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February 25, 2013

2/25/2013

DK: Make sure we read the Dr. Seuss selection of the day; also Dr. Seuss’s ABC, Green Eggs and Ham; and a book with Cat in the Hat spine that is not by Dr. Seuss!

K: Rotary Reader’s choice!

1st: Rotary Reader’s choice!

2nd: Rotary Reader’s choice!

3rd: Hunt and Weiss: Finish CYRM nominees and VOTE: Horowitz and Hooper: Yertle the Turtle, by Dr. Seuss

4th: Romines: PowerPoint on the 5 major reference books; Rumble, Horton Hears a Who, by Dr. Seuss, OR Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend, by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Bettye Stroud

5th: The Boy on Fairfield Street, by Kathleen Krull; OR The Butter Battle Book, by Dr. Seuss

February 11, 2013

2/14/2013

Valentine’s Day, America’s Presidents

PENNEKAMP’S LITERACY MONTH BEGINS ON FEBURARY 11

DK: Arthur Meets the President, by Marc Brown; George Washington: Our First President, by Garnet Jackson; Bookshop Dog, by Cynthia Rylant; Little Mouse’s Valentine, by Thacher Hurd; President's Day, by Lizzie Rockwell; A Picture Book of George Washington, by David Adler; My Teacher for President, by Kay Winters

K: Cannon--Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding, by Lenore Look; Schneck/Vanderpool & Vavao--Lilly’s Big Day, by Kevin Henkes

1st: George Washington’s Teeth, by Deborah Chandra; Lincoln, the Boy Who Loved Books, by Kay Winters; Porcupining, by Lisa Wheeler; Tarra & Bella, by Carol Buckley; Cousins of Clouds, by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

2nd: Pierre in Love, by Sara Pennypacker

3rd: Weiss, finish CYRM; all classes, make sure we have voted; if time, Looking at Lincoln, by Maira Kalman

4th: Romines: Nubs, then VOTE on CYRM; Rumble, VOTE, then PowerPoint on 5 types of reference books; Hart, VOTE, then Looking at Lincoln, by Maira Kalman

5th: Keep trying to finish CYRM… Could read Worst of Friends, if we have time

February 4, 2013

2/3/2013

DK/TK: Chinese (lunar) new year--This Next New Year, by Janet S. Wong; Chopsticks, by Jon Berkeley; Tiki Tiki Tembo, by Arlene Mosel; Guji Guji, by Chih-Yuan Chen

K-3rd: Finish CYRM nominees, and VOTE; if we have extra time, stories for Chinese new year—K: Guji Guji, by Chih-Yuan Chen; 1st: Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding, by Lenore Look; Ruby’s Wish, by Shirin Yim Bridges; 3rd: The Runaway Wok, by Ying Chang Compestine

4th & 5th: The Junkyard Wonders, by Patricia Polacco; or move on to Nubs: The Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle, by Maj. Brian Dennis

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