Blog Posts - Ms. Barbara's Pennekamp Library Website (2010-2021)

March 8, 2021

2/28/2021

Theme: Math and numbers, and the PK book fair (March 12 to 21)
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TK: Mrs. McTat’s and Her Houseful of Cats, by Alyssa Capucilli; Where Are You, Little Zack? by Judith Enderle

K: Octopuses 1 to 10, by Ellen Jackson; One Lonely Seahorse, by Saxton Freymann

1st: 7 Ate 9, by Tara Lazar; One Lonely Seahorse, by Saxton Freymann

2nd: Superhero School, by Aaron Reynolds; One Proud Penny, by Randy Siegel

DHH: The Day You Begin, by Jacqueline Woodson; vote in class if possible

3rd: I’m Trying To Love Math, by Bethany Barton

4th: promote book fair—no readaloud

5th: Independence Cake, by Deborah Hopkinson; “How to Make Geometric Pies”

Because March 14 (3.14) is pi day.

Again, because it's pi day. For anyone:-)

Because of the universe. For grade 4.

And again, because, you know, pi. For grade 5.

March 1, 2021

2/28/2021

Women's History Month and
the American Revolution
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TK: Mae Among the Stars, by Roda Ahmed

K & 1st: The Spacesuit: How a Seamstress Helped Put Man on the Moon, by Alison Donald; video from NPR

2nd: When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers Her T. rex, written and illustrated by Toni Buzzeo

DHH: Alfie, by Thyra Heder

3rd: demonstrate checking out books; Anna and Samia: The True Story of Saving a Black Rhino, by Paul Meisel

4th: Dorothea's Eyes, by Barb Rosenstock

5th: Most Wanted: The Revolutionary Partnership of John Hancock & Samuel Adams, by Sarah Jane Marsh; Henry and the Cannons, by Don Brown

Sue Henderson, When Sue Found Sue: Sue Henderson Discovers Her T. rex

Anna Merz, Anna and Samia: The True Story of Saving a Black Rhino

Migrant Mother, 1936, Dorothea's Eyes

February 22, 2021

2/21/2021

CYRM is beginning to wind up!
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TK: Alfie, by Thyra Heder; review all five nominees, look at ballot

K: review all five nominees, look at ballot, maybe read The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors

1st: review all five nominees, look at ballot, maybe read The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors

2nd: review all five nominees, look at ballot, maybe read The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors

DHH: Madeline Finn and the Library Dog, by Lisa Papp

3rd: review three nominees, look at winners on website, show ballot, read Her Right Foot (2020 winner), by Dave Eggers

4th: review three nominees, look at winners on website, show ballot, read Emmanuel’s Dream: The Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah (2019 winner), by Laurie Ann Thompson

5th: Kuklinski and Curry—review three nominees, look at winners on website, read Barbed Wire Baseball, by Marissa Moss (2018 winner), show ballot; Gralnik-- Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness, by Donna Janell Bowman, and show ballot

February 8, 2021

2/7/2021

CYRM nominees continue
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TK: Madeline Finn and the Library Dog, by Lisa Papp; After the Fall, by Dan Santat

K, 1st, 2nd: Alfie, by Thyra Heder

DHH: After the Fall, by Dan Santat

3rd, 4th, 5th: Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness, by Donna Janell Bowman; Gralnik--Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero, by Patricia McCormick

Next week is vacation--February 15 to 19, 2021

Thyra Heder shows how she draws Alfie.

And an interesting turtle video, to go with Alfie.

Step Right Up, for grades 3, 4, 5: Doc Key and Beautiful Jim Key; Jim Key spelling

February 1, 2021

1/31/2021

CYRM nominees continue
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TK, K, 1st, 2nd: Madeline Finn and the Library Dog, by Lisa Papp; After the Fall, by Dan Santat

DHH: Poor Louie, by Tony Fucile

3rd, 4th, 5th: Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero, by Patricia McCormick

Joseph Latham and Sergeant Reckless

January 25, 2021

1/23/2021

CYRM nominees start
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TK, K, 1st, 2nd, DHH: The Day You Begin, by Jacqueline Woodson; Poor Louie, by Tony Fucile

3rd, 4th, 5th: Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille, by Jen Bryant (Curry not visiting this week)

The Braille system of writing, for Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille.

