March 21 to 25, 2011

DK: This Is the Rain, by Lola M. Schaeffer; The Rain Came Down, by David Shannon; Misery Moo, by Jeanne Willis
K: Mother to Tigers, by George Ella Lyon
1st: Stand Straight Ella Kate: The True Story of a Real Giant, by  Kate Klise & M. Sarah Klise
2nd: Show Way, by Jacqueline Woodson
3rd: Liberty’s Voice: The Story of Emma Lazarus, by Erica Silverman
4th: Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai, by Claire A. Nivola
5th: Dust Devil, by Anne Isaacs

Links for this week

Bronx Zoo: Videos
see especially "Malayan Tiger Cubs" (for kindergarten)

History of the Statue of Liberty (for 3rd grade)
"The New Colossus," by Emma Lazarus (for 3rd grade)

The Green Belt Movement, founded by Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai (for 4th grade)

Stand Straight, Ella Kate: The True Story of a Real Giant, by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise, 

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Show Way, by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott

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Dust Devil, by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky

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