Reading Corner: Christmas Time

Salma reads "The Night before New Year's",  by Natasha Wing, illustrated by Amy Wummer Grosset and Dunlap.

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

 Let's read "Growin' Christmas" written by Karen J Ashton and illustrated by Elspeth C Young.

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

 Today's story is "Grumpy Cat's The First Worst Christmas", written by Christy Webster and illustrated by Steph Leveris.

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 Miss Linda reads "There's an Elf in Your Book", written by Tom Fletcher and illustrated by Greg Abbot.

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 Fi reads "Mr Men Meet Father Christmas", by Roger Hargreaves.

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 For Christmas, Miss Jill brings us "Christmas Wishes", by Tony Mitton and Layn Marlow.

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

 Today's story is Shiko J's "Bella Saves Christmas".

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

Today's reading is "How the Grinch Got so Grinchy", written by Bonnie Worth and illustrated by Ray Goudy.

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

 Here is Beth reading "Santa Duck", written by David Milgrim.

Reading Corner: Christmas Time

 Let's watch Miss Jill reading "Bear Stays up for Christmas", by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.

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 Let's listen to "One Winter's Day", written by M Christina Butler and illustrated by Tina Macnaughton.

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 Miss Britton reads "Bear Snores On", by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.

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 American voice actress Nancy Cartwright reads "How I Met my Monster", written by Amanda Noll and illustrated by Howard McWilliam. 

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 American actress Jennifer Garner reads "Maddi's Fridge", written by Lois Brandt and illustrated by Vin Vogel.

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 Here is "Charlie Crow in the Snow", written by Paula Metcalf and illustrated by Cally Johnson-Isaacs.

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 Today's story is "Sweet Dreams Jack-Jack", written by Meredith Rusu and illustrated by Gurihiru.

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 Listen to Bath reading "First Snow", written by Bomi Park.

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 Miss Britton reads "Tacky the Penguin", written by Helen Lester and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger.

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Miss Jill reads "The Little Red Hen", by Paul Galdone. 

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 Here is Awnie reading "Sneezy the Snowman", written by Maureen Wright and Stephen Gilpin.

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 Today's reading is "Pete the Cat Snow Daze", by James Dean.

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 Mary reads "Nothing Ever Happens at the South Pole", by Jan and Stan Berenstain.

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 Let's read "The Tale of the Trollgre", written by Kyle McMahon and illustrated by Teguh Sulistio.

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 Today, Miss Jill reads "Meesha Makes Friends", by Tom Percival.

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 Todays' story is "Too Cute to Spook", written by Diana Aleksandrova and illustrated by Alicia Young.

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Reading Corner: Thanksgiving

 Today's story is "The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving All Around", by Mike Berenstain.

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Reading Corner: Thanksgiving

 For Thanksgiving, We read "Sharing the Bread, An Old-fashioned Thanksgiving Story", by Pat Zietlow Miller and Jill McElmurry.

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Reading Corner: Thanksgiving

 Here is "The Pilgrims First Thanksgiving", written by Ann McGovern and illustrated by Elroy Freem.

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 Today, we read "Turkey Trouble", written by Wendi Silvano and illustrated by Lee Harper.

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 In today's story, we learn "How to Catch a Turkey", written by Adam Wallace and illustrated by Andy Elkerton.

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 Let's listen to "Our House is on Fire: Greta Thunberg's Call to Save the Planet", by Jeanette Winter.

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 Today, Miss Jill reads "Stick and Stone", written by Beth Ferry and illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld.

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 Let's read "The Perfect Percival Priggs", by Julie-Ann Graham.

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 Here is Awnie reading "Pop", words by Karen Kilpatrick and pictures by Germán Blanco.

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 Here is Fi reading "I wish I were a Bird", written by Joy Roxborough and illustrated by Andy Catling.

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 Today's story is "Daniel Loves Fall".

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 Here is Miss Jill reading Cynthia Rylant's "In November", illustrated by Jill Kastner.

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 Let's read "A Porcupine Named Fluffy", written by Helen Lester and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger.

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 Today we read "Big Plans" by Bob Shea and Lane Smith.

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 Here is Miss Jill reading "Be Kind", written by Pat Zietlow Miller and illustrated by Jen Hill.

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D Julian reads "Bat Loves the Night", written by Nicola Davis and illustrated by Sarah Fox Davies.

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 Today's reader is Theresa with "Eraser", written by Anna Kang and illustrated by Christopher Weyant.

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 Let's listen to Courtney reading "Pig the Winner", by Aaron Blabey.

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 Miss Jill reads "Leaf Trouble", by Jonathan Emmitt.

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Reading Corner: Halloween's Week

 Faith reads "Moonlight. The Halloween Cat", written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet.

