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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/27/2023

 

Week of February 27, 2023 | 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 
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Website Seussville

Week of February 27, 2023 | K | 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
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Website Seussville

Week of February 27, 2023 | 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 (coming next week) 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
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Website Seussville

Week of February 27, 2023 | 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.
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Website Seussville

Week of February 27, 2023 | Third Grade | Biography

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Farm Boy circa 1940,
(top right). Library of Congress, Bound for Glory exhibit

Tenant Farmhouse, Poplar Grove Plantation, North Carolina
(bottom right). Library of Congress, Bound for Glory exhibit

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.
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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.

Week of February 27, 2023 | All Grades | CA Young Reader Medal
Picture Book Nominee Presentations Begin

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About the CYRM California Young Reader Medal Program 
Parker Looks Up, by Parker and Jessica Curry
This book is based on the viral photograph of two-year-old Parker Curry, who, during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery in the spring of 2018, became mesmerized by Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama. Sparkles and confetti pieces to show when Parker is spellbound, or she sees something that is inspiring to her. Attentive readers will notice that the pieces of confetti match the colors from Michelle Obama's dress.

Week of February 27, 2023 | 4th/5th Grade | CA Young Reader Medal
Picture Book for Older Readers Nominee Presentations Begin
Novel Reading Challenge (Optional) Voting Party March 29

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About the CYRM California Young Reader Medal Program 
This Way, Charlie, by Caron Levis
When nearly-blind Charlie the horse comes to live at Antonia's ranch for sick, injured, and anxious animals, Jack the goat initially has little patience with the big, amiable fellow. Their ensuing friendship is based on a true story that took place on a wildlife ranch–sanctuary.

Video Charlie and Jack at Wild Heart Ranch, Oklahoma 

Novel Reading Challenge | Grades 4/5 | Read All Three & Vote on 3/29/23 | Participation Optional
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Optional Students in fourth and fifth grade are invited to participate in an optional novel reading challenge. students qualify to participate by completing this questionnaire and returning it to Mrs. Snively by Friday, March 24. Voting day is Wednesday, March 29 during lunch. Participants will eat their lunch in the library, vote, and receive prizes and giveaways. This challenge is not part of the CYRM program.
Fifth Grade | Information Literacy Unit Killer Underwear Invasion Chapter 5 of 6

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/13/2023

 

Week of February 13, 2023 | TK | Valentine's Day

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Set the Mood Happy Dog Music
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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.

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
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At Home Crafty Connection Heart Mouse Paper Craft Instructions

Week of February 13, 2023 | Kindergarten | 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.


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

Week of February 13, 2023 | First Grade | 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.

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Small Talk "Kids on Valentine's Day: What's this Love Thing All About?" 
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Crafty Connection Coloring sheet with yucky fluffy slime recipe

Week of February 13, 2023 | Second Grade | Valentine's Day

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Island of Aka, Okinawa, Japan
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Shiro on Aka
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sland 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.

Crafty Connection Valentine's Day Puppy Love coloring sheet

Week of February 13, 2023 | 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.

Website Cockroach info for kids

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Cockroaches: Public Enemy #1 Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)

Crafty Connection Cockroach facts coloring sheet

Week of February 13, 2023 | Fourth Grade | 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.

Hug Me, by Simona Ciraolo
Felipe the cactus just wants a hug, but his family is not the touchy-feely kind, so he goes out into the world to find a friend and maybe get that long awaited hug.

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 A camel snacks on a prickly pear cactus with 6-inch spikes 

Library Crafty Connection Cactus coloring sheet 


At Home Crafty Connection Paint a cactus rock garden 

Week of February 13, 2023 | Fifth Grade | Valentine's Day

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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 NBC Nightly News Report: the Loving Case (aired 2012) 

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.
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Video Released in 1966, "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees was top of the charts in 1967 

Crafty Connection Fairy tale coloring sheet | All you need is love coloring sheet 

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

2/6/2023

 

​Week of February 6, 2023 | TK & K | Celebrating Black Joy

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I Am Enough, by Grace Byers
​An ode to self-confidence and kindness that touches on themes of diversity, respecting others and loving oneself.

