means "grandma" in Spanish
A story about a girl's fantasy travels 
with her Spanish- speaking grandmother around New York City.
Presented by Marjie Crosse, Resource Specialist Teacher, Etna, California
Introduction
Standards 
Objectives
Activities
Assessment 
Results
Resources
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Introduction
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Abuela, by Arthur Dorros, is a magical fantasy, based on a girl's travels around New Your City with her Spanish-speaking grandmother.  Students read, listen, speak and write as well as use visual and auditory links in the web and within this page, to enhance learrning.
Subject:  Language Arts
Topic:  Fiction, multicultural
Grade Level:  2
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Standards Addressed
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Language Arts--Second Grade 
Reading 
     2.0 Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material.
        2.5  Restate facts and details in the text to clarify and organize ideas.
Listening and Speaking 
     1.0  Students listen critically and respond appropriately to oral    communcation. 
        1.3  Paraphrase information that has been shared orally by others.
Writing
     2.0  Students write compositions that describe and explain familiar      objects, events, and experiences.
        2.2  Write a friendly letter complete with the date, salutation, body,    closing, and signature.
 
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Instructional Objectives

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  1. Students will answer comprehension questions about a grade level story, with 80% accuracy.
  2. Students will repeat Spanish phrases, their English translations, and paraphrase the English phrases.
  3. Students will compose and type a 5 sentence paragraph.
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Student Activities

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Introductory Activity
---Day one:  Students will go to links of actual pictures of sites in NYC which are artistically rendered in the story.  The teacher will read and discuss the story of Abuela by Arthur Dorros, to students.   Students will answer written multiple coice comprehension questions about the story.

Enabling Activities
---Day two:  Students will read and discuss the story in pairs.  They may use the book or the Internet link for Abuela. 
---Day three:  Students will listen to the 23 Spanish phrases and their English translations by a student who speaks Spanish as her primary language.  Students will practice reading Spanish and the English translations, using audio links on this page. 

Culminating Activity
---Day four:  Students will write a letter to a grandparent or family member using email or a word processor.
---Day 5:  Students will email or mail their letter to their grandparents or a friend. 

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Assessment
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Students will be graded using a rubric for the culmanating written activity. 
3-- Student's written letter excedes objective of writing a grammatically correct 5 sentence letter or email to a person.
2--Student wrote a 5 sentence letter or email to a person.
1--Student wrote less than a 5 sentence letter or email to a person. 
 
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Results
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Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
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Teachers and students may link to actual places referred to in Abuela.
Real New York City sights and sounds: 
Riding a bus in NYC, 
Central park in NYC, 
Feeding the birds, 
Fying in an airplane, 
Flying over a city, 
Sailing in a sailboat, 
A shipyard, 
Loading and unloading ships, 
Statue of liberty, 
Flying over an airport, 
Landing in an airport , 
Store in NYC, 
Flying by office building, 
Flying over park, 
Getting in a small boat on a pond.

Enabling Activity
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Soundtrack of Sofia's vioce, and link to worksheet with words and translations, and page number in the book, so students can read Spanish in context and look at the pictures and paraphrase what's happening in the pictures.

Culminating Activity
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Students may look at samples of email and letters to grandparents, email sites for kids, exciting places to go, camps for girls and boys.

 

 

Etna Elementary School
P. O. Box 490
Etna, CA 96027
Marjie Crosse mcrosse@sisnet.ssku.k12.ca.us
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