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March 25, 2013

3/25/2013

March is Women’s History Month
Passover begins Monday, March 25, at sunset
March 31, Caesar Chavez’s birthday
Easter is March 31

Next week is spring break! Be sure you have something to read!

DK: When I Was Young in the Mountains, by Cynthia Rylant; The Matzah Man: A Passover Story, by Naomi Howland; A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt, by David Adler; Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen, by Cari Best

K: My Great Aunt Arizona, by Gloria Huston

1st: Minette’s Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat, by Susanna Reich, with footage from Julia Child: PBS Icon and Cooking Pioneer

2nd: Clever Beatrice, by Margaret Willey; or You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer, by Shana Corey

3rd: Horowitz and Weiss—endangered animal resources; Hooper and Hunt, Dolley Madison Saves George Washington

4th: The Adventures of Mark Twain, by Huckleberry Finn, with considerable help from Robert Burleigh and Barry Blitt

5th: Dust Devil, by Anne Isaacs; or Dolley Madison Saves George Washington, by Don Brown

March 18, 2013

3/18/2013

DK: Albert, the Fix-It Man, by Janet Lord; Monkey with a Tool Belt, by Chris Monroe; OK GO video, "This Too Shall Pass"; extra time? The Matzah Man: A Passover Story, by Naomi Howland

K: Once I Ate a Pie, by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest

1st: Poems from Book of Animal Poetry, collected by J. Patrick Lewis

2nd: The Serpent Came to Gloucester, by M. T. Anderson

3rd: Dark Emperor, by Joyce Sidman

4th: Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It, by Gail Carson Levine; also use ETTC “Poem Generator”

5th: Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz

March 11, 2013

3/10/2013

St. Patrick's Day is March 17
Albert Einstein's birthday and Pi day are March 14
This is Brain Awareness Week

Books about math, numbers, and counting this week

DK: Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats, by Alyssa Capucilli; Jelly Beans for Sale, by Bruce McMillan; One Leaf Rides the Wind, by Celeste A. Mannis; One Boy, by Laura Seeger

K: How Many Jelly Beans? A Giant Book of Giant Numbers, by Andrea Menotti

1st: Infinity and Me, by Kate Hosford; OR How High Can a Dinosaur Count? and Other Math Mysteries, by Valorie Fisher

2nd: Infinity and Me, by Kate Hosford

3rd: A Million Dots, by Andrew Clement

4th: Pippo the Fool, by Tracey E. Fern; or “Papa’s Parrot,” by Cynthia Rylant

5th: Just a Second, by Steve Jenkins; or Pippo the Fool, by Tracey E. Fern, plus "Architecture" video on BrainPOP, or Rick Steves on Brunelleschi’s Dome at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzDnJi-JeNI

Want to know more about pi? Check out the "Pi" video on BrainPOP! For more fun, listen to the “The Pi Song” on Googol Learning at http://www.googolpower.com/content/free-learning-resources/videos/pi-music-video-by-zap

March 4, 2013

3/5/2013

DK: It’s a Good Thing There Are Insects, by Alan Fowler; Mousetronaut, by Mark Kelly; Actual Size, by Steve Jenkins

K: How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World, by Faith McNulty

1st: Rocks in His Head, by Carol Otis Hurst

2nd: Into the Deep: The Life of Naturalist and Explorer William Beebe, by David Sheldon

3rd: Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, by Claire A. Nivola

4th: Alex the Parrot, No Ordinary Bird: A True Story, by Stephanie Spinner

5th: Barnum’s Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World, by Tracey Fern

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