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Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

1/29/2024

 

Week of January 29, 2024 | TK & Kindergarten
Getting Ready for the 100th Day of School

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The Very Kind Rich Lady and Her One Hundred Dogs, by Chinlun Lee
The very kind rich lady cares for 100 lucky dogs!

Video Zero the Hero by Joan Holub book trailer  
He's not a Froot Loop, a bagel or a doughnut... he's Zero the Hero!

Video How Krispy Kreme doughnuts are made 
Speaking of doughnuts, let's find out how doughnuts are made at Krispy Kreme.

Video Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller read by Chris O'Dowd 
Arnie much more than an average doughnut, round, iced and deliciously sprinkled.
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Crafty Connection Dog name coloring sheet

Week of January 29, 2024 | First Grade | Groundhog Day

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Video History of Groundhog Day Discovery Education Streaming Video (password protected)
Find out the story behind Punxsutawney Phil and the history of Groundhog Day.


Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox, by Susan Blackaby
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Brownie is waiting for spring and meets a fox... will Brownie be able to talk her way out of becoming a mid-winter snack?

Activity 
Groundhog Coloring Sheet

Kitchen Connection Groundhog Pudding Cups Turn pudding, cookies, and simple trimmings into the cutest treat ever! ​

Week of January 29, 2024 | Second Grade | Dinosaurs

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Are the Dinosaurs Dead, Dad? by Julie Middleton
During a trip to the museum Dave keeps trying to get his dad's attention. The dinosaurs around him are springing to life!


What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs? by Carol Carrick
Patrick imagines that at one time dinosaurs were great friends of people and were responsible for building the world we enjoy today.

Tiny Dino, by Deborah Freedman

A small but mighty bird declares it is a dinosaur! But no one believes that dinosaurs still exist. How can it be a dinosaur when it is so little?

Video United Kingdom: Birds Related to Dinosaurs Discovery Education (password protected)
Scientists study the link between modern birds and dinosaurs.


Dinosaur vs. Bedtime, by Bob Shea
Roaar! Roaaaar! Nothing can stop him!


Crafty Connection Draw Bob Shea's dinosaur following these video step-by-step directions

Week of January 29, 2024 | Third Grade | Doing the Right Thing

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A Bike Like Sergio's, by Maribeth Boelts
Money is tight for Ruben's parents so the chances of him getting the bike he want's are slim until he finds a hundred dollar bill. Finders keepers? Or honesty is the best policy?

Ben Rides On, by Matt Davies
When Ben rides his new bicycle the to school a bully takes it away from him and later, when Ben finds the bully in trouble, he must decide whether or not to help him.

Video Ben Rides On presented by Daisy Wallace (running time 3:37 min.)

Crafty Connection Do the right thing coloring sheet 

Week of January 29, 2024 | Fourth Grade
SEL New Perspectives | Curriculum Connection Geology

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Old Rock (is not boring) by Deb Pilutti
Tall Pine, Spotted Beetle, and Hummingbird are certain that being a rock is boring until Old Rock shares what he has seen and done since he first flew out of a volcano.

Rick the Rock of Room 214, by Julie Falatko
Tired of sitting all day on the Nature Finds shelf in Room 214, a rock named Rick escapes the classroom for the great outdoors, only to discover that sometimes the greatest adventure in life is friendship.

Crafty Connection Rock painting tutorial with suggested supplies, step-by-step and simple designs.

Week of January 29, 2024 | Fifth Grade | SEL Empathy

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Trevor, by Jim Averbeck
​Lonely and looking for a friend, Trevor the canary stretches to the width of his boring cage and tries to befriend someone sitting on a branch outside the window

Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse, by Marcy Campbell
​Refusing to believe that a classmate has a horse of his own, Chloe becomes angry, calling him out at school and complaining about him to her mom, but instead of the vindication she wants, Chloe learns valuable lessons in empathy and imagination

When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree, by Jamie L.B. Dennahan
​A young girl is given a lemon tree and learns to care for it until she can make lemonade for a lemonade stand. Read-aloud presented by Reading in a Virtual World 

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Kitchen Connection Nothing says kindness like sharing a batch of soft and chewy lemon cookies 

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

1/22/2024

 

Week of January 22, 2024 | TK | Happy New Year!
​Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

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Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

My First Chinese New Year, by Karen Katz
This very simple introduction to the Chinese New Year focuses on food, families, and customs

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon 

Week of January 22, 2024 | Kindergarten | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

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Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

Bringing In the New Year, by Grace Lin
A girl and her family get ready for Chinese New Year.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon 

Week of January 22, 2024 | First Grade | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

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Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas, by Natasha Yim
n this retelling of a favorite fairy tale, Goldy Luck is asked to take a plate of turnip cakes to the neighbors. The Chans aren't home, but that doesn't stop Goldy from trying out their rice porridge, their chairs and their beds -- with disastrous results. But plucky Goldy takes responsibility for her actions and makes a new friend just in time for Chinese New Year.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon