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Reading Corner: Halloween's Week

 Today Halloween's scary story is Margery Cuyler and SD Schindler's "Skeleton Hiccups".

Reading Corner: Halloween's Week

 Mr. Paulson reads the scary story of "Creepy Pair of Underwear", written by Aaron Reinolds and illustrated by Peter Brown.

Reading Corner: Halloween's Week

 Today's spooky story is "Stumpkin", written by Lucy Ruth Cummins.

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Reading Corner: Halloween's Week

 Miss Jill reads "The Runaway Pumpkin", written by Kevin Lewis and illustrated by S D Schindler.

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 Today's story is Rob Scotton's "Splat the Cat and the Pumpkin-Picking Plan".

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Grandma reads "Life as Corvin. Zombies for Halloween", written by Mark Stutz and illustrated by Qian Yang.

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Reading Corner: Halloween's Week

 Today's story is Marc Brown's "Arthur's Halloween".

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 Let's read "Miss Kindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten", written by Joseph Slate and illustrated by Ashley Wolf.

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 Here is Alan reading "Kindness is my Superpower", written by Alicia Ortego.

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 Today, Mrs. Villarreal reads Alex Willan's "Unicorns Are the Worst".

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 Here is Mrs Britton reading Alexis O'Neill's "The Recess Queen", illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith.

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 Today's story is "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell", written by Lucile Collandro and illustrated by Jared Lee.

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 Here is Theresa reading Laurie Keller's "Potato Pants!".

Reading Time

Let's listen to Miss Jill reading "It Came in the Mail", by Ben Clanton.

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 Let's listen to Kelly reading "There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Map", written by Lucile Collandro and illustrated by Jared Lee.

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 Here is Courtney reading "We Love Dinosaurs", written by Lucy Voplin.

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 Today's story is Dawn McMillan's "I Need a New Butt", illustrated by Ross Kinnaird. 

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 Today's story is Connor Boyack's "The Miraculous Pencil", from the Turttle Twin Collection, illustrated by Elijah Stanfield.

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 Nora reads "Maybe", written by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Gabriella Barouch.

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 In today's story time, we dive into Brad Meltzer's "A New Day", read by himself and illustrated by Dan Santat.

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 Mrs. Villarreal reads "How a Beetle Got Her Colours", based on a traditional tale from Brazil, by Joseph Bruchac and illustrated by Mercedes McDonald.

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 Let's listen to Mr Paulson reading "The Little House", story and pictures by Virginia Lee Burton. 

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 Mrs Britton reads Mercer Mayer's "Just Going to the Dentist".

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 Here is Alan reading Mark Ruddick's "The Little Yellow Hermit Crab", illustrated by Melissa Snelling.

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 Mrs Britton reads "Whistle for Willie", written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. 

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 Here is Mrs. Villarreal reading "The Ugly Vegetables", written and illustrated by Grace Lin.

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 Today, Miss Chrystal reads "A Pocket for Corduroy", by Don Freeman.

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 Kelly reads Matthew A. Cherry's "Hair Love", illustrated by Vashti Harrison.

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 Today's story is "The Short Stories of Shark Fin Boy", written and designed by Andrew Goering.

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Miss Jill reads "Dragons Love Tacos", written by Adam Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri.

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 Let's read Kimberly and James Dean's "Pete the Cat Falling for Autumn".

 

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 This is Alan reading "Spike's Best Nest", by Tony Maddox.

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 Today, we read "Bug City" by Dahlov Ipcar.

 Mrs Britton reads "The Three Billy Goats", written by Rachael Mortimer and illustrated by Liz Pichon.

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 Here is Bonny reading "Leaf it to Sally Brown", by Betsy Franco and illustrated by Shari Halpern.

 

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 Let's listen to Mr. Paulson reading "Those Darn Squirrels Fly South", written by Adan Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri.

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 Listen to Miss Jill reading "Grumpy Monkey", written by Suzanne Lang and illustrated by Max Lang.

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 Let's listen to Ryan and Craig reading Patrick McDonnell's "A Perfectly Messed Up Story".

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 Beth reads "Back to School Rules", written by Laurie Friedman and illustrated by Teresa Murfin. 

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 Today's story is Chris Ferrie's "There Was a Black Whole That Swallowed the Universe", illustrated by Susan Batori.

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 Miss Linda reads "Hey! Who Made This Mess", written and illustrated by Primo Gallanosa.

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Mr Paulson reads "Chrysanthemum", written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes.

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 Teacher Charla reads "There's a Snake in my School", by David Walliams and Tony Ross.

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 Here is Awnie reading "Never Let a Dinosaur Scribble", written and illustrated by Diane Alber.

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 Miss Jill reads "Tiny T Rex and the Impossible Hug", written by Jonathan Stutzman and illustrated by Jay Fleck.

