Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

Week of March 6, 2023 | TK-5 | CYRM Picture Books Continue
Curriculum Connection: Social Emotional Learning Week | Details

About the CYRM California Young Reader Medal Program ​
The Good Egg, by Jory John
A very good egg learns to relax and not be perfect all of the time.

The Grumpy Monkey, by Suzanne Lang
Jim Panzee wakes up in a bad mood one beautiful day, but he keeps denying he is grumpy even as his friends give advice for feeling better.

Curriculum Connection Identify SEL aspects observed in the illustrations and/or text of both books: feelings, empathy, positive goals, positive relationships, responsible decisions. 

Week of March 6, 2023 | 4th/5th Grade | CA Young Reader Medal
Picture Books for Older Readers Continue
Novel Reading Challenge (Optional) Voting Party March 29

Mary Anning (1799-1847)

Lyme Regis, Dorset, England

About the CYRM California Young Reader Medal Program 

Video A brief tour of Lyme Regis

Video Background information provided by the Lyme Regis Museum

Dinosaur Lady: the Daring Discoveries by Mary Anning, the first paleontologist, by Linda Skeers
This introduction to the life and achievements of Mary Anning (1799-1847) describes how her work reshaped scientific understanding of the natural world and helped launch the field of paleontology.

Novel Reading Challenge | Grades 4/5 | Read All Three & Vote on 3/29/23 | Participation Optional

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 6 of 6