August 26, 2020
Hello 4th grade!
Week of May 25: Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the military personnel who had died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Title: Maya Lin Artist-Architect of Light and Lines
Designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Author: Jeanne Walker Harvey
Illustrator: Dow Phumiruk
ISBN: 978-1-338-28124-8
Designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Author: Jeanne Walker Harvey
Illustrator: Dow Phumiruk
ISBN: 978-1-338-28124-8
Week of May 18: We are traveling to Paris today!
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Title: Sylvia's Bookshop
Author: Robert Burleigh
Illustrator: Katy Wu
ISBN: 978-1-4814-7245-6
Author: Robert Burleigh
Illustrator: Katy Wu
ISBN: 978-1-4814-7245-6
Meet the trailblazer and book lover who started the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris, France, in this beautifully illustrated picture book that celebrates stories, reading, and the importance of sharing ideas.
“Books are my treasures—the best that I’ve got.”
Books are like rivers that flow through my head.
Books are like roads,” she just might have said.
“Roads that connect my old self to my new.
Unlocking our hearts to what’s noble and true.”
Told by the bookstore itself, Sylvia’s Bookshop tells the story of the legendary Shakespeare and Company, its owner Sylvia Beach, and the many great writers who gathered there to meet, read, and remind us that books are more than the words on the page.
“Books are my treasures—the best that I’ve got.”
Books are like rivers that flow through my head.
Books are like roads,” she just might have said.
“Roads that connect my old self to my new.
Unlocking our hearts to what’s noble and true.”
Told by the bookstore itself, Sylvia’s Bookshop tells the story of the legendary Shakespeare and Company, its owner Sylvia Beach, and the many great writers who gathered there to meet, read, and remind us that books are more than the words on the page.
Week of May 11: Meet the world's first movie star dog!
Strongheart may have been a movie star, but he wasn't always famous. He started out as a police dog who could sniff out criminals and march like a soldier, but he didn't know how to have fun. Larry Trimble was a Hollywood director who wanted to put Strongheart in his movies—not just as a pet but as the lead actor. Larry taught him to play with toys and walk like a regular dog. In his films, Strongheart brought audiences to tears. He was a sensation! But when Strongheart's military training led to trouble, was his career over? Set in the early days of silent movies, Emily Arnold McCully's extraordinary story about a real-life hero will capture the hearts of dog lovers and movie fans everywhere.
Title: Strongheart
Author & Illustrator: Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN:978-0-8-5-9448-0
Title: Strongheart
Author & Illustrator: Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN:978-0-8-5-9448-0
Week of May 4: Architecture
April is Poetry Month!
Let's learn about:
BLACKOUT POETRY
https://www.powerpoetry.org/actions/5-tips-creating-blackout-poetry
BLACKOUT POETRY
https://www.powerpoetry.org/actions/5-tips-creating-blackout-poetry
We’re going take a wild guess and say that the first thing you do when you sit down to write a poem is to stare at a blank page for a while and eventually write down a word. Duh. But did you know that there's a way to make a poem by actually removing words from a page? Crazy, we know, but watch and listen to discover more about blackout poetry: