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The following materials for the month of February have been delivered to one teacher at each grade  level. If you wish to use them, see the appropriate teacher at your grade.

KINDERGARTEN (KOZAK)

For Valentine’s Day, President’s Day :

Mc-VT-132   Family Circus Valentine; Mc-VT-737 Friends, Friends, -Old Bear Stories

Will You Be My Valentine- Kroll ;How Spider Saved Valentine's Day; Valentine's Day- Gibbons

Danny's Mystery Valentine-Kundhardt; Young Abraham Lincoln; George Washington and the General’s Dog

Also these materials on teeth:

Mc-DVD-05 Tooth Wisdom; Mc-VT-1077 Tales From the Tooth Fairy ; There is also Mc-KT-129 Large Tooth Model in the library

Little Bear Brushes His Teeth; The Tooth Witch- Karlin; A Visit to the Dentist's Office- Murphy

The Tooth Book- Leseig;

These materials on the heart & body:

Mc-VT-808 My Body Me; Mc-VT-1014 Keeping Clean; Mc-KT-117 Human Anatomy Apron; Mc-OHT-18 Human Body Overheads

Your Heart– DeGassett; Your Insides - Cole; Circulatory System– Frost; The Body Book-Rottner; Being Active– Svhub
Fuel the Body-Tourville; Go Wash Up– Tourville; Food Pyramid– Rondeau

 These materials for the 100th day of school

Miss Bindergarten  and the 100th Day of school
100 Days of School- Medaris

For Chinese New Year: ( Nothing materials were  in Jan box )

Mc-VT-123 Big Bird in China
Five Chinese Brothers- Bishop
Daisy Comes Home- Brett

FIRST GRADE (1A)

Valentine’s Day, President’s Day :

Mc-Vt-695 Berenstain Bear's Valentine; Mc-KT-184 Bee My Valentine (8 books, cassettes)

Mc-Vt-1004    President’s Day; Mc-VT-1208   More Holiday Stories

Roses Are Red, Your Feet Stink- DeGroat; Valentine Bears- Bunting; Valentine's Day- Sandak;
President's Day- Alden; Young Abe Lincoln- Woods; George Washington Our First President

For Dental Health Month:

Vt-1257 Franklin & the Tooth Fairy

Jenny and the Tooth Fairy; How Many Teeth (Showers); Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy- Brown

Novel set also available  in the library :

My Tooth is About to Fall Out

For Black History Month:

Mc-VT-402  Anansi the Spider; Mc-VT-464 The Talking Eggs ( African American Folktale)

Bringing Rain to Kapiti Plain- Aardema; Who's in Rabbit's House- Aardema

John Henry-Keats; Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky - Ringold

Also 100th Day of School

Mc-DVD-18 Emily's First 100 Days of School
 100th Day of School- Haugh ; 100th Day Worries—Cuyler; Counting Our Way to the 100th Day-Poems- Franco; I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words- Firth

For Chinese New Year: ( nothing- Chinese New Year was in January this year)

Mc-VT-703 Chinese New Year
The Nightingale- Dolan
The Story of Ping-Flack
 

SECOND GRADE (2A)

 Valentine’s Day, President’s Day:

Mc-KT-183   The Valentine Star (8 books,1 cassette): Mc-VT-1194    Abe Lincoln

Mc-VT-1210    So You Want to be President ; Mc-VT-1256    George Washington’s Mother

Best Valentine in the World- Sharmat; It's Valentines Day- Prelutsky; Valentine 's Day- Kessel

Horrible Harry & Kickball Wedding-Kline; Picture Book of George Washington-Adler

Picture Book of Lincoln- Adler; If You Grew Up With Lincoln; If You Grew Up with Washington; President’s Day– Ansay

Also novel sets on Lincoln and Washington and Valentine Star are available in the library

For Dental Health Month:

 Mc-VT– 993  Dr. Rabbit’s World Tour; Mc-KT-40 Wonders of Learning-Teeth;

There is also a 3-D Tooth model and KT-201 Your Teeth and Gums micro-slides in the library

Real Tooth Fairy-Kaye; Open Wide Tooth School Inside; Look at Teeth- Pluckrose; Arthur's Tooth- Brown

For Black History Month:

Mc-VT-523   Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain; Mc-VT-1126- Follow the Drinking Gourd;
Mc-VT-1252   Be Proud! Be Brave! Be Kind!

