2009-2010+Library+Curriculum

=Week of September 2, 2009 =

Library Classes on Thursday and Friday only.
=Week of September 8, 2009 = = =

No school Monday.
Show HPS Library powerpoint to all classes. Review library rules.  Hand out library bags, letter, Scope and Sequence paper and door knob library day reminder to all student.

__Elephant Buttons__ by Noriko Ueno and __Bark, George__ by Jules Feiffer.
We read back to school stories that are told mainly through pictures. You don't have to be able to read to "read" a book.

__Book! Book! Book!__ by Deborah Bruss; illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke.
This cute back to school story is shows bored farm animals that find the wonders of the library.

__Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book__ by Alexander Stadler.
We worry with Beverly in this back to school story about borrowing books from the library.

__Goldisocks and the Three Libearians__ by Jackie Mims Hopkins; illustrated by John Manders
Enjoy this parody of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

= = =Week of September 14, 2009 = = =

__I Like Books__ by Anthony Browne and __Mr. Wiggle's Book__ by Paula Craig.
We learn about different kinds of books and about how to care for library books.

__Tom__ by Tomie dePaola.
This funny Tomie dePaola story shares a lesson about behavior that are not allowed at school!

__Painted Words__ by Aliki.
We enjoy this beautiful story about a girl who moves to a new school where she doesn't speak the native language. She tells about her life through the pictures she paints.

Video: __Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair__ by Patricia Polacco.
We learn about the importance of books and libraries through this wonderful Patricia Polacco story.

=Week of September 21, 2009 =

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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Not in the House, Newton__ by Judith Heide Gilliland; illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 100%;">// Color Unit // : This story begins our color stories as the Kindergartners practice the library routine and their library behavior. This is a great story that incorporates the color RED.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Bats in the Library__ by Brian Lies.
This is a silly story that describes bats visiting the library at nighttime. We see some of the things that happen in a library. <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ***maybe move this to October next year and read __Wild About Books__ here***

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Spoken Memories__ by Aliki.
This is part 2 of the story we read last week, Painted Words. During this part of the story, the girl uses her new language to describe the life that she has painted in pictures.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Destiny Online Card Catalog Lesson.
We visit the computer lab to practice logging into the school computers. We learn about and practice using Destiny, the online library catalog, to search for books in our library.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of September 28, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: __How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World__ by Marjorie Priceman.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 100%;">// Color Unit. // We continue with the color RED as we watch this wonderful video.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__André, The Harbor Seal__ by Fran Hodgkins.
We begin discussing genre of books and talk about this picture book that is a non-fiction or "real" story about the seal, Andre.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__The Character in the Book__ by Kaethe Zemach.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Story Elements Unit. // We begin discussing story elements with our 2nd grade classes. As you can guess, we use this book to discuss the "WHO" of the story, character. We follow this with some practice using call numbers to find a book and identify the character in the story.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 1 of __Mr. Crumb's Secret__ by Phyllis J. Perry.
//Reference Unit:// We begin with our segment where we learn/relearn how to use REFERENCE materials in our library. During chapter 1 we learn about using a dictionary. We practice where to find a word in the **dictionary** (beginning, middle or end) and we practice using guide words. ***next year read chapter 1 & 2 this week and then devote the following week to the dictionary work sheet***

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of October 5, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Crictor__ by Tomi Ungerer.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Color Unit. // We appreciate the color GREEN as we read this story. The children also hold up a number or letter at the appropriate part of the story. We talk briefly about FACT (true) and FICTION (not true).

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Begin __Prince William__ by Gloria and Ted Rand.
We talk about FACT and FICTION while we read this book. This is a FICTION book that is based on FACTS. We read the first part of this story and make predictions about the ending.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Mr. Nick's Knitting__ by Margaret Wild; illustrated by Dee Huxley.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Story Elements Unit: // We talk about the story element SETTING, or the WHERE and WHEN, using this cute story of two friends. After reading the story, the students create "quilt" squares where they draw a picture of their favorite setting from the story.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 2 of __Mr. Crumb's Secret__ by Phyllis J. Perry.
//Reference Unit:// Online card catalog.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of October 12, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">No school Monday and Tuesday.
===<span style="color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Introduce some of the new books that have been purchased for the library. **<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten: ** ===

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__The Thunderstruck Stork__ by David Olson; illustrated by Lynn Munsinger.
We read this hilarious book about a confused stork. We talk about FACT (true) and FICTION (not true) and maybe folklore.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Wild Boars Cook__ by Meg Rosoff and Sophie Blackall.
We talk about manners in this book. We look at other books about manners. We might look at: __It's a Spoon, Not a Shovel__ by Caralyn Buehner, __Are you Quite Polite__ by Alan Katz, and more.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Tadpole REX__ by Kurt Cyrus.
While reading this funny book, we review the //character// and //setting// of a story.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Which Puppy?__ by Kate Feiffer; illustrated by Jules Feiffer.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> After reading this book, we talk about connections to other books we read last year, <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__My Senator and Me__ about Senator Kennedy and his dog, Splash, and __Obama__ about President Obama.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of October 19, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__The Little Yellow Leaf__ by Carin Berger. Video: __Harold's Fairy Tale__ by Crockett Johnson.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Color Unit. // We continue our color unit with a new YELLOW book and a classic (old) story about the color PURPLE.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__The Pumpkin Blanket__ by Deborah Turney Zagwyn.
This week our 1st graders get into quilting by creating their own pumpkin quilt, after reading this magical story about a girl and her pumpkin blanket. The students really empathize with this story.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: __Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge__ by Mem Fox.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Story Elements Unit: // This video visits the WHY of a story. WHY did Mem Fox write this story? The WHY of this story is kindness.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 3 and 4 of __Mr. Crumb's Secret__ by Phyllis J. Perry.
//Reference Unit.// Can we figure out Mr. Crumb's secret? Our third grade students are trying to do just that as they practice more reference skills. This week we read about using an atlas and using newspapers We will practice these skills soon.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of October 26, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Skeleton Hiccups__ by Margery Cuyler.
We love to read this fun story with rhythm! And don't forget the skeleton dance!

__Skeleton Hiccups__ by Margery Cuyler.
We love to read this fun story with rhythm! And don't forget the skeleton dance!

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: __June 29, 1999__ by David Wiesner.
We discuss FACT and FICTION while watching this surprising video.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Review Chapter 3 and 4 of __Mr. Crumb's Secret__ by Phyllis J. Perry.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Reference Unit:// Practice using an **ATLAS** and Maps, a table of contents, an index, and coordinates to find information.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of November 2, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Mousekin’s Golden House__ by Edna Miller.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Color Unit // : The color ORANGE is this week!

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: __Pumpkin Circle__ by George Levenson.
Enjoy this beautiful story about the life cycle of the pumpkin.

__Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle.__
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Story Elements Unit. // We discuss PLOT as we read this magical story.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 5 of __Mr. Crumb's Secret__ by Phyllis J. Perry.
//Reference Unit:// Read Chapter 5 and then practice using a telephone directory.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of November 9, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Color Unit. // Edna the penguin only knows black, white and BLUE. She looks for something more in our BLUE tale. Also look at a nonfiction book about penguins.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">*Next year fit in: __Waiting for Winter__ and __When it Starts to Snow__. Connect with Mrs. Lubin-texture line drawings- maybe across grades* **

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__The Story Blanket__ by Ferida Wolff & Harriet May Savitz; illustrated by Elena Odriozola.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> “Every question has an answer,” said Baba Zarrah. “I just need to think of it.” We’ll see how Baba Zarrah stitches the theme into this captivating story. We will discuss sequencing of the story and the connection between this story and __The Pumpkin Blanket__. We make our blanket square with a special something about us.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Story Elements Unit. // After watching this "//remarkable//" video, we compare this video to the story we read last night.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 6 of __Mr. Crumb's Secret__ by Phyllis J. Perry.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Reference Unit. // Our reference practice continues with the use of excellent **encyclopedias**.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of October 26, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Thanksgiving at the Tappletons'__ by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Discuss the illustrator and the author showing the different versions of the story.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Gracious, the Thanksgiving Turkey__ by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Joe Cepeda.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Discuss "traditions".

