Category: Voting

February 3, 2014

2/1/2014

TK: Bears--Eat Like a Bear, by April Pulley Sayre; Happy Birthday, Moon, by Frank Asch; The First Bear in Africa, by Satomi Ichikawa

K: If have not, read Stars, by Mary Lyn Ray; then vote on CYRM! And then for Valentine’s Day, Sock Monkey Rides Again, by Cece Bell

1st: Vote on CYRM! Then Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox, by Susan Blackaby

2nd: Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli

3rd: Each Kindness, by Jacqueline Woodsoon

4th: Continue When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

5th: Continue Schooled, by Gordon Korman

January 17 to 21, 2011

1/17/2011

No school Monday, January 17: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

DK (Ellis only): Vote on the CYRM nominees; then, Millie Waits for the Mail, by Alexander Steffensmeier (the 2010 CYRM winner); if time, The Giant Hug, by Sandra Horning
K: Duck, by Randy Cecil, for classes that did not hear it last week; Martina, The Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, by Carmen Agra Deedy, for classes that had time for both books last week
1st: Duck, by Randy Cecil, for classes that did not hear it last week; Martina, The Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, by Carmen Agra Deedy, for classes that had time for both books last week
2nd: Duck, by Randy Cecil, for classes that did not hear it last week; Martina, The Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, by Carmen Agra Deedy, for classes that had time for both books last week
3rd: Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems, by Joyce Sidman
4th: Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, by Gene Barretta; OR How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning, by Rosalyn Schanzer
5th: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, by Laban Carrick Hill

This week's links:

Joyce Sidman, poet, reads aloud from "Song of the Water Boatman" (3rd grade: poetry)
http://www.joycesidman.com/Listen.html

Kid Inventors Day

http://www.kidinventorsday.com/

"Quiz Your Noodle: Revolutionary Inventions" National Geographic for Kids game about inventions available during lunch this week (4th grade: inventions)
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/puzzlesquizzes/quizyournoodle-revolutionary-inventions/

"Who Is That?" FunBrain.com game about scientists available during lunch this week (4th grade: inventions)
http://www.funbrain.com/who/index.html

"Dave - I Made this Jar," Digital Traditions (5th grade: slavery)
http://www.digitaltraditions.net/html/D_R_Slides.cfm

Biographer Leonard Todd, author of Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of Slave Potter Dave
http://leonardtodd.com/carolina-clay_279.html

January 3 to 7, 2011

12/30/2010

DK: A Visitor for Bear, by Bonny Becker; Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie: A Revolting Rhyme, by Judy Sierra; Duck, by Randy Cecil
K: A Visitor for Bear, by Bonny Becker
1st: A Visitor for Bear, by Bonny Becker
2nd: A Visitor for Bear, by Bonny Becker
3rd: John, Paul, George & Ben, by Lane Smith; review nominees and vote
4th: John, Paul, George & Ben, by Lane Smith; review nominees and vote
5th: John, Paul, George & Ben, by Lane Smith; review nominees and vote

Students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will be voting for their favorite of the nominees for the California Young Reader Medal in the category Picture Book for Older Readers. These are the nominees:

The Moon Over Star, by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Four Feet, Two Sandals, by Karen Lynn Williams and Kadhra Mohammed, illustrated by Doug Chayka

John, Paul, George & Ben, written and illustrated by Lane Smith

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January 17 to 21, 2011

January 3 to 7, 2011

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