Week of January 22, 2024 | Second Grade | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

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Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

The Runaway Rice Cake, by Ying Chang Compestine
After chasing a special rice cake, nian-gao, that their mother has made to celebrate the Chinese New Year, three poor brothers share it with an elderly woman and have their generosity richly rewarded.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon

Week of January 22, 2024 | Third Grade | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

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Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

The Nian Monster, by Andrea Wang
The legendary Nian monster has returned at Chinese New Year. With horns, scales, and wide, wicked jaws, Nian is intent on devouring Shanghai. The old tricks to keep him away don't work on Nian anymore, but a clever girl has a plan.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon

Week of January 22, 2024 | Fourth Grade | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

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Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

Nian, the Chinese New Year Dragon, by Virginia Loh-Hagan
This retelling of a Chinese legend explains why people light firecrackers, wear red, and give food offerings to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon​

Week of January 22, 2024 | Fifth Grade | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

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Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids

Friends are Friends, Forever, by Dane Liu
Just before New Year, Dandan discovers that her family is moving to America, far away from her best friend Yueyue; before they leave Yueyue gives her a stack of red paper and a spool of string so she can share the art of paper cutting with Americans--and when New Year comes around again Dandan remembers Yueyue's gift and introduces her new friend Christina to this ancient art.

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Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon

Crafty Connection Fold and cut intricate designs on red paper (instructions begin at minute 7:07) 

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

1/15/2024

 

Week of January 15, 2024 | TK and Kindergarten
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, by Jean Marzollo
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Focuses on highlights and accomplishments to help the very young appreciate Dr. King. 
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Crafty Connection All you need is love coloring sheet
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Crafty Connection Use crayons to create scratch art in the style used to illustrate the book. Directions
KINDERGARTEN CLASSES
Students will start using the decorated stick shelf markers in preparation for choosing books from the other side of the library in the coming weeks.

Week of January 15, 2024 | First Grade
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day, by Mir Tamim Ansary
Introduces Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, explaining the historical events behind it, how it became a holiday, and how it is observed.

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Strictly No Elephants, by Lisa Mantchev
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Sweetly affirming, a boy and his unusual pet create a space where all are welcome.
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Crafty Connection Have courage and be kind coloring sheet

Week of January 15, 2024 | Second Grade
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day, by Mir Tamim Ansary
Introduces Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, explaining the historical events behind it, how it became a holiday, and how it is observed.

The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade, by Justin Roberts
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Sally McCabe is a very little girl who speaks out about the unkindness she sees, and people start to pay attention.

Crafty Connection MLK coloring sheet

Week of January 15, 2024 | Third Grade
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Video The Story of MLK by Kid President 

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers, by Christine King Farris
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Growing up in the segregated South forced a very young Martin to learn a bitter lesson, and as a seven-year-old he embarked on a journey that would change the course of American history.
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Crafty Connection Have courage and be kind coloring sheet

Week of January 15, 2024 | Fourth Grade
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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My Uncle Martin's Words for America, by Angela Farris Watkins
The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. recounts her uncle's work to promote racial equality and introduces key events during the civil rights era, focusing on key tenets of King's philosophy: freedom, justice, brotherhood and nonviolence.

Video Children give speeches inspired by Dr. King 

What a Wonderful World based on the song by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss Illustrations and lyrics introduce a song, first recorded in 1967 by Louis Armstrong, which celebrates the wonders of nature, loving friends, and the promise of the future in a baby's cry.

Video Louis Armstrong sings What a Wonderful World with spoken word introduction. 
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Video What a Wonderful Word, animation

Crafty Connection What a wonderful world coloring sheet

Week of January 15, 2024 | Fifth Grade
​Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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MLK August 28, 1963, Washington, DC
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President Lyndon Johnson signs Civil Rights Act, July 2, 1964
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MLK accepting Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1964, Oslo, Sweden
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The Famous Speech On August 28, 1963, the "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The March was partly intended to show support for civil rights legislation proposed June 11th by President John F. Kennedy.

A Place to Land, by Barry Wittenstein
The backstory to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech paints a portrait of the struggle Dr. King had with finding just the right words, even up to the night before they were to be delivered, only to abandon the agonized-over speech in favor of improvisation, summoning "the passion of a Sunday morning sermon."
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Video I Have a Dream 

President Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act Kennedy did not live to see the civil rights dream come true. The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Johnson on July 2, 1964. It outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women. It ended racial segregation in schools, the workplace, and public facilities.

Video Martin Luther King, Jr. accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 1964 in Oslo, Sweden .
For students to view at home with their families, if library time is limited.

Say Something! by Peter H. Reynolds
Encourages readers to say something using their actions and words to show the importance and power of their voice to bring about change.

