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Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems

Read by: Mrs. Prentice

Welcome to Read Across America Week!

Welcome Searles Students to 

READ ACROSS 

AMERICA DAY!!!

NEA’s Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually on March 2—Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate by bringing together kids, teens, and books, and you can too! 

Official Website: Click Here!

Searles Read Across America 
Guest Readers:

Mrs. Sao
Coach V. 
Coach Lothian
Mrs. Lopez
Ms. Segall

Ben's Trumpet read by: Mrs. Sao

Randy Riley's Really Big Hit read by: Coach V.

Be a Good Sport! read by: Coach Lothian

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore 

read by Mrs. Lopez

Everybody Needs A Rock read by: Ms. Segall

Book Awards

Students, are you ready to learn about those shiny stickers on our books? Those are book awards. Let's take a look at what they mean! This way, when you see them you will know what type of award they won and what you can look for while you read. Enjoy! 

Book Awards Power Point

Pinterest Poetry Blog

What Type of Poetry is For You?

Check out my Pinterest Poetry Board 

to Find Out!

*Teachers, I included teaching points for directed lessons and descriptions of books for different types of poets. Suggest a great poetry book to a student specific to their personality! 

CLICK HERE!

Historical Fiction Display

HISTORICAL FICTION DISPLAY

For my historical fiction display assignment I wanted something that would be beneficial to multiple classrooms and grades. Being February, I have been getting requests in from teachers for books that honor Black History Month. Teachers are playing videos, reading stories, and doing lessons around this month’s theme. We are a very diverse school and it is important that we honor everyone. As I began pulling books I realized they would make a great display and would correspond perfectly with this assignment. I swept the entire library for books that featured strong African American characters and ended up with stacks of books. Great! I used what I thought students would be most attracted to on the main display. These were both fiction and non-fiction, from Martin Luther King to Stephen Curry. From superhero comic books featuring Max Axiom, an African American super scientist to Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist. I had books at all levels, from very young to older-elementary. Books such as Feast For 10 and BIGMAMA’S for K-2, to books for older students such as Brown Girl Dreaming and Let It Shine, both award-winning books.

I did notice that many of the books were featuring mostly men, so I pulled strong female leads to the forefront like Mae Jemison, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Venus Williams. Girl Power! To keep my display modern and popular like Susan Brown suggested, I included the new Miles Morales book featuring an African American Spiderman, a biography of Jay Z, and When the Beat was Born, the story of hip hop. I also kept my font simple and readable, as Brown suggested. Once completed I had to take pictures quickly because students immediately began pulling books from the display, it was a success! I emailed teachers to let them know, included the pics, and received encouraging responses. Some teachers have even come in, enjoying perusing through the display and pulling books to check out. Overall I believe it was a great success! A fun, productive assignment.

Informational Book

What If You Had Animal Ears!? 

By Sandra Markle

Title: What If You Had Animal Ears? 

Genre: Non-fiction Informational Book

Location: 631.7 Mar

Subject: "If you could have any animal's ears, which would you choose? If you chose an elephant's ears, you could hear other elephants coming from two miles away. If you had Eurasian red squirrel ears, you'd be so warm you'd never need a hat in the snow. And if you had a koala's ears, you could style them in the coolest new trends. The animal kingdom has lots of animals with incredible ears, but your ears are pretty awesome, too!" 

-Markle, Sandra.(2016) If You Had Animal ears? Scholastic. New York, NY. Scholastic.

Fantasy

The Fantastic Flying Books of 

Mr. Morris Lessmore

By: William Joyce

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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Historical Fiction

I Survived: 

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

By: Lauren Tarshis

A day that will live in infamy, the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Follow along as Danny tries to stay alive dodging bombs and bullets. A tough kid from New York who's mom made him move to Hawaii he plots to return home. Trying to get aboard and hide on a battleship bound for New York, he gets more than he bargained for. The I Survived Series is a student favorite and this story does not disappoint. Learn about Hawaii, battleships, and a day that will forever be remembered. Will Danny make it out alive? Will he still want to leave Hawaii? Get ready for a thrilling, can't-put-down adventure! 

Contemporary Realistic Fiction

How I Learned Geography

By: Uri Shulevitz

Taking place in war-torn country a family must leave their home and travel in search of safety. Faced with starvation the family is desperate to stay alive. So when Dad comes home with only a map things begin to change for his young son. With no money, no food, and nowhere to go, the young boy studies the map. Suddenly he is traveling around the world and seeing things he never has before. Come along on his journey and prepare to be amazed! Found in the "E" Books, under the "SH" shelf. Enjoy! 

Poetry Book

Where the Sidewalk Ends

poems and drawing of: Shel Silverstein

A beloved children's poet, 

Shel Silverstein will forever 

be remembered as a true artist. 

A Dolphin favorite, 

get ready to laugh, 

cry, and see the world

in a whole new way. 

*Students, please take special

notice of your favorite poem 

for our next lesson. 

That means, write it down. ;)

FIND IT: Non-fiction #811

Traditional Tale

Stone Soup: An Old Tale Retold

Written & Illustrated By: Marcia Brown

Ready to hear a tale about a magic soup made from stones?

Click on the story below to hear about how 3 soldiers magically

transform water into a delicious soup for an entire village, 

all from 3 stones! Is it truly magic, or something else? 

Click here: Stone Soup

Want to read it? NON-FICTION

                        #934

Picture Book

I Stink          

    

Written by: Kate and Jim Mcmullan 

Click Here To Have the story read to you by a REAL Garbage Man! 

                                         

Go Here If You Want to READ IT: E- MC

Award-winning Book

Sam & Dave Dig A Hole 

written by: Mac Barnett

illustrated by: Jon Klassen

Hey Searles Dolphins~ 

Want to read an awesome adventure book?! Then read Sam & Dave Dig A Hole  written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen. This book is a fun read that follows along as 2 brothers and their dog dig a hole looking for something SPECTACULAR! Determined and hopeful, they dig and dig and dig some more. Will they ever find something awesome? You gotta read to find out! I really like this book because the ending is open for interpretation, that means it's up to you, the reader. I would love to hear what YOU think! This book is located in the E-Section of the library, on the BA Shelf. If you need help finding it come and ask me, Mrs. Lopez, for help. Enjoy!