​Video I Am Enough read by the author (running time 7:18 minutes) 

Crafty Connection Have courage and be kind coloring sheet 

Event The Grand View PTA is hosting a Black History Celebration on Wednesday, February 8 at 1:30 with food trucks, crafts, music, a reading corner and more.

Week of February 6, 2023 | First Grade
Black History is American History

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Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story, by Ruby Bridges
In 1960 Ruby Bridges (born September 8, 1954) became a pioneer in school integration at the age of six, when she was chosen to spend her first-grade year in what had formerly been an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Video Segment First Day of School Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
What was it like for young Ruby that first day? Ruby speaks about the angry crowds she saw, a US Marshall talks about Ruby's bravery, and her teacher speaks about the anger of the crowds outside.

​Crafty Connection Have courage and be kind coloring sheet


Event The Grand View PTA is hosting a Black History Celebration on Wednesday, February 8 at 1:30 with food trucks, crafts, music, a reading corner and more.

Week of February 6, 2023 | Second Grade
Black History is American History

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Rosa Parks, by Lisbeth Kaiser
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A brief biography of Rosa Parks (1913-2005), civil rights activist.

Video Segment Rosa Parks Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
Identifies civil rights activist Rosa Parks and describes her role in the movement.


Sweet Justice, by Mara Rockliff
A picture book biography about Georgia Gilmore (1920-1990), the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.

Crafty Connection Have courage and be kind coloring sheet


Event The Grand View PTA is hosting a Black History Celebration on Wednesday, February 8 at 1:30 with food trucks, crafts, music, a reading corner and more.

Week of February 6, 2023 | Third Grade
​Black History is American History

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The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson. Though a fence segregates a pre-Civil Rights Era town, two girls find a way to overcome the separation and become playmates.

Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles. The friendship between two boys in 1964 underscores the bittersweet aftermath of the passage of the Civil Rights Act when, rather than opening swimming pools and other public spaces to African Americans, many towns and property owners boarded up the doors. The story ends with the promise of rights and freedoms yet to come.
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Personal account. What happened when children from another neighborhood joined local children at Leapwood Avenue Elementary School when Mrs. Snively was in third grade.

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Crafty Connection Have courage and be kind coloring sheet

Event The Grand View PTA is hosting a Black History Celebration on Wednesday, February 8 at 1:30 with food trucks, crafts, music, a reading corner and more.

Week of February 6, 2023 | Fourth Grade
Black History is American History

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Freedom on the Menu : the Greensboro Sit-ins, by Carole Boston Weatherford
The 1960 civil rights sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, are seen through the eyes of a young girl.

Video The Sit-in Movement February 1, 1960, four black college students sat a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. Their peaceful protest inspired other people to organize sit-ins throughout the South.

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Crafty Connection Have courage and be kind coloring sheet

Event The Grand View PTA is hosting a Black History Celebration on Wednesday, February 8 at 1:30 with food trucks, crafts, music, a reading corner and more.

Week of February 6, 2023 | Fifth Grade
Black History is American History | Information Literacy

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When the Schools Shut Down, by Yolanda Gladden
In 1954, Yolanda Gladden was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, the same year that the Supreme Court handed down the Brown v. Board of Education decision, mandating the desegregation of schools. Yet in 1959, when Yolanda was old enough to begin her formal education, local authorities decided to close the county's schools rather than integrate them. Some in the Black community protested in the streets, while others organized schools to educate their children. Besides traditional subjects, Yolanda learned Black history in the basement of First Baptist Church. And in 1964, when the county was forced to reopen and desegregate its schools, she was well prepared academically and proud of her heritage. Spotlights an often-overlooked aspect of civil rights history.

​Crafty Connection Have courage and be kind coloring sheet


Event The Grand View PTA is hosting a Black History Celebration on Wednesday, February 8 at 1:30 with food trucks, crafts, music, a reading corner and more.

Killer Underwear Invasion: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation, & Lies, by Elise Gravel
Kid-friendly wit and quirky illustrations break down what fake news is, why people spread it, and how to tell what is real and what isn't. Chapter 3 of 6 chapters presented this week.
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