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March 26 to 30, 2012

3/25/2012

 
DK: Playing Right Field, by Willy Welch; Home Run, by Robert Burleigh; Mrs. Morgan's Lawn, by Barney Saltzburg; The Matzah Man: A Passover Story, by Naomi Howland

K: A Man for All Seasons: The Life of George Washington Carver, by Stephen Krensky

1st: Casey Back at Bat, by Dan Gutman

2nd: Girl Wonder: The Story of Alta Weiss, by Deborah Hopkinson

3rd: Satchell Paige: Don't Look Back, by David A. Adler; or Mighty Jackie, the Strike-out Queen, by Marissa Moss

4th: Darwin, by Alice B. McGinty

5th: The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors, by Chris Barton 

Links for this week

5th: How do fluorescence and Day-Glo colors work?  
 
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A Man for All Seasons: The Life of George Washington Carver, by Stephen Krensky (borrowed from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)

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Darwin, by Alice B. McGinty (borrowed from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)

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The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors, by Chris Barton (borrowed from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)

March 19 to 23, 2012

3/19/2012

 
DK: Tools and simple machines--The Toolbox, by Anne & Harlow Rockwell; Handy Hank Will Fix It, by Anne Rockwell; The Handiest Things in the World, by Andrew Clements; OK GO video, "This Too Shall Pass"

K: Baseball--Roasted Peanuts, by Tim Egan 

1st:  Science Week and World Water Day--Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau, by Jennifer Berne 

2nd: Science Week and World Water Day--Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau, by Jennifer Berne; OR Ask Albert Einstein, by Lynne Barasch

3rd: Science Week--The Planet Hunter: The Story Behind What Happened to Pluto, by Elizabeth Rusch 

4th: Baseball--Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen, by Marissa Moss 

5th: Queen of the Falls, by Chris Van Allsburg (again!)

This week's links:

DK: Music video for "This Too Shall Pass," by OK GO. Please note, not all content on YouTube is suitable for children. 

1st & 2nd: World Water Day; also the interesting World Water Day game we did in library time, "How Much Water Is on Your Plate?"

3rd: Mike Brown's website

March 12 to 16, 2012

3/12/2012

 
DK: Too Many Leprechauns, by Stephen Krensky; AND St. Patrick's Day, by Gail Gibbons; Schepis--What Presidents Are Made Of, by Hanoch Piven; Ellis--Fat Cat on a Mat, by Phil Roxbee Cox & Stephen Cartwright; if extra time, Building a House, by Byron Barton

K: Too Many Leprechauns, by Stephen Krensky; AND St. Patrick's Day, by Gail Gibbons

1st: A Fine St. Patrick's Day, by Susan Wojciechowski; AND St. Patrick's Day, by Gail Gibbons

2nd: The Leprechaun's Gold, by Pamela Dunn Edwards; OR A Fine St. Patrick's Day, by Susan Wojciechowski; AND St. Patrick's Day, by Gail Gibbons

3rd: Fiona's Luck, by Teresa Bateman; talk about Pi, watch "The Pi Song," on Googol Learning

4th: You Can't Use Your Brain If You're a Jellyfish, by Fred Ehrlich, and video clip of "Pinky and the Brain--Brainstem!"

5th: Queen of the Falls, by Chris Van Allsburg

Links for this week:

3rd grade: Pi Day, March 14

The Pi Song, by the Zap chorus (shown in the library)

More Pi songs (not shown at the library), sung to the theme of "American Pie"

4th grade: Brain Awareness Week

Pinky and the Brain--"Brainstem!"  Pinky and the Brain sing the parts of the human brain, source is YouTube, which includes material not appropriate for children

Additional sites:
Brain Awareness Week  official site
Neuroscience for Kids  an extensive site related to the brain and neuroscience maintained by Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.
"BrainWorks,"  with Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D., on University of Washingon TV. This is a 28-minute video for children about the brain, including a demonstration by an anesthesiologist, demonstration of how an EEG is done, and a scientist explaining the parts of a human brain.
Nerve Signaling  shows how nerve cells work
GirlsGoTech  in particular "Mixed Messages," an online game illustrating the Stroop effect
Luminosity  features games to develop memory and other brain functions (suited for adults and older children) 


5th grade:
Bio from Oakwood Cemetery on Annie Edson Taylor

March 5 to 9, 2012

3/4/2012

 
DK: Ruby's Wish, by Shirin Yim Bridges; Me…Jane, by Patrick McDonnell; Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, by Patty Lovell 
K: Ruby's Wish, by Shirin Yim Bridges; Me…Jane, by Patrick McDonnell 
1st: Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote, by Tanya Lee Stone
2nd: Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa, by Don Brown
3rd: The Story of Rachel Carson, by Amy Ehrlich
4th: Vinnie and Abraham, by Dawn FitzGerald 
5th: Destiny introduction. Warner and Ahrens, catalog searches; Curry, Wilma Unlimited, by Kathleen Krull, & catalog searches

    Weekly Readalouds

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