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April 13, 2020

3/24/2020

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Theme: Poetry
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​TK and K: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (or "Daffodils"), written by William Wordsworth, read by Dave Matthews for the Poetry Foundation

​1st: "Eric the Weary Bee," written and read by Steve Attewell

​2nd: "The Arrow and the Song," written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, read by Richard E. Grant, on DisneyJuniorUK

​3rd: "'Hope' Is the Thing with Feathers," by Emily Dickinson, read by Claire Danes and signed by Rachel, age 9, for the Poetry Foundation 

​4th: "The Tropics in New York," written by Claude McKay, read by Ziggy Marley for the Poetry Foundation

5th: A spoken word poem on writer's block, written and performed by Asha Christensen, at TEDxKids
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March 30, 2020

3/22/2020

 
Theme: Science and technology
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​TK: Hello, My Name Is...: How Adorabilis Got His Name, written by Marisa Polansky, illustrated by Joey Chou, read by Angelina Abbott

​K: Mousestronaut, written by astronaut Mark Kelley, illustrated by C.F. Payne, read by astronaut Scott Kelley from the International Space Station

​1st grade: Moon! Earth's Best Friend, written by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by Stevie Lewis, read by Mr. Adam's EDventures
 
​2nd: When Sue Found Sue: Sue Henderson Discovers Her T Rex, written by Toni Buzzeo, illustrated by Diane Sudyka, read by Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum

3rd grade: The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons, written by Natascha Biebow, illustrated by Steven Salerno, read by the author on KidLit TV

​4th: Biggest, Strongest, Fastest, written and illustrated by Steve Jenkinis, read by Ready Read Alouds

​5th: Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas, written by Gwendolyn Hooks, illustrated by Colin Bootman, read by Stephan Armstrong

March 23, 2020

3/20/2020

 
Theme: Women's History Month
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TK: Mae Among the Stars, written by Roda Ahmed, illustrated by Stasia Burrington, read by Mrs. Clark's Reading Corner

K: Mary Wears What She Wants, written and illustrated by Keith Negley, read by Rebecca Knowles

1st: Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist, ​written by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns, read by Children's Read Aloud Stories

2nd: The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps, written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter, read by Rebekah Wall

3rd: Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, ​written by Tanya Lee Stone, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman, read by Colleen Yarnell

4th: Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx, written by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Edel Rodriguez, read by Mr. Alicea's Arcade of Knowledge

5th: The Scarlet Stockings Spy, written by Trinka Hakes Noble, illustrated by Robert Papp, read by Pachion Carlson

Update, March 16, 2020

3/17/2020

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Due to the districtwide closure, there are no class visits.
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March 9, 2020

3/8/2020

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Books on display: Numbers, counting, and math
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TK & K: A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars, by Seth Fishman
 
1st: How High Can a Dinosaur Count? by Valorie Fisher
 
2nd: Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream, by Cindy Neuschwander
 
DHH: Bicycle Race, by Donald Crews
 
3rd: Mystery at the Club Sandwich, by Doug Cushman
 
4th: Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature, by Sarah C. Campbell (with video below)
 
5th: BrainPop on the census
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March 2, 2020

3/4/2020

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Rotary Readers read to TK, K, 1st, and 2nd
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TK, K, 1st, 2nd, DHH: Nobody Hugs a Cactus, by Carter Goodrich; If I Built a School, by Chris Van Dusen
 
3rd: public library cards distributed by visiting Manhattan Beach librarian
 
4th: Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America, by Carole Boston Weatherford
 
5th: research on American Revolution  
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