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January 27, 2014

1/28/2014

 
TK: VOTE on California Young Reader Medal nominees; then Baby Bear, by Kadir Nelson

K: Stars, by Mary Lyn Ray; review CYRM nominees

1st: Stars, by Mary Lyn Ray; review CYRM nominees

2nd: Crouching Tiger, by Ying Chang Compestine

3rd: The Magic Horse of Han Gan, by Chen Jiang Hong; take a look at PowerPoint on different types of folklore and try to articulate themes of Magic Horse

4th: Continue When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

5th: Continue Schooled, by Gordon Korman    

January 20, 2014

1/21/2014

 
TK/K: Bats at the Ballgame, by Brian Lies; Stars, by Mary Lyn Ray

K: Bats at the Ballgame, by Brian Lies

1st: Bats at the Ballgame, by Brian Lies

2nd: Rocks in His Head, by Carol Otis Hurst

3rd: America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle, by David A. Adler

4th: When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

5th: Schooled, by Gordon Korman

January 13, 2014

1/13/2014

 
TK/K: CYRM nominees continue: Children Make Terrible Pets, by Peter Brown; Press Here, by Herve Tullet; extra pet book, The Best Pet of All, by David LaRochelle

K: CYRM nominees continue: Children Make Terrible Pets, by Peter Brown; Press Here, by Herve Tullet

1st: CYRM nominees continue: Children Make Terrible Pets, by Peter Brown; Press Here, by Herve Tullet

2nd: Freedom Summer, by Deborah Wiles

3rd: Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend: A Civil Rights Story, by Calvin A. Ramsey

4th: Begin our novel, When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

5th: Continue our novel, Schooled, by Gordon Korman

January 6, 2014

1/5/2014

 
TK/K: CYRM 2013 winner, We Are in a Book, by Mo Willems; this year’s nominee, Interrupting Chicken, by David Ezra Stein; extra chicken book, Big Chickens, by Leslie Helakoski

K: Introduce CYRM contest; read nominee, Interrupting Chicken, by David Ezra Stein

1st: Introduce CYRM contest; read nominee, Interrupting Chicken, by David Ezra Stein

2nd: Back to studying: Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors? The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, by Tanya Lee Stone

3rd: The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos, by Deborah Heiligman

4th: Vote on which novel to read during upcoming library visits. If time, in advance of MLK Day: Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend: A Civil Rights Story, by Calvin A. Ramsey

5th: Begin Schooled, by Gordon Korman

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    Readalouds are chosen for each grade based on literary merit or interest, relationship to the curriculum or current events, in support of Common Core Standards and CDE Model School Library Standards, and purely for the pleasure of hearing a well-told story.

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