Check out the special summer message from your specials teachers by clicking the postcard button. Enjoy!
Hello Cold Spring Readers,
Check back every week for a new activity. Email me pictures of your child's work or your child completing the activity. If you would like, I will add the photos to my Library Superstars image carousel. I miss you all and hope to see you soon!
Happy Reading!
Mrs. Curnan
1) Visit Mrs. Curnan's Mo Willems' library above. Click on any of the book covers to hear the story read to you. You may listen to as many as you like.
2) After listening to in least one story, click in the photo frame to learn to draw the characters from the stories in Lunch Doodles with Mo.
3) Don't for get to email me your creations at e.curnan@ppcsd.org.
4) Have a wonderful summer and keep reading! I can't wait to hear all about the great books you have read when we return to school!
1) Listen to the story Giraffe's Can't Dance by Giles Andreae by clicking the video above.
2) Is there something you are really good at? Is there something you wish you could do better?
3) After listening to the story, try and create your own dance moves for any animal you choose.
4) I would love to see what dance moves you all have created. Email me a photo or video of you dancing.
1) Please listen to the read aloud, The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt by clicking on the video above.
1) First listen to the story Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by James Dean by clicking the video above.
2) After listening to the story Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes, you are going to help Pete solve another mystery.
3) Pete needs your help solving another mystery. The presents at his birthday party are missing. To help Pete find the missing presents, click on the picture of Pete above. You will need to answer some questions in order to solve the mystery. Good luck and have fun! Pete is counting on you!
4) Don't forget to email me photos of you helping Pete solve the mystery.
1) Watch your mission on the left side of this message.
2) Read your book and then have fun creating.
3) Don't forget to email a picture of your finished creation.
1) Go to Bookflix.
2) Sign in: Username: Learning20 Password: Clifford
3) In honor of Earth Day, listen to the fiction story The Curious Garden and the non-fiction story Our Earth Helping Out. (Titles shown in the image at left)
4) After listening to the 2 stories, complete the 3 Puzzlers on the left side of Bookflix screen. (Word Match, Fact or Fiction, and Which Came First)
5) If you would like to email a photo of your child completing this activity, I will add them to our website. Have Fun and Happy Reading!
1) April is Poetry Month, so I would like you to watch this video read aloud of the children's book of poems: Shimmer: Songs of Night by Raven Howell .
2) After listening to the poems, I would like you to draw a picture of your favorite poem. The picture could be of how the poem made you feel (ex: happy, sad, calm, laughing) or you could draw an illustration of what you visualize when you hear the poem.
3)Don't forget to add the title of the poem to the top of your drawing.
4) If you would like to email me a photo of your child's illustration, I will add them to our website. Have fun reading some poetry!
Click on the Storyline Online link above. No username and password needed. Listen to famous actors read your favorite picture books to you.
Click on the Bookflix link above to access fiction and non-fiction books.
Username: Learning20
Password: Clifford
Click on the Epic link above to access fiction and non-fiction books.
Use Class Code: uwt4074
After putting in the class code, scroll to bottom to create your student profile.
Click on the Tumble Books link above to access fiction and non-fiction books.
Username: PPCSD
Password: trial
Click on the Unite for Literacy link above to access free
non-fiction nooks for primary students. No username or password needed.
Be sure to check out your favorite authors reading their books to you and illustrators teaching you how to draw. The read aloud link above will guide you to the many platforms being used to continue storytime at home.
If you are looking for additional resources and sites to help your child learn and explore, please check my PPCSD teacher page.
Have fun completing some (or all) of the activities I have created for you!
This is a great resource to help you come up with questions while reading with your child.
If you have any questions or would like to know the books your child currently has checked out of the library, please don't hesitate to contact me at e.curnan@ppcsd.org.
I miss you all and cannot wait to see all your smiling faces again.!
Happy Reading!