Archive for March, 2008

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April Fools’ Day

How did April Fools Day get started? Here are some links to answer your questions and motivate the prankster in you.

April Fools’ Day: Origins and History
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html
April Fools Day
http://www.thefoolsday.com/ 

Now take a look at these bogus websites; use your web evaluation skills to analyze why these are only for April Fools.

Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie
http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html
The Dangers of Bread 
http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/bread.html
MoonBeam [...]

Read Alouds: Week of 3/24

Kindergarten

Bang. When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry…
Vail. Sometimes I’m Bombaloo.

First Grade

Polacco. Meteor! (Meteor Festival Link)

Second Grade

DiTerlizzi & Black. The Field Guide.

Read Alouds: Week of 3/17

Kindergarten

Aylesworth. Old Black Fly.
Martin. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
Wheeler. Jazz Baby.

First Grade

Krensky. Too Many Leprechauns.

Second Grade

DiTerlizzi. The Field Guide.

Read Alouds: Week of 3/10

Kindergarten

Stevens. Tops & Bottoms.

First Grade

Cazet. Elvis the Rooster Almost Goes to Heaven.

Second Grade

Sobol. Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case.

Read Alouds: Week of 3/3

Kindergarten/First Grade

Seuss. And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street.

Second Grade

Seuss. If I Ran the Circus.
Seuss. If I Ran the Zoo.