What's an awl? This--a tool for making holes in leather.

January 18, 2021

1/18/2021

Theme: Inventors, Inventions, and Innovations
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TK: no library this week due to MLK holiday

K: Faraway Fox, by Jolene Thompson; Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals, by Katy Duffield

1st: Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum, by Meghan McCarthy; AND What Do You Do with an Idea? by Kobi Yamada

2nd: The Boo-boos That Changed the World, by Barry Wittenstein

DHH: TBD

3rd: Winter’s Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again, by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff

4th: John Deere, That’s Who! by Tracy Maurer

5th: Kuklinski and Gralnik--How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning, by Rosalyn Schanzer; Curry--Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille, by Jen Bryant

Examples of human-made animal crossings, for Kindergarten.

"The Truly Bloody History: A Band-Aid Love Story," about the invention of Band-Aids, for grade 2.

Parts of a dolphin's anatomy

Winter the dolphin, at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, for grade 3. See also the live webcam for Winter and her dolphin friends.

Two videos about metalsmithing for grade 4: "Britain's Longest-serving Blacksmith: Hardy Fred Harris"; "Mexican Handcraft Masters: Abdón Punzo, Copper"

"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" on the glass armonica, one of Ben Franklin's many inventions. For grade 5.

The Braille alphabet, for grade 5.

January 11, 2021

1/11/2021

Theme: Civil Rights and Martin Luther King Day
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TK: Strictly No Elephants AND The Perfectly Perfect Wish, by Lisa Mantchev

K: Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, by Jean Marzollo; AND Strictly No Elephants, by Lisa Mantchev

1st: The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Patricia E. Bath, by Julia Finley Mosca

2nd: I Am Martin Luther King, Jr., by Brad Meltzer

DHH: Strictly No Elephants, by Lisa Mantchev

3rd: My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris

4th: Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, by Andrea Pinkney

5th: Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama, by Hester Bass; OR Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, by Andrea Pinkney

January 4, 2021

1/1/2021

Theme: New books for a new year
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TK & K: Old Rock Is Not Boring, by Deb Pilutti

1st: If You Come to Earth, by Sophie Blackall

2nd: If You Come to Earth, by Sophie Blackall; AND/OR The Barnabus Project, by the Fan Brothers

DHH: Over and Under the Snow, by Kate Messner, with PowerPoint

3rd: If You Take Away the Otter, by Susannah Buhrman-Deever

4th: Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books, by Michelle Markel; see list of Newbery Medal winners and CYRM winners

5th: Gralnik only--Green City, by Allan Drummond

For grade 3: "Monterey Bay Aquarium's Sea Otter Rescue Program." Take a look at the aquarium's many live-cams of otters, sharks, and many other creatures, as well as one of the open ocean.

Above, "Urchin Time-Lapse Eating Kelp" (use website link for better playback); below, a sea urchin's mouth.

Below, a quoin and quoin key, mentioned in Balderdash!

After being destroyed by a tornado in 2007, the town of Greensburg, Kansas, built back better, as described in Green City, by Allan Drummond.

December 14, 2020

11/29/2020

Theme: Christmas and Hanukkah
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TK, K: Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree, by Robert Barry; Bear Stays Up, by Karma Wilson

1st: Christmas Tree Farm, by Ann Purmell; Stick Man, by Julia Donaldson

DHH: TBD

2nd: Dasher, by Matt Tavares; Little Santa, by Jon Agee; Hush Up and Migrate, by Sandra Markle

3rd: Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles, by Philippe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson; South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts (SCUTE) website; and be sure to check out EarthEcho, whose mission is to inspire and educate young environmental activists

4th: The Trees of the Dancing Goats, by Patricia Polacco; The Shortest Day, by Susan Cooper

5th: Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914, by John Hendrix (plus video to 2:48); Gingerbread for Liberty, by Mara Rockliff

For grade 1, to accompany Christmas Tree Farm