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie__ by Alison Jackson, illustrated by Judith Byron Schachner.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Discuss this **parody** of the traditional song: I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. Show other parodies of this song.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: __Thank you, Sarah__ by Laurie Halse Anderson, illustratrated by Matt Faulkner.
Review biographies. How/where are they shelved? What's on the spine label? Fact or fiction?

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of November 23, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: Based on the book __Giving Thanks__ written by Chief Jake Swamp; illustrated by Erwin Printup.
=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of November 30, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Royal Raven__ by Hans Wilhelm; Video: __Gertrude McFuzz__ by Dr Seuss.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Read/watch these two stories that use many colors to tell the story. Discuss the ideas: "be happy with who you are", "what's important is who you are on the inside not the outside", "be careful what you ask for".

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **Grade 1:**

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Edwina, The Dinosaur That Didn't Know She Was Extinct__ by Mo Willems.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Read this fiction story and show other books from the library from nonfiction, picture books and easy readers. Discuss the different types of books and share some dinosaur facts. As an activity, the students are given the fiction/nonfiction sheet with two blank book covers. The students are sent to the tables. On each table is a set of two books about a specific topic (toys, crayons, dogs etc); one book is a fiction book and the other is a nonfiction book. The students need to draw the book covers including the title, and label which is the FICTION book and which is the NONFICTION book.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__The Grannyman__ by Judith Byron Schachner.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// Story Elements Unit: // This week we discuss TURNING POINT as we read this sweet story about an old cat who finds new life when a kitten comes into the family. The children complete the story elements word find.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 7 and 8 of __Mr. Crumb's Secret__ by Phyllis J. Perry.
After reading these chapters from the story, we discuss using the Guinness World Record Books as a reference source. We discuss how to use the index and the table of contents to look for a specific record in these books. Next each child is given an opportunity to share one the of "interesting" new facts they found in the World Record Book and are able to write this record on the easle.

= = =<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of December 7, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Birds__ by Kevin Henkes.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Look Closer Birds__ by Sue Malyan. <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> __There is a Bird on Your Head__ by Mo Willems. <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> __The Tale of Pale Male__ by Jeanette Winter. <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Read the **colorful** story, __Birds__. Relate this book to other books about birds.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Pizza Man__ by Marjorie Pillar; **__Pete's a Pizza__ by William Steig.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fiction and nonfiction.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chapter 9 and 10 of __Mr. Crumb's Secret__ by Phyllis J. Perry.
// Reference Unit. // After weeks of practicing many types of reference skills, we finally discover Mr. Crumb's secret! What could it be? Read the story and find out!

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of December 14, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Lemons are not Red__ by** **Laura Vaccaro Seeger.** __The Color of Things__ by Vivienne Shalom.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Review the colors with __Lemons are not Red__ .<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Imagine a world without color as we read __The Color of Things__.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 85%;">__Tree of Cranes__ by Allen Say.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 85%;">A childhood holiday story from Japan based on the life of the author.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Sandy's Circus__ by Phyllis J. Perry.
Connect with Donna Lubin's art unit on Sandy Calder and his circus act while reading this book about the artist. Gather information about Calder, his art and the circus, practicing the research skills we have learned over the past weeks. We will create a Calder inspired mobile displaying our newly learned information.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of December 21, 2009 =

<span style="color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Winter Recess begins: No school Thursday and Friday.
=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of January 4, 2010 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__The After-Christmas Tree__ by** **Linda Tyler. Video:** __Stranger in the Woods__ by Carl Sams.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Read these adorable winter stories.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__A House for Hermit Crab__ by **Eric Carle.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Connect with Mrs. Lubin's Eric Carle art lesson. Discuss how Eric Carle created his art work, creating colored papers, used textures etc. This story has an excellent lesson for our Hanscom community; moving should be looked at as an exciting opportunity to try new things!

