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Week of October 28, 2024 | TK and Kindergarten
November Picture Book Month and Seasonal Veggie Silliness
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Website Picture Book Month
I'm Bored, by Michael Ian Black
When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedious, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do.
Crafty Connection Students draw a potato bookmark
I'm Bored, by Michael Ian Black
When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedious, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do.
Crafty Connection Students draw a potato bookmark
Week of October 28, 2024 | First Grade
November Picture Book Month and Patience
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Website Picture Book Month
Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake, by Michael B. Kaplan
Betty Bunny likes chocolate cake so much that she claims she will marry it one day, and she has trouble learning to wait patiently until she can have her next taste.
Video A little girl mixes and bakes chocolate cake in a cup
Crafty Connection Patience mandala coloring sheet
Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake, by Michael B. Kaplan
Betty Bunny likes chocolate cake so much that she claims she will marry it one day, and she has trouble learning to wait patiently until she can have her next taste.
Video A little girl mixes and bakes chocolate cake in a cup
Crafty Connection Patience mandala coloring sheet
Week of October 28, 2024 | Second Grade
November Picture Book Month and Perseverance
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Website Picture Book Month
Corduroy, by Don Freeman
A story of a small teddy bear waiting on a department store shelf for a child's friendship.
Corduroy Writes a Letter, by Don Freeman
When Lisa notices that her favorite cookies have fewer sprinkles, her mother suggests that she write a letter to the bakery. Though Lisa's first attempts end with her giving up on the idea, she learns that she can accomplish much when she follows through.
Crafty Connection Students write a kind note of appreciation on a Teddy Bear to be given to a teacher, friend, or family member.
Corduroy, by Don Freeman
A story of a small teddy bear waiting on a department store shelf for a child's friendship.
Corduroy Writes a Letter, by Don Freeman
When Lisa notices that her favorite cookies have fewer sprinkles, her mother suggests that she write a letter to the bakery. Though Lisa's first attempts end with her giving up on the idea, she learns that she can accomplish much when she follows through.
Crafty Connection Students write a kind note of appreciation on a Teddy Bear to be given to a teacher, friend, or family member.
Week of October 30, 2023 | Third Grade
Picture Books and the Role of Empathy in Conflict Resolution
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Website Picture Book Month
What Grew in Larry's Garden, by Laura Alary
Helping her teacher next-door neighbor with his amazing garden, young Grace learns powerful lessons in community teamwork and environmental mindfulness when a plan for the garden's vegetables is threatened by an unanticipated problem.
Crafty Connection Conflict resolution strategies coloring sheet
Give It a Try This video shows how to start tomato plants from tomato slices.
What Grew in Larry's Garden, by Laura Alary
Helping her teacher next-door neighbor with his amazing garden, young Grace learns powerful lessons in community teamwork and environmental mindfulness when a plan for the garden's vegetables is threatened by an unanticipated problem.
Crafty Connection Conflict resolution strategies coloring sheet
Give It a Try This video shows how to start tomato plants from tomato slices.
Week of October 28, 2024 | Fourth Grade
November Picture Book Month and the Spirit of Creativity
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Website Picture Book Month
Video Joseph Cornell art boxes
The Amazing Collection of Joey Cornell, by Candace Fleming
Tells of the childhood of artist and sculptor Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) and details his painstaking collections of innumerable ordinary objects that he assembled into creations of astonishing art.
Crafty Connection Students will cut and fold discarded Thanksgiving cards into boxes | how-to-steps
Video Create a Cornell art box at home with interesting paper and ordinary objects
Video Joseph Cornell art boxes
The Amazing Collection of Joey Cornell, by Candace Fleming
Tells of the childhood of artist and sculptor Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) and details his painstaking collections of innumerable ordinary objects that he assembled into creations of astonishing art.
Crafty Connection Students will cut and fold discarded Thanksgiving cards into boxes | how-to-steps
Video Create a Cornell art box at home with interesting paper and ordinary objects
Week of October 28, 2024 | Fifth Grade
November Picture Book Month and the Power of Unity
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Website Picture Book Month
Cooperative Hula Hoop Balance Game Students in groups of 5-6 will start with one hula hoop at about nose level and using only their fingertips, they need to work together to lower the hoops to the ground.
Video example of the challenge Video example of the technique
Unstoppable, by Adam Rex
When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
Bear Came Along, by Richard T. Morris
An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.
Cooperative Hula Hoop Balance Game Students in groups of 5-6 will start with one hula hoop at about nose level and using only their fingertips, they need to work together to lower the hoops to the ground.
Video example of the challenge Video example of the technique
Unstoppable, by Adam Rex
When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
Bear Came Along, by Richard T. Morris
An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.
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