Grade

Day

Dates

Story Selection

First Grade

Mondays

5/4 & 5/11

Arap Sang and the Cranes is an African folktale as told by Humphrey Harman about a great chief who doesn’t always use his magic power wisely.                            

Second Grade

Tuesdays

5/5 & 5/12

The Fisherman and His Wife by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Lucy Crane is a story about interpreting the word discontent and someone who has the chance to have her wishes granted.   

Third Grade

Wednesdays

5/6 & 5/13

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland  by Lewis Carroll is about a girl who enters Wonderland, where very strange and nonsensical things happen.                                        Print Permission Slip.

Fourth Grade

Thursdays

5/7 & 5/14

The Secret of the Hattifatterners by Tove Jansson is about a character that leaves his happy home in search of a free adventurous life.                                   Print Permission Slip.

Fifth Grade

Fridays

5/8 & 5/15

A Likely Place by Paula Fox is about a boy who thinks that grownups should behave differently toward youngsters than they do.                                                        Print Permission Slip.

First Grade

Mondays

5/18 & 6/1

Three Boys with Jugs of Molasses and Secret Ambitions by Carl Sandburg is a story about interpreting the word ambition and how molasses is a thick, sweet syrup is similar to a goal or dream.                                          

Second Grade

Tuesdays

5/19 & 5/26

Ellen’s Lion by Crockett Johnson is a story about interpreting the expression A kind of silence and a girl who plays by herself by making up imaginary conversations.        

Third Grade

Wednesdays

5/20 & 5/27

Beauty and the Beast by Madame de Villeneuve is about a girl who is not only beautiful to look at, but also beautiful inside. Print Permission Slip.

Fourth Grade

Thursdays

5/21 & 5/28

Mowgli’s Brothers (The Jungle Books) by Rudyard Kipling is a story that takes place in the jungles of India. Students will identify laws from customs.                    Print Permission Slip.

Fifth Grade

Fridays

5/29& 6/5

The Last Great Snake by Mary Q. Steele is about a man who loses his honor because he is mistaken for a thief. Students will identify where evil is stronger than good, and where good is stronger than evil .                                 Print Permission Slip.