth Grade | Earth Week
Hazardous Waste Disposal

Someday a Tree, by Eve Bunting
A young girl, her parents, and their neighbors try to save an oak tree that has been poisoned by illegal hazardous waste dumping.

Video Big Yellow Taxi sung by Joni Mitchell

Earth Week 2023 Activities around the district to celebrate and care for our Earth

Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane!
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Week of April 17, 2023 | Fifth Grade | Earth Week
Making Promises and Taking Action | The Power of One

Earth Day, by Linda Lowery
Tells the story of Earth Day 1970 and 1990 in the United States and the special activities planned to call global attention to the problems of pollution, environmental destruction, and waste of natural resources.
The effort continues with Grades of Green, a grassroots organization that teaches kids about environmental stewardship that got its start at Grand View Elementary School in 2009.

Video ABC7 Eyewitness News Manhattan Beach Students are Pros at Saving the Planet

Wangari's Trees of Peace, by Jeanette Winter
The story of Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist who, shocked to see entire forests being cut down in her native country of Kenya, decided to take action beginning with the planting of nine seedlings in her own backyard.

Pedal Power, by Allan Drummond
The story of the people in Amsterdam in the 1970s who led protests against crowded, unsafe streets and took over a vehicles-only tunnel on their bikes, showing what a little pedal power could do.

The World's Poorest President Speaks Out, by Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay (2010-2015)
In 2012, the United Nations brought governments, international institutions, and major groups together to agree on a range of measures that would bring about sustainable and fair use of resources. When it came time for the president of Uruguay to speak, Jose Mujica presented the problem of sustainability and climate change differently from previous speakers. Mujica posited that the real problem is not climate change but "how we have come to live our lives" in a vicious cycle "where we sell things to make money, which we use to buy whatever we want, and then buy some more." He challenged listeners to consider whether "we were born to pursue economic growth and progress [or rather] to live in such a way as to find happiness on this planet."

Video The World's Poorest President (aired on Kenyan Citizen TV, 2013)

Earth Week 2023 Activities around the district to celebrate and care for our Earth

Coloring sheets
Composting... Life in the Slow Lane!
Clean Storm Drains = Healthy Oceans!

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/10/2023

Week of April 10, 2023 | TK and Kindergarten
Celebrating National School Library Month and
Beverly Cleary's Birthday April 12 with D.E.A.R. Time

Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss
The animals on the farm go to the library to find something to do, but the librarian doesn't understand what they are trying to say.

Crafty Connection Frog and duck coloring sheet

At-Home Crafty Connection Step-by-step instructions to make cheerful paper frogs (add a paper book)

Celebrating Author Beverly Cleary
April 12, 1916, McMinnville, Oregon - March 25, 2021, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
From Henry Huggins (1950) to Ramona's World (1999) Beverly Cleary wrote books for children, about children much like themselves. Children of today may find themselves amazed at the freedom to roam that was enjoyed by the children in Beverly's books, not unusual at the time.

National D.E.A.R. Day April 12 Drop Everything And Read
In 2006, to mark Beverly's 90th birthday, the American Library Association, and others set aside her birthday, April 12, as a day to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. When Beverly’s own children were young, they participated in sustained silent reading time at school, known as D.E.A.R. Their enthusiasm for this activity inspired Beverly to give the same experience to Ramona, who gets to enjoy D.E.A.R. time with her class in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981), introduced in Chapter 2.

Week of April 10, 2023 | First through Fifth Grade
Celebrating National School Library Month with Who's On First?

Who's on first

Extended Costello family

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

Chris and Paddy Costello (front)

Who's on First? With split second comedic timing Bud Abbott and Lou Costello bring their hilarious baseball routine to a new generation of delighted fans.

Script Who's on First?

Video Who's on First? (1953)

Bonus Video 7 into 28 Lou Costello invents a new kind of math

Crafty Connection Who's on First coloring sheet

Local news report Extended Costello family in the Library Beach Reporter article (May 5, 2013)

Local news report Lou Costello's daughter in the Library Easy Reader article (April 14, 2010)

Week of April 10, 2023 | First through Fifth Grade
Celebrating Author Beverly Cleary's Birthday with D.E.A.R. Time

Celebrating Author Beverly Cleary
April 12, 1916, McMinnville, Oregon - March 25, 2021, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
From Henry Huggins (1950) to Ramona's World (1999) Beverly Cleary wrote books for children, about children much like themselves. Children of today may find themselves amazed at the freedom to roam that was enjoyed by the children in Beverly's books, not unusual at the time.
Audio Excerpt Listen to actor Neil Patrick Harris read Chapter 1 of Henry Huggins.

"Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, in childhood."

Learning to read did not come easily for young Beverly, and once she did learn, she found the stories contained in early readers to be boring, simple, and unsurprising. Then, in the third grade, on a rainy afternoon at home, she found herself enjoying reading The Dutch Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins about the adventures of ordinary children. The book awoke in her the joys of reading for pleasure and she began spending extra time in the public library.

"Children should learn that reading is a pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school."

By the time Beverly was in sixth grade, a teacher suggested she should become a children's author, based on essays she had written for class assignments. Beverly first worked as a children's librarian and in a bookstore before becoming a full-time writer for children. In her work as a librarian, she struggled to find books to recommend to children, books that they would have fun reading, so she decided to write children's books herself, books about characters that young readers could relate to.

"I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all."

During an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2011 at the age of 95 she stated, "I've had an exceptionally happy career." Beverly Cleary died in a retirement home a few weeks shy of her 105th birthday. No cause of death was given.

National DEAR Day April 12 Drop Everything And Read
In 2006, to mark Beverly's 90th birthday, the American Library Association, and others set aside her birthday, April 12, as a day to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. When Beverly’s own children were young, they participated in sustained silent reading time at school, known as DEAR. Their enthusiasm for this activity inspired Beverly to give the same experience to Ramona, who gets to enjoy DEAR time with her class in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981), introduced in Chapter 2.
Audio Excerpt Listen to Chapter 2 of Ramona Quimby, Age 8, presented by MrsMorrisReads

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

4/3/2023

Week of April 3, 2023 | Spring Break

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

3/27/2023

Week of March 27, 2023 | TK & Kindergarten | Let's Roll

Roly-Poly Egg, by Kali Stileman
Splotch is a small bird who lives high up in a tree. One day, she lays an egg. It is small and very spotty, but Splotch thinks it is perfect in every way! This is the story of Splotch and the adventure of her roly-poly egg. Follow the dotted line and see where it goes. Along the way, find lots of animals and a butterfly on every page.

Science Connection Video When I was a little girl, I adored roly polies! Somehow, they were not creepy like other insects, and guess what? They are not true insects! Learn all about the wonderful roly poly from PBS Digital Studios.

Crafty Connection There is no right or wrong way to make your own Splotch and egg. Get some paint and blend two colors in a riotous scribble-circle for Splotch's body. Use paper cut outs to add eyes, legs, and the egg. Here is a how-to. In the library we'll create with crayons.

Let's Roll While you're waiting for paint to dry, roll around in the backyard like a roly poly!

Week of March 27, 2023 | First Grade | Spring Seeds

Rooting for You, by Susan Hood
A seed, afraid but bored in the dark soil, decides to put out one little root, then one little shoot, before learning that there are plenty of friends around for encouragement.

We Are Growing! by Laurie Keller Walt is not the tallest or the curliest or the pointiest or even the crunchiest. A confounded blade of grass searches for his 'est' in this story about growing up.

Crafty Connections Make spring flowers with chenille stems | spring flowers coloring sheet

Week of March 27, 2023 | Second Grade | Serving Eggs Again

Guji Guji, by Chih-Yuan Chen
A crocodile hatched and raised by a mother duck must come up with a plan to save his family when a trio of bad crocodiles try to convince him to serve up his relatives for their dinner.

Video Jacana dad rescues his chicks from a crocodile

Crafty Connection Spring flowers coloring sheet

At-Home Extension Make simple egg carton chicks from the instructions found at wikihow.com.

Week of March 27, 2023 | Third Grade | Women in Science

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine, by Laurie Wallmark
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was fascinated by numbers as a child and is considered by many to be the mother of computer programming. In 1953, more than a century after her death, her notes on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine were republished. The engine has now been recognized as an early model for a computer and her notes as a description of a computer and software.