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 85%;">__Kofi and His Magic__ by Maya Angelou.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Read this wonderful story about a boy from Kente who weaves Kente Cloth. Connects to Mrs. Lubin weaving lesson.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Draw Me a Star__ by Eric Carle; Video: Eric Carle.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Connect with Donna Lubin's art unit. After reading this story, watch this excellent video where this "picture teller" shows us all the steps he uses to create his collage illustrations, from creating the papers he uses, to choosing the sheets to use for parts of the pictures, cutting and gluing the pieces together to create his beautiful pictures.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of January 11, 2010 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Jonathan and his Mommy__ by** **Irene Smalls.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Read this fun story written by an African American woman.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__The Story of Ruby Bridges__ by Robert Coles**.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Read this inspirational story about a brave little girl who made a difference.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 85%;">__Wilma Unlimited__ by Kathleen Krull.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This inspiring book is about an African American woman who overcame illness and hardship to reach her dream.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Goin' Someplace Special__ by Patricia McKissack.
Journey with this young girl as she faces the rules imposed against people of color in pre-civil rights America. She finally feels welcome as she enters "someplace special", the public library.

= = = = = = =<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of January 18, 2010 = <span style="color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">New Book Week <span style="color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"> No School - Monday January 18th.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 1:**

 * <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Wild Boars Cook__ by Meg Rosoff, illustrated by Sophie Blackall. **

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 2:**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Spoon__ by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Scott Magoon.**

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 3:**

 * <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Crow Call__ by Lois Lowry, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. **

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of January 25, 2010 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Go To Sleep, Groundhog__ by** **Judy Cox.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Wander through the months with Groundhog until he finds it's finally Groundhog Day.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__A House for Hermit Crab__ by **Eric Carle.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Connect with Mrs. Lubin's Eric Carle art lesson. Discuss how Eric Carle created his art work, creating colored papers, used textures etc. This story has an excellent lesson for our Hanscom community; moving should be looked at as an exciting opportunity to try new things!

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 85%;">__Substitute Groundhog__ by Pat Miller.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Help identify the qualities necessary to perform the job for the groundhog, who is too sick to predict the weather. Can you think about what some of these qualities are?

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Groundhog Gets a Say__ by Pamela Swallow.
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Groundhog feels that he deserves more than just one day of fame. While sharing all his wonderful talents with his animal friends, readers learn interesting facts about groundhogs. Fun!

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of February 1, 2010 =

Find the similarities and differences between the book and the video.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** __Houndsley and Catina__, __Pinky and Rex__ and other books by James Howe. **
Introduce our first grade friends to the ER or "just right" books in our library. We have a special section of our library where we keep these leveled books that are "just right" for our developing readers. James Howe is a wonderful author who has written many books for our new readers.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 2:**
==<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 85%;">__Chico__ by ** Sandra Day O'Connor; ** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 85%;">__Meet my Grandmother; She is a Supreme Court Justice__ by Courtney O'Connor. == Biography Unit. We read these two stories written about Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman Supreme Court Justice. Chico is an autobiographical story about O'Connor's childhood. The second story is written by O'Connor's granddaughter and it tells about the life of a Supreme Court Justice.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Country Research. **
We spend library time helping the third graders begin their research for their country projects.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of February 8, 2010 =


 * <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Video: __Snowmen at Night__, based on the book by Caralyn Buehne. **

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** __Henry and Mudge__, __Poppleton__ and other books by Cynthia Rylant. **
Continue reading ER books with some fun titles by Cynthia Rylant.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Country Research. **
We spend library time helping the third graders begin their research for their country projects.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of February 15, 2010 = <span style="color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Vacation Week =<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of February 22, 2010 =

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of March 1, 2010 =

===<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go__ by** **Daniel Joseph and Lydia Mendel and __The Jacket I Wear in the Snow__ by Shirley Neitzel.** === <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Enjoy these two winter stories about the clothes we wear in the winter. One is about getting dressed and the other undressed.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** __Llama__ by Caroline Arnold and __Harley__ by Star Livingstone. **
We practice using the index to find some facts about llamas in the book __Llama__. Read the fictional story about Harvey the llama. Are there any facts about llamas included in this story?
 * <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> *All in one week is a lot. Should we split into 2 weeks?* **

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 2:**
==<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 85%;">__Fanny in the Kitchen__ by ** Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. ** == Biography Unit. We read this story about a woman who is an "artist" in the kitchen.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Video: __Greyling__ by Jane Yolen. **
Selkie Tale Unit: Begin folklore and fact research unit with this magical selkie tale.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of March 8, 2010 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Dewey, the Library Cat__** **by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter; illustrated by Steve James.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Enjoy some animals in the library with this adorable cat who makes his home in the library!

