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May 19, 2014

5/17/2014

TK: Reading Around the World--Anatole, by Eve Titus; A Bicycle for Rosaura, by Daniel Barbot; We All Went on Safari, by Laurie Krebs; and Yoko, by Rosemary Wells

K: Bird, Butterfly, and Eel, by James Prosek; Gotta Go! by Sam Swope

1st: Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly, by Alan Madison

2nd: The Babe and I, by David Adler

3rd: Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates, by Jonah Winter

4th: Gralnik and Rumble, finish Locomotive, by Brian Floca; Hart, continue When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

5th: Warner, finish Locomotive, by Brian Floca; Ahrens and Curry, Coolies, by Yin

May 5, 2014

5/5/2014

TK: Me and My Place in Space, by Joan Sweeney; I Want to Be an Astronaut, by Byron Barton; Baby Brains, by Simon James; Kitten’s First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes (Caldecott Medal 2005 winner)

K: My Lucky Day, by Keiko Kasza (CYRM 2007 winner); or Luka’s Quilt, by Georgia Guback (Asian/Pacific Islander Month and Mother’s Day)

1st: Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach, by Carmen Agra Deedy (CYRM 2011 winner)

2nd: Mr. Maxwell’s Mouse, by Frank Asch (CYRM 2008 winner)

3rd: Henry’s Freedom Box, by Ellen Levine (CYRM 2012 winner)

4th: When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead (Newbery Medal 2010 winner)

5th: Warner: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, by William Joyce—the book and the 2011 Academy-Award-winning film; Ahrens and Curry, finish Schooled

May 20, 2013

5/19/2013

DK: Space Boy, by Leo Landry; Me and My Place in Space, by Joan Sweeney; Astronaut Handbook, by Meghan McCarthy; Stars, by Marla Frazee

K: Once There Was a Bull(Frog), by Rick Walton; An Extraordinary Egg, by Leo Lionni; It’s a Frog Thing, by Eric Drachman

1st: Brothers at Bat, by Audrey Vernick

2nd: The SOS Files, by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey, and Laurie Myers

3rd: Punished, by David Lubar

4th: Romines & Rumble Kid Blink Beats the World, by Don Brown
Disney “Newsies” on Broadway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5wvimJFi9s
Hart: finish Rudy Rides the Rails, by Dandi Mackall

5th: A Long Way from Chicago, by Richard Peck (Warner); Lawn Boy, by Gary Paulsen (Curry); Ahrens, Kamishibai Man, by Allen Say, with YouTube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwbk6rzODoI

May 6, 2013

5/5/2013

DK: Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman; Mars Needs Moms, by Berkeley Breathed; Baby Brains, by Simon James; Space Boy, by Leo Landry

K: Asian/Pacific Islander Month: Luka’s Quilt, by Georgia Guback

1st: The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela, by Cristine Kessler

2nd: Fletcher and Smith, The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela, by Cristine Kessler; Barney and Moriyama—“Which Reference Book?” PowerPoint

3rd: Horowitz--The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, by Tomie DePaola, and review folklore genre; Hooper, Weiss, Hunt—guide words PowerPoint, encyclopedia PowerPoint

4th: The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks, by Barb Rosenstock; and atlas question

5th: Start Lewis and Clark and Me, by Laurie Myers

May 21 to 25, 2012

5/21/2012

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DK: Summer activities: Sergio Makes a Splash, by Edel Rodriguez; A Crash Course for Milly, by Eva Eriksson; Stuck, by Oliver Jeffers; Artful Reading, by Chris Raczka

K: The Most Amazing Dinosaur, by James Stevens

1st: Aunt Luka's Quilt, by Georgia Guback

2nd: The Legend of Spud Murphy, by Eoin Colfer (chap. 5)

3rd: Keep Your Eye on the Kid: The Early Years of Buster Keaton, by Catherine Brighton

4th: Mack Made Movies, by Don Brown

5th: Warner & Ahrens: Nurse, Soldier, Spy, by Marissa Moss; Curry, Lewis and Clark and Me, by Laurie Myers

Stuck, by Oliver Jeffers (borrowed from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)

Keep Your Eye on the Kid: The Early Years of Buster Keaton, by Catherine Brighton (borrowed from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)

Mack Made Movies, by Don Brown (92 SEN)

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May 23 to 27, 2011

5/22/2011

DK: Three stories from the high seas: Lightship, by Brian Floca; How I Became a Pirate, by Melinda Long; and Terrific, by Jon Agee

K: Farfallina & Marcel and (if time) Cecil’s Garden, byHolly Keller

1st: The Great, White Man-Eating Shark, by Margaret Mahy; or Q Is for Duck, by Mary Elting

2nd: Spud Murphy, by Eoin Colfer (chapter 5)

3rd: The Wall, by Eve Bunting; “Meet Maya Lin” from the "Reading Rainbow" episode on The Wall, viewed via California Streaming

4th: Hart only--Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars, by Mark Weston

5th: Curry—Across the Blue Pacific: A World War II Story, by Louise Borden; Warner—go over summer reading books for entering 6th grade, then Tadpole’s Promise, by Jeanne Willis; Ahrens—finish Lewis & Clark & Me, by Laurie Myers

This week's links:

Jon Agee's Terrific done as a song can be found on Jon Agee's website (DK)

"Meet Maya Lin," from a "Reading Rainbow" episode on The Wall, viewed via California Streaming, a digital content site to which Pennekamp subscribes (3rd)

Honda, trailer for the short promotional film "Into the Unknown" (4th)

Lightship, by Brian Floca (387.2 FLO)

The Wall, by Eve Bunting (E BUN)

Across the Blue Pacific: A World War II Story, by Louise Borden (E BOR)

May 16 to 20, 2011

5/15/2011

DK: Hunwick’s Egg, by Mem Fox; The Most Wonderful Egg in the World, by Helme Heine (on loan from the County of Los Angeles Public Library); An Extraordinary Egg, by Leo Lioni; Out of the Egg, by Tina Matthews (on loan from the Robinson Elementary School library)

K: Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel; OR An Extraordinary Egg, by Leo Lionni; if time, Out of the Egg, by Tina Matthews (on loan from the Robinson Elementary School library)

1st: Syverson—autobiography/special object: Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel, by Leslie Connor; OR for National Bicycle Month, Sally Jean, Bicycle Queen, by Cari Best

2nd: Spud Murphy, by Eoin Colfer (chapters 3&4)

3rd: Henry and the Kite Dragon, by Bruce Edward Hall

4th: Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Romines & Rumble--Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars, by Mark Weston, with trailer for “Into the Unknown,” a short promotional film from Honda (http://dreams.honda.com/#/video_i1); Hart--The Extraordinary Mark Twain, by Barbara Kerley (on loan from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)

5th: Warner: introduction to the catalog; and as time allows, Voices of the Alamo, by Sherry Garland; Ahrens: Lewis & Clark & Me, by Laurie Myers (on loan from the Meadows Elementary School library)

This week's links:

Honda, "Into the Unknown," a promotional video related to our reading of Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars, by Mark Weston (4th)

Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel (E STE)

Henry and the Kite Dragon, by Bruce Edward Hall (E HAL)

Voices of the Alamo, by Sherry Garland (976.4 GAR)

May 9 to 13, 2011

5/8/2011

DK: Be Yourself--Spork, by Kyo Maclear & Isabelle Arsenault; Unlovable, by Dan Yacarino; and Big Al, by Andrew Clements

K: Hurry and the Monarch, by Antoine O'Flatharta

1st: Syverson, Hicks, & Harding--Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly, by Alan Madison and Kevin Hawkes; Price--at Long Beach Aquarium field trip

2nd: The Legend of Spud Murphy, by Eoin Colfer (chapters 1&2)

3rd: Hooper--Heroes, by Ken Mochizuki; Hunt, Horowitz, Moreno--Baseball Saved Us, by Ken Mochizuki

4th: G Is for Golden, by David Dominiconi

5th: My Name Is York, by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk

This week's links:

National Park Service, Manzanar Virtual Museum Exhibit & Ansel Adams Gallery slideshow; Scholastic Books, Ken Mochizuki interview transcript (3rd)

National Geographic, Lewis and Clark; "Go West Across America" interactive game (5th)

Spork, by Kyo Maclear & Isabelle Arsenault (E MAC)

The Legend of Spud Murpy, by Eoin Colfer (FIC COL)

My Name Is York, by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk (on loan from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)