Marta's favourite book

 Marta's recommendation is Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid".

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 Fi reads "Don't Say That, Willy Nilly", by Anna Powell and David Roberts.

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 Beth reads Patty Lovell's "Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon", illustrated by David Catrow.

Paula's favourite book

 Paula's favourite book is "Memorias dun Neno Labrego", written by the Galician author Xosé Neira Vilas. It is a historical and social novel that narrates the childhood memories of a poor country boy.

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 Miss Ems reads "The Gritty Little Lamb", written by Dan Allbaugh and illustrated by Anil Yap.

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 Today, Paige reads about a "Magic Beach", by Alison Lester.

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 Miss Brighton reads "Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink" by Diane de Groat.

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 Miss Jill reads "The Most Magnificent Thing", written by Ashley Spires.

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Today, Ryan and Craig read "The Basketball", written by Stephen Chang. 

Elena's favourite book

 Elena's recommendation is "The Ickabog", J K Rowling's last novel. As all her novels, this fairy tale has grown into a worldwide best-seller, available in 26 languages. In this book, you can find adventure, kindness and hope.

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 Today's story is Anna Kang's "Eraser", illustrated by Christopher Weyant.

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 Grandma reads "Loud Lula", written by Katy S Duffield and illustrated by Mike Boldt.

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 Mr Paulson reads "Dancing Lilly", written by Cynthia Wilson and illustrated by Lintang Pandu. 

Daily Routine

  The 4th Graders talk about their daily routine. Let's watch Antía's talking about hers.

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 Miss Ems reads "The Boy Who Illustrated Happiness", written by Victor D O Santos and illustrated by Eszter Miklos.

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 British actress Felicity Jones reads "Spaghetti Hunters", written and illustrated by Morag Hood.

Ale's favourite book

 Alejandra recommends us "Holidays in Paradise". It is the fourth volume of a series of books called "La Diversión de Martina", whose author is a famous youtuber: Martina D'Antiochia.

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 Let's watch Beth reading Michael Wong's "I Wish You Happiness", illustrated by Ann Baratashvili.

Daily Routine

 The 4th Graders talk about their daily routine. Here is Aroa speaking about a normal weekly day.

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 Let's listen to Miss Linda reading "The President of the Jungle", by André Rodrigues, Larissa Ribeiro, Paula Desgualdo and Pedro Markun.

 

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 Let's watch Awnie reading "Not Too Big... Not Too Small... Just Right for Me", written and illustrated by Jimmy and Darlene Korpai.

Daily Routine

  The 4th Graders talk about their daily routine. Pay attention to Adriana's day.

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 American actor and tap dancer Dulé Hill reads "As Fast as Words Could Fly", written by Pamela M Tuck and illustrated by Eric Velasquez. 

Sara's favourite book

  Sara recommends us David Walliam's "The World's Worst Teachers", illustrated by Tony Ross. After three volumes of "The World's Worst Children", Walliams writes the kids' revenge with these ten tales. The book tells the stories of the world's most sinister teachers ever.

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 Today's story is "A Tighty-Whitie Wind", written and illustrated by Izzy B.

Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters are phrases and sentences that use a certain sound, often very difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly. They are word games that are fantastic to practice pronunciation when speaking English, so 5th Graders have been creating some using the initial sounds of their names.

Let's watch Lucía's one!

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 Today, Miss Jill reads "Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, an Irish Folktale", retold and illustrated by Tomie de Paola.

World Environment Day 2021

 

This poem reminds us that we only have one Earth and we must protect her. The poem ties into the United Nations' initiative Decade of Restoration which aims at prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide. 

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 Mr Paulson reads "I Am the Boss of this Chair", written by Carolyn Crimi and illustrated by Marisa Morea.

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 Miss Brighton reads "Abe Lincon's Hat", written by Martha Brenner and illustrated by Donald Cook.

Daily Routine

 The 4th Graders talk about their daily routine. Let's listen to Telma's day!

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 Today's story is "Poo in the Zoo", by Steve Smallman and Ada Grey.

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 American actor and producer Elijah Wood reads "Me and My Cat", written and illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura.

Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters are phrases and sentences that use a certain sound, often very difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly. They are word games that are fantastic to practice pronunciation when speaking English, so 5th Graders have been creating some using the initial sounds of their names.

This is Naia's!  

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Today, Awnie reads "Chrissy doesn't Like her hair", written by Christine Williams and illustrated by Amy Summer.

 The 4th Graders talk about their daily routine. This is Samuel sharing his day with us!

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 Here are Ryan and Craig reading Ross Burach's "Bumble and Bee: Let's Be".

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 Listen to Miss Jill reading "Be Nice to Spiders", written by Margaret Bloy Graham.

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