May
Reading Challenge:
Courage
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Courage is having the strength to get through a challenging situation that you are facing. Courage is having the ability to do something even through it frightens you. Have you ever used this superpower? Is there a superhero you know that uses courage? This month read 5 books about characters that used courage. Start with the read-alouds below.
Courage is having the strength to get through a challenging situation that you are facing. Courage is having the ability to do something even through it frightens you. Have you ever used this superpower? Is there a superhero you know that uses courage? This month read 5 books about characters that used courage. Start with the read-alouds below.
Join us in celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
Here is an inspiring story, based on Ron McNair’s life, of how a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut faced challenges of discrimination but had the courage to achieve his dreams anyway.
-Penguin Random House
As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true just by using her courage.
-California Young Reader Model
Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music and rhythm, no one questioned that rule — until the drum dream girl. See how she used courage through opposition and changed music. So now all can drum and dream.
-Social Justice Books
Monthly Recognitions
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Join us as we pay honor to the many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders that have broken barriers and use courage to make ways that have enriched America's history.
Cinco de Mayo, (Spanish: “Fifth of May”) also called Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, holiday celebrated in parts of Mexico and the United States in honor of a military victory in 1862 over the French forces of Napoleon III. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on Thursday, May 5, 2022. -www.britannica.com
A time to thank and celebrate teachers. National Teacher Appreciation Week.
Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day 2022 will occur on Monday, May 29.
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