​Video Children give speeches inspired by Dr. King 

Audio All You Need Is Love 
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Crafty Connection All you need is love coloring sheet

Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

1/8/2024

 

Week of January 8, 2024 | All Grades | Youth Media Awards and
MBEF Library EXPO | Parents Invited to Experience the Library
Program with Their Child | Click for Info and Schedule

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American Library Association Youth Media Awards
Each year the American Library Association honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards, guide parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards encourage original and creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature and media.
Time and Place
The 2024 Youth Media Award announcements will take place on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, at 8 a.m. EST in Baltimore, Maryland. Fans can follow the action live at 
http://ala.unikron.com​.

Week of January 8, 2024 | TK | Caldecott Medal
​Curriculum Connection: Empathy

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A Ball for Daisy, by Chris Raschka Caldecott Medal 2012
In this wordless picture book, Daisy learns a valuable lesson when her favorite ball is ruined by another dog.

Kitten's First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes Caldecott Medal 2005
Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk and ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.

One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.

Crafty Connection 
Kitten and Daisy coloring sheet

Week of January 8, 2024 | Kindergarten | Caldecott Medal
​Curriculum Connection: Friendship

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The Lion and the Mouse, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Caldecott Medal 2010
In this wordless retelling of the fable by Aesop, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.

My Friend Rabbit, by Eric Rohmann Caldecott Medal 2003
Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.

Video Eric Rohmann explains how he printed then painted his artwork, and had to change the technique in the middle of the process because he had the use of the printing equipment for only a short time.


​One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.

Crafty Connection My Friend Rabbit coloring sheet

Week of January 8, 2024 | First Grade | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Perseverance

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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, by Simms Taback Caldecott Medal 2000
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.

The Good for Nothing Button, by Charise Mericle Harper
Yellow Bird has found a button and wants to share it with Red Bird and Blue Bird. This is just an ordinary button. It does not do anything when you press it. And that is something!

Crafty Connection Ideas Embellish a paper bookmark with a good for nothing button on it: use a hole puncher and a brad. Or, embellish a piece of bookmark-sized plastic craft mesh with a craft button attached with a chenille stem, and weave other pieces of stem into the mesh.

Week of January 8, 2024 | Second Grade | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Family Stories

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Caldecott Medal 2006
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Winnipeg with Harry Colebourn
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Christopher Robin Milne feeding Winnipeg in the London Zoo, circa 1920s
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Christopher Robin combines the bear's name with the name of a friend's swan and names his own teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh
Finding Winnie True Story World's Most Famous Bear, by Lindsay Mattick Caldecott Medal 2006
The author's family ties to Winnie-the-Pooh form the backbone of this story-within-a-story. In 1914 in Canada, veterinarian Harry Colebourn (the author's great-grandfather) sets off to join the war in Europe. A whistle-stop encounter with a gentle bear cub begins an historic friendship when the bear becomes the division's mascot and travels to England. Colebourn eventually takes Winnie to the London Zoo where Christopher Robin Milne meets her.

Video The author talks about the book's origins

Learn More The real-life Canadian story of Winnie-the-Pooh 

Crafty Connection Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin coloring sheet 

Week of January 8, 2024 | Third Grade | Super Literacy Quiz Bowl
Practice Session with Ms. Barbara and Mrs. Im

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Supported by MBEF at all elementary schools
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Online learning tool
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Kahoot! Practice Session Ms. Barbara and Mrs. Im will be on hand to guide students in a Super Literacy Quiz Bowl practice session using The Skydiving Beavers, a True Tale.
Click here for more information about SLQB, an all-elementary-school program supported by MBEF

Week of January 8, 2024 | Fourth Grade | Multiple Medal Winner
Curriculum Connection: Social Issues Book Clubs

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Multiple medals 2020
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The Undefeated, by Kwame Alexander Caldecott Medal 2020, Newbery Honor 2020, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award 2020
This book/poem is a love letter to Black life in the United States. It highlights the trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.

Audio How to pronounce Kwame


Video Kwame Alexander reads The Undefeated

Crafty Connection Students will create a collaborative art piece on butcher paper

Week of January 8, 2024 | Fifth Grade | Multiple Medals
Curriculum Connection: Social Emotional Awareness

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This Is Not My Hat, by Jon Klassen Caldecott Medal 2013
A little fish makes off with the hat of a sleeping bigger fish, but his hopes of getting away with the theft may not turn out like he planned.

Audio Jon Klassen shares some insight into This Is Not My Hat 

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Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt De La Pena 
Newbery Medal, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Honor 2016 
When his grandmother teaches him to look with a discerning eye and notice the wonders all around him , a young boy learns to appreciate the beauty in what he has and how he can contribute to his community.
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Video Last Stop on Market Street read by the author, with thanks to Kansas City Public Library  

Dive Deeper Students will be presented with questions pertaining to character development, plot progression, setting, and underlying themes to think critically about Last Stop on Market Street.
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    Common Core classroom lessons, and to inspire life-long learning. Visits include checking out materials, practicing information literacy, and exercising digital citizenship.
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    California Model School Library Standards ​

    Read Aloud 15 Minutes. 
    Every Child. Every Parent. Every Day See why it matters at readaloud.org
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