John Henry– Keats; The Spider Weaver– Musgrove; Leola and the Honey Bear-  Rosales
A Story A Story– Haley; Almost to Freedom- Nelson

Novel sets available:

Aunt Flossie's Hats

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Reading Rainbow video also available)

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

For Chinese New Year:
Mc-VT-880 Liang and the Magic Paint Brush
Chinese Zoo-Demi
Lion Dance-Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year- there is also a novel set and big book of this

THIRD GRADE: (3A)

Valentine’s Day, President’s  Day :

Mc-VT-953 Valentine’s Day; Mc-VT-1104 Abraham Lincoln; Mc-VT-1105 George Washington

Red, White, & Blue Valentine-Giff; Nelson in Love– Smith ; True Stories about Lincoln

Meet George Washington ; If You Grew Up with Abe Lincoln; If You Grew Up with George Washington

For Dental Health Month:

 Mc-VT-05 Mr. Know It All’s Health Tips- Weapons for Healthy Teeth ; Mc-V T-1296 Teeth the Better to Eat With (contrasts animal and human teeth)

For Black History Month:

Mc-VT-1301 Freedom Train;  Mc-VT-1303  African American Heritage

Books:

Allan Jay and the Underground Railroad -Brill; Minty-Story of Harriet Tubman; The Other Side– Woodson
Legend of Freedom Hill- Allman

For Chinese New Year:
Mc-VT-703 Chinese New Year
Mc-VT-870 Chinese American Heritage
China's Bravest Girl- Chin
Stories from Old China-Dolch

FOURTH GRADE (4A)

Mc-VT-57       Abe Lincoln (1 video);
Mc-VT-1140  A History of the Presidency
Mc-VT-303    Jackie Robinson;
Mc-VT-1020  Rosa Parks and Civil Rights (this has some good activities and a good lead in to a biography or hero project)

Books:

Valentine Rosy- Greenwald; Valentine's Day- Guilfoile; Appolonia's Valentine-Milhous (this is a story about PA Dutch and how they make Valentines)

Next Stop Freedom, Story of a Slave Girl

FIFTH GRADE (5A)

Valentine’s Day, President’s Day

Mc-VT-217   Great Moments in History-A Visit   with George Washington

Mc-VT-1205  Just a few words Mr. Lincoln– Story  of  the Gettysburg Address

Books:

Valentine Frankenstein- Twohill;  

Addie and the King of Hearts– Rock

George Washington’s Socks- Woodruff
 

For Black History Month:

Mc-DVD-17 Ruby Bridges

Mc-VT- 937   Race to Freedom- A Story of the   Underground Railroad

Mc-VT– 987  Dear America– A Portrait of  Freedom

Books:  Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry- Taylor;    Watson's Go to Birmingham- Custis

Novel sets in the library that are useful  for Black History Month:

Freedom Train; Thank You Jackie Robinson  ; Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad

5th Grade Colonial Unit

 A variety of materials having to do with  life in Colonial America and the period of the Revolutionary War have been placed in  the 5th grade box   to support the  next month or so  of Social Studies. 

The resources include :

Mc-VT- 472    Felicity's Fashion Show and Play  (a fashion show of   colonial costumes  and 4 act play)

Mc-VT- 896   Story of a Patriot– (video of the movie they show at colonial Williamsburg)

Mc-VT-897     Discovery Channel- The Revolutionary War; Mc-VT-898- Discovery Channel- Leaders of Early America

Mc-VT-1001 Johnny Tremain

Mc-VT-1008   Benjamin Franklin-Citizen of the World

Mc-VT-1088  Revolutionary War heroes

Mc-VT-1204 And Then What Happened Paul Revere

The following set of 3 videos—each about 20 mins.

Mc-VT-1106   Colonies and Revolution–  Virginia, Tobacco, and Slavery

Mc-VT-1107   Colonies and Revolution– 13 Colonies and Boston Massacre

Mc-VT-1108   Colonies and Revolution–   Rebel and  British Soldiers Lives/ War and Victory 

Mc-VT-1281   The Boston Tea Party

The following 4 video boxed set:

Mc-VT– 1297- 1300– A Day in the Life (Colonial Williamsburg) Colonial Times- brand new, shot on location with re-enactors,  each video has 2 18 min segments on different  lives-  a merchant, an apprentice, a housewife, a young girl, a slave. etc.

Mc-CA-110  Colonial and Revolution Songs–out to 5B   

Mc-OHT-61 Colonial America Overheads– some great images in this set of  39 transparencies

Mc-OHT-62 American Revolution Overheads- Another great set of 39 images

Books :

 A Williamsburg Household– Ancona; The Sign Painter’s Secret– Hoobler; Thomas  - Pryror

We also have a set of 13 books on the 13 colonies as well as other titles available in the  Library.