Every year the MBUSD library media specialists prepare three lists of recommended summer pleasure reading. The new lists are posted on the district website as well as on this website, and this week I will be calling attention to them by reading aloud selections during the class visits. Just to make this crystal clear, there is no required reading for MBUSD students entering TK/K through grade 5. The lists for those grades are simply meant to help parents and students who find themselves searching for books to read over the summer. The featured titles vary quite a bit in terms of their difficulty; it is hoped that there's something for everyone, regardless of reading ability.
Students entering 6th grade at MBMS do have required reading. Each student must read three books from the current list, at least one of which must be nonfiction. There are four nonfiction books on the list--they happen to be the last four books listed. The books can be ordered from Pages: A Bookstore and will be delivered to Pennekamp (or whatever elementary school the customer specifies). Here is the order link:
https://squareup.com/store/MBMS
This week's visit is the last one for Ms. Gralnik and Mrs. Curry's students, so we will talk about summer reading, look at how to place a hold on books in the public library, maybe take a peek at the MBMS e-books, and read my traditional end-of-Pennekamp choice: Tadpole's Promise, by Jeanette Winter.
Throughout the year I share books about California history with the 4th-grade students. With grade 4 doing their state testing this week, I thought we'd hear something fun: Mack Made Movies, by Don Brown, about filmmaker Mack Sennett, whose Keystone Pictures came up with the Keystone Kops. We'll also watch the short clip below--"The Keystone Kops Meet Pickles and Peppers" (found on YouTube, so beware if you are viewing it at home that sidebars, advertisements, and comments on YouTube are often inappropriate for children).
Students entering 6th grade at MBMS do have required reading. Each student must read three books from the current list, at least one of which must be nonfiction. There are four nonfiction books on the list--they happen to be the last four books listed. The books can be ordered from Pages: A Bookstore and will be delivered to Pennekamp (or whatever elementary school the customer specifies). Here is the order link:
https://squareup.com/store/MBMS
This week's visit is the last one for Ms. Gralnik and Mrs. Curry's students, so we will talk about summer reading, look at how to place a hold on books in the public library, maybe take a peek at the MBMS e-books, and read my traditional end-of-Pennekamp choice: Tadpole's Promise, by Jeanette Winter.
Throughout the year I share books about California history with the 4th-grade students. With grade 4 doing their state testing this week, I thought we'd hear something fun: Mack Made Movies, by Don Brown, about filmmaker Mack Sennett, whose Keystone Pictures came up with the Keystone Kops. We'll also watch the short clip below--"The Keystone Kops Meet Pickles and Peppers" (found on YouTube, so beware if you are viewing it at home that sidebars, advertisements, and comments on YouTube are often inappropriate for children).
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