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** __Charlie Needs a Cloak__ by Tomie dePaola. **
Continue with fact and fiction unit: First graders view an animated version of this fabulous book and decide whether it is fiction or non fiction. While it is entertaining and charmingly illustrated and might seem like a fiction book, it is indeed a FACTUAL book about the way wool becomes cloth and cloth becomes clothes.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> We then watch a segment of //"// //Tomie dePaola The Pied Piper of Children's books"// where dePaola shows how he draws one of his favorite animals, a sheep. The sheep looks just like the sheep in "Charlie Needs a Cloak"! The class then draws their own version of the sheep.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** __Vincent van Gogh__ by Eileen Lucas; illustrated by Rochelle Draper. **
Biography Unit. A "just right" biography about the artist, Vincent van Gogh. In 2009, we used the document reader in order to show the beautiful illustrations in this book.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** __Seal Mother__ by Mordecai Gerstein. **
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 100%;">Selkie Tale Unit: We read another wonderful Selkie Tale! We start a chart comparing the tales that we read during this unit. Comparisons are made of the setting, the transformation of the main character, and the ending.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of March 15, 2010 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Library Lion__** **by Michelle Knudsen; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Read this wonderful story with beautiful illustrations. This stories reminds us of many of our library rules.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** __The Goat in the Rug__ by Geraldine as told to Charles L. Blood and Martin Link, illus by Nancy Winslow Parker. **
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Geraldine, a goat, describes each step as she and her Navajo friend make a rug, from the hair clipping and carding to the dyeing and actual weaving. This book continues our exploration of fact and fiction in books. While it has facts, it is a fiction book-why? Do goats usually write **books?!!** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **__Songs from the loom: a Navajo girl learns to weave__ by Monty Roessel.** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Read parts of this nonfiction book showing that many of the details in The Goat in the Rug are true.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 2:**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Biography Unit: __Eleanor Quiet No More__ __: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt__ by Doreen Rappaport; illustrated by Gary Kelley.** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Continue our biography unit with a story about a remarkable woman (Women's History Month).

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 3:**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Selkie Tale Unit continues.
 * <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: __Selkie Girl__ **<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **by Susan Cooper.**

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of March 22, 2010 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Kindergarten:**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> This delightful tale is a parody (humorous version) of the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This story help remind students of the proper use of the library.
 * <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Goldisocks and the Three Libearians__ **<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **by Jackie Mims Hopkins and John Manders.**

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 1:**
__**<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Mirette on the Highwire **__<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **by Emily Arnold McCully.** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Read this story based which includes reference to a real person, who was a famous highwire walker.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 2:**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Continue our Biography Unit with the beautiful story about a famous (Women's History Month) singer (Music in Our Schools Month) and the barriers she faced in her climb to success.
 * <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Biography Unit: ****<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> __When Marion Sang__ **<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **by Pam Munoz Ryan.**

