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Using Adjectives & Alliteration/Favorite Genres |
Verb Book/ Teach new Online OPAC |
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The Massachusetts Children's Book Award (MCBA) promotes reading for pleasure to 4th to 6th graders. Students read at least 5 books from 25 nominees and vote for the winner. |
Halloween ABC by Eve Mirriam; illustrated by Lane Smith  An award-winning poet presents 26 Halloween poems, one for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by the delightful illustrations by Lane Smith. |
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Can you name the Parts of a Book? Native
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Richard Wright and the Library Card by William Miller 
The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez |
The Circle of
Thanks: Native American Poems and Songs of
Thanksgiving told
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Native American Storytellers: Rattlesnake
Mesa |
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Judging the MCBA Books |
Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King (Video of Book) by Doreen Rappaport 
See a book written by students in Massachusetts about Dr. King. |
 The
Wrong Lunch Line, a
short story by Nicholasa Mohr. |
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Rosa
Parks How do you choose a biography?
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Scholastic Book Fair |
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Links to authors: |
Video: The Lure of the Library
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Great Authors for Grade 5 & Beyond |
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Website:"Do
We" Really Know Dewey?
Activity: Locate Books using the Dewey Decimal System |
A Tarantula in my Purse: and 172 Other Wild Pets by Jean Craighead George Learn about animals, plants and ecosystems through fiction and non-fiction books by this naturalist, artists and writer. |
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Oral Interpretation of Poetry Zoo Poetry |
Summer Reading List |
Lessons from Previous Years
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Celedon Pottery Links
Native American Storytellers: The Bruchac Family
Joseph Bruchac (Houghton Mifflin)- James Buchac
Korean Creation Myth
& Slide Show
Guest speaker: Celeste Freeman, a Freeman fellow to Korea in the summer of 2003.
Using a Magazine Database
Linking to SIRS Discover magazine database for informationTo log in on a school computer:
Customer #: MA1761 Password: 9688
What's a Genre?
Historical Fiction is one of many genres of literature. Search for books by genre at these sites
Hispanic American Biography ____________
The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn
Based on a true story of a town in Montana fought hate, this book was also a PBS special film, Not in Our Town
Creation Myths:
Out of the Ark: Stories from the World's Religions by Anita Ganeri
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World told by Virginia Hamilton
Video: Everyone Belongs, Everyone Learns: Anti-bias Education at Hastings School
Using the Online Catalog (OPAC)
Title Search for Newbery Books
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
After Harry Potter...what do you
read?
Great Fantasies for Intermediate Readers.
Nancy Keane's Genre page
Last Update: 12/2/05/MB
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Hastings School Library