April 11 to 15, 2011

DK: National Poetry Month, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin, Jr., for rhythm; Ten Black Dots, by Donald Crews, for rhyme; One Leaf Rides the Wind, by Celeste Davidson Mannis, for stanza, line length, and form (haiku); spring is here, Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming

K: Frederick, by Leo Lioni; Swimmy, by Leo Lioni

1st: Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf, by Judy Sierra

2nd: Fletcher, Smith, Moriyama: Hotel Deep, by Kurt Cyrus; Barney: The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, by Dan Yacarino

3rd: Hooper, Hunt, Horowitz: National Library Week, That Book Woman, by Heather Henson
Moreno: Here Comes the Garbage Barge, by Jonah Winter, with film about the making of the book

4th: Romines, Hart: Basho and the River Stones, by Tim Myers;
Rumble: Here Comes the Garbage Barge, by Jonah Winter, with film about the making of the book

5th: Wabi Sabi, by Mark Reibstein

This week's links:

Recommended for grades 2 through 5, for National Poetry Month:
Educational Technology Training  Center "Instant Poetry Forms" online poetry generator

The Cousteau Society (Mrs. Barney's class)

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming, illustrated by G. Brian Karas (E FLE)

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That Book Woman, by Heather Henson, illustrated by David Small (borrowed from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)

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Wabi Sabi, by Mark Reibstein, illustrated by Ed Young (E REI), nominee for the 2012 California Young Reader Medal

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