Week 4 Fifth Grade News Flash (Non-fiction, Level 15, Stage 3) by Sharon Hill We carried on this week with the news/media theme by using News Flash, a book written to help kids learn about the process of news becoming The News and the different media outlets that carry it, such as radio, print and…
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Week 4 Second Grade Game Time! (Fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Stuart J. Murphy The Day the Gorilla Came to School (Fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Jeanette Cunis From Oil to Gas (Non-fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Shannon Zemlicka Gorillas in the classroom, black liquid “gold” coming from deep within the earth,…
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I Want to be a Police Officer Wind F is for Flag! This week was all about wind, flags, and police officers, and we had so much fun combining learning to read with learning about new things! It’s only been 3 weeks since we started Kindergarten, but already I can see Malachi making some progress…
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Week 3 Fourth Grade Machines (Non-fiction, Level 12, Stage 3) by Joy Brewster If you know anything about fourth grade boys, it probably goes without saying that a book about machines was an instant hit. We loved learning all about machines this week – simple ones, complex ones, big ones, small ones, everyday ones, and…
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Week 3 Fifth Grade Knightly News (Fiction, Level 15, Stage 2) by Anna Kenna This week’s book is about a young man and his favorite hobby, filming his own news show. Throughout the story problems arise for both the boy and his mom, opportunities present themselves, and solutions come. We really enjoyed this book this…
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Big and Little (Fiction, Level C) by Joy Cowley Counting Seeds (Non-fiction, Level C) by Margie Burton Skeletons (Non-fiction, Level C) by Jane Buxton I’m Brave (Fiction, Level C) by Pauline Cartwright To Town (Fiction, Level C) by Joy Cowley This week with AlphaSkills was definitely an adventure. From counting the seeds in different types…
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Week 3 Second Grade Crocodile! Crocodile! (Fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Margaret Mahy Rainbow Wings (Fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Margaret Nevinsky Martin Luther King, Jr. (Non-fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Lola M. Shaefer Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Non-fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Mir Tamim Ansary There were crocodiles. There…
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At the Firehouse Biggest, Strongest, Fastest Where Do I Live This week we learned all about fire safety, strong animals and places to live. At the Firehouse is a fun book about what firefighters do and how we can stay safe. Biggest, Strongest, Fastest is all about the most exciting animals on the planet and…
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I Want to be a Teacher This week we learned all about what teachers do, and it was so fun to talk about teachers at school and teachers at home, Pre-K teachers, music teachers, art teachers, math teachers, and even teachers at universities and beyond. My little Malachi couldn’t believe that I was a teacher…
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