**__Seal Prince__ by Sheila MacGill-Callahan and Kris Waldherr.**
Selkie Tale Unit: When it comes time for Grainne, the beautiful daughter of the lord and lady of Skye, to marry, she rejects the island suitors to be with Deodatus, a seal-man she once rescued from death. This is a magical tale of family and love based on a tale told by the author's father and set on the Scottish Isle of Skye. Compare this tale to the others we have read.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of March 29, 2010 = <span style="color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Circus Smirkus and Curriculum Night are coming next week.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Kindergarten:**
__**<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Circus Family Dog **__<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **by Andrew Clements.** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> This circus story about an old dog introduces the circus as well as reinforcing the school theme of Growing Smarter. The old dog in this story works hard to do a circus trick for the audience and his circus family.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 1:**
__**<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Man Who Walked Between The Towers **__<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **by Mordecai Gerstein.** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> This is a true story about Philippe Petit, who walked between the towers of the World Trade Center. When Philippe looked at the towers he "not at the towers but at the space between them". He planned and finally fulfilled his dream of walking between the towers. This story not only commemorates that act but is written in memory of the World Trade Center and the people who worked there.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 2 & Grade 3:**
__**<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mailing May **__<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **by Michael O. Tunnell; illustrated by Ted Rand.** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> We read this story in preparation for a Curriculum Night Activity. In the early 1900s, May's family does not have enough money to send her by train to visit her grandmother. They resort to mailing May as a package, on the mail car! During Curriculum Night, students can complete the activity and "mail" themselves on a trip to visit someone in the US.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of April 5, 2010 =

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Kindergarten:**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> We spend time this week reading the three books that were selected as finalists for the Caldecott Award (Best American Picture Book) this year. After reading the stories and discussing how the illustrations help to tell the story, we voted on which book we thought should have been the winner! This years books were: Caldecott Medal: __The Lion and The Mouse__ by Jerry Pinkney; Cadecott Honor: __All the World__ by Elizabath Scanlon, __Red Sings From Treetops__ by Joyce Sidman.
 * <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Caldecott Nominees **<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**.**

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **Grade 1:**

**__The Cricket Warrior__ by Margaret and Raymond Chang.**
<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In Ancient China, this is a story of family loyalty involving a boy who decides to turn into a cricket to save the family's honor.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 2:** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">** __Rocks in his Head__ by Carol Otis Hurst. **

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Biography: an entertaining biography of a man who LOVES rocks and finally lives his dream.

<span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **Grade 3:** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **__The Boy Who Lived With The Seals__ by Rafe Martin** <span style="color: #003300; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Selkie Tales: Enjoy this story about a boy who disappears into the sea. Later he is found and returns to land. Ultimately the boy chooses to live with the seals.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of April 12, 2010 =


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> __Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus__ by Mo Willems **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Grade 1: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Video: Mo Willems school visit **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Biography Unit. We read one of the autobiographies by the illustrator and author, Tomie dePaola.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Grade 2: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Here We All Are__ by Tomie dePaola. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Selkie Tale Unit: Compare this folktale to the selkie tales we have read.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Grade 3: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Nicholas Pipe__ by Robert D. San Souci; illustrated by David Shannon. **

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of April 19, 2010 = Vacation Week =<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of April 26, 2010 =

<span style="color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Celebrate Earth Day!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> This wonderful book reminds us of a few simple ways to live a GREENer life.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All Classes read __10 Things I Can Do To Help My World__ by Melanie Walsh **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Enjoy this video that reminds us the UNLESS we can a whole awful lot, the planet will not remain a clean and healthy place to live. We must remember to take care of our planet!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: __The Lorax__ by Dr. Seuss **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> We read this inspiring autobiography by the wonderful illustrator/artist Ashley Bryan. This beautiful book leads us to the book What a Wonderful World, which was illustrated by Bryan.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 1: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ashley Bryan: __Words to My Life's Song__ by Ashley Bryan, What a Wonderful World by George David Weiss and Bob Thiele, illustrated by Ashley Bryan **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Biography Unit. We read this biography about an incredible woman, a natural scientist, who showed us how to care about our natural world.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 2: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Rachel, a Story of Rachel Carson__ by Amy Ehrlich, illustrated Wendell Minor . **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 3: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This research unit is done in preparation for the whale research unit that the 3rd graders will begin shortly. We research seals after reading many folk tales that involve seals, selkies, and similar transformations of human to sea animal.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Seal Research Unit: Part 1. The Research Process. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We begin our research on the seal and compare our knowledge to the folk tales we have read

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> STEP ONE: WHAT DO I WANT TO KNOW? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What is my topic? What are key words or other words related to my topic? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What questions do I have about my topic? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> STEP TWO: WHERE CAN I FIND IT? (brainstorm and select the best sources)