Video Ada Lovelace

Video The Babbage Difference Engine

Crafty Connection Color by number sheet

Week of March 27, 2023 | Fourth Grade | Women in Science

Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge, by Rachel Dougherty
Emily Warren Roebling (1843-1903) was way ahead of her time. As a young girl she studied math and science. Her husband was the chief engineer of the suspension bridge spanning the East River but when he became incapacitated after contracting "the bends" Emily became his go-between for the remaining years that it took to complete the project, teaching herself to interpret plan equations and drawings.

Video Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge on HistoryPod

Crafty Connection Brooklyn Bridge coloring sheet

Week of March 27, 2023 | Fifth Grade | Women in Science

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Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13, by Helaine Becker
From an early age Katherine (1918-2020) loved numbers. She was ready for high school at age 10, but her West Virginia hometown was segregated and there was no high school for Black children. Her family moved to another town and Katherine graduated from a Black high school there by age 14. She began a career as a human computer in the early 1950s for the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (which later became NASA) earning the trust of the astronauts with her competency and creativity.

The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman. At the age of four Paul Erdos (1913-1996) could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number of seconds you had been alive in his head. But he didn't learn to butter his own bread until he turned twenty!

Video N Is a Number: a Portrait of Paul Erdos (trailer)

Having an Erdos Number Paul Erdos published papers with 507 coauthors. In the mathematics community those 507 people have the coveted distinction of having an Erdos number of 1, meaning that they wrote a paper with Erdos himself. Someone who published a paper with one of his coauthors is said to have an Erdos number of 2, and an Erdos number of 3 means that someone wrote a paper with someone who wrote a paper with someone who worked with Erdos. Albert Einstein’s Erdos number was 2. The highest known Erdos number is 15; this excludes non mathematicians, who all have an Erdos number of infinity.

Website Magical Answer to an 80-Year-Old Puzzle. Terence Tao, now a math professor at UCLA, was a youngster when he met Erdos, earning his Erdos number of 1.

Crafty Connection Cat tessellation coloring sheet

Crafty Extensions Create an easy cat tessellation or go all the way and create your own tessellation art with worksheet and video demonstration.

Extension Paul Erdos International Math Challenge

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Week of April 24, 2023 | TK | "Ugly Ducklings" Beloved Old Books

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Week of April 17, 2023 | TK and Kindergarten | Earth Week​Natural Resources

Week of April 18, 2022 | First Grade | Earth WeekReduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot, Repurpose, and Refuse

Week of April 17, 2023 | Second Grade | Earth WeekOut of Sight, Out of Mind. Where Does Trash Go?

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Week of April 17, 2023 | Fifth Grade | Earth WeekMaking Promises and Taking Action | The Power of One

Week of April 10, 2023 | TK and KindergartenCelebrating National School Library Month andBeverly Cleary's Birthday April 12 with D.E.A.R. Time

Week of April 10, 2023 | First through Fifth GradeCelebrating National School Library Month with Who's On First?

Week of April 10, 2023 | First through Fifth GradeCelebrating Author Beverly Cleary's Birthday with D.E.A.R. Time

Week of April 3, 2023 | Spring Break

Week of March 27, 2023 | TK & Kindergarten | Let's Roll

Week of March 27, 2023 | First Grade | Spring Seeds

Week of March 27, 2023 | Second Grade | Serving Eggs Again

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Week of April 24, 2023 | First Grade | "Ugly Ducklings"
Compare and Contrast Beloved Older Books with Newer Books

Week of April 24, 2023 | Second Grade | Poetry Month
Compare and Contrast Beloved Older Books with Newer Books

Week of April 24, 2023 | Fourth Grade | Poetry Month
Black Out Poems Created from Weeded Novels

Week of April 17, 2023 | TK and Kindergarten | Earth Week
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Week of April 18, 2022 | First Grade | Earth Week
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot, Repurpose, and Refuse

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind. Where Does Trash Go?

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Hazardous Waste Disposal

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Making Promises and Taking Action | The Power of One

Week of April 10, 2023 | TK and Kindergarten
Celebrating National School Library Month and
Beverly Cleary's Birthday April 12 with D.E.A.R. Time

Week of April 10, 2023 | First through Fifth Grade
Celebrating National School Library Month with Who's On First?

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Celebrating Author Beverly Cleary's Birthday with D.E.A.R. Time