Check out Pinduli through this read-aloud link. Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick promotes her clan’s survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. It’s a perfect story to explore African music and why we dance. 

This story is funny and relatable. It’s about how becoming “rulers” of the playground, in the end, is less fun than playing together and sharing. This week the students learned the vocabulary words: Hollar, Conquer, Divide, Generous, and Wise. They also observed classmates performing the vocabulary words and then identified Curved, Angular, and Straight lines.…

The story Crow Boy by Taro Yashima provided students an opportunity to practice developing characters. In the beginning of the story the little boy in the story is shy. In the middle of the story he meets a good teacher. In the end of the story the little boy is confident. What changed? Here’s the…