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of May 3, 2010 =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Smart Chicks Unit. A lively retelling of a Liberian story where a vain chicken gains humility by cleverly outwitting a crocodile.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile__ by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert; illustrated Julie Paschkis. **

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Great White Shark **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Humor Unit. Fact and Fiction. Talk about how facts are used even in this very funny tale.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Grade 1: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: The Great White Man-Eating Shark - A Cautionary Tale by Margaret Mahy. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We introduce research. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Week 1:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 2: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Animal Research Unit **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Introduce the unit.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Choose animal (pull from a hat).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fill in cover page and cite the book source that will be used for research.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Become familiar with our book.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Seal research unit:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Question/Problem <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Overarching question: In some folkloric stories they say that seals are closest to humans. After studying the topic of seals do you agree with this statement? Today we will:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 3: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gather facts about seals that will help you answer this question.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Refer to questions generated last week for beginning of notes.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Start with Reference books that will help you define your topic, give you more key words, and basic information. We read a basic definition of a seal and then highlighted important facts in an encyclopedia article.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Do a Works Cited entry forThe World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia which used today.

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of May 10, 2010 =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learn some facts about chickens while reading these nonfiction books about the life cycle of a chicken. Show that both nonfiction books about chickens will be found in the same place (dewey decimal) in the library. Also talk about how libraries use the Dewey Decimal System and that means that books are found at the same number in other libraries that they may visit (ie. 590s are animals everywhere!).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Life Cycle of the Chicken__ by Angela Royston **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__The Life Cycle of the Chicken__ by Lisa Trumbauer. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: __Rosie's Walk__ by Pat Hutchins. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 1: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Week 2: Complete the notetaking sheet using the book we cited last week.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 2: Animal Research Unit **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We read through the encyclopedia article together, trying to find the answers to our questions. We noted which question that we still had not answered.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 3: Seal Research Unit **

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of May 17, 2010 =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Compare the stories to spot the similarities and differences.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Little Red Hen. Watch the video and then read the story **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Continue with the humor unit. Read this hilarious story
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 1: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Wait! No Paint!__ by Bruce Whatley. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Grade 2: Animal Research Unit** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Week 3: Introduce Encyclopedias.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Find the article on the animal and read through it.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Check off the information that is confirmed while reading the article.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Add interesting facts you find.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cite the encyclopedia.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Research our unanswered questions using other materials (books, articles)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 3: Seal research unit **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gathered the questions from all classes that were not answered by using the encyclopedia article
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">At stations, research and answer questions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Repeat with additional questions (Most were able to finish 2-4 questions)

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of May 24, 2010 =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Week 4: Fill in the final sheet for the animal riddle. Begin the picture and caption.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 2: Animal Research Unit **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Connect to art lesson with Monet's lilly pads by watching this fun video and looking through the book.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 3: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: __Linnea in Monets Garden__ by Cristina Bjork, Lena Anderson, and Joan Sandin. **

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of May 31, 2010 = No School Monday - Memorial Day
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Grade 1: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Grade 2 : **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 3: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Begin watching __The Secret of Roan Inish__ **

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of June 7, 2010 =


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kindergarten: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Continue reading humorous stories with this favorite story. Ask your child to share it with you!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 1: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__An Undone Fairytale__ by Ian Lendler. **

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Feliciana Feydra LaRoux **__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> by Tynia Thomassie, illustrated by Cat Smith ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Continue with tall tales. Watch the classic American Tall Tale __John Henry__ and read the modern Tall Tale __Feliciana Feydra LaRoux__.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 2: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: __John Henry__ **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grade 3: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Part 2 of __The Secret of Roan Inish__. **

=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of June 14, 2010 = Introduce The Summer Reading Program at the HAFB Library Watch Summer Reading Powerpoint. Last Day for Kindergarten: Wednesday, June 16.

Finish watching __The Secret of Roan Inish__. Summer Reading.
=<span style="background-color: #6697e1; color: #003300; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Week of June 21, 2010 = Monday June 21 - Last Day of School Have a happy and healthy summer!

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