Download Exploring Community: A Look into Abuela by Arthur Dorros and more Study notes Spanish in PDF only on Docsity! Unit 1: Our Community WEEK 2 Day 1 Read Aloud Abuela Read 1 of 3, pages 1-15 Big Idea Individuals, or citizens, come together to work, live, learn, and relate to each other in communities. Unit Question What does it mean to be a member of a community? Guiding Question Who and what makes a community? Content Objectives I can use illustrations and words in the text to describe the story’s setting. (R.6.K.a, R.6.K.b, R.11.K.a, R.11.K.b) I can explain the role of the author and illustrator of a text. (R.9.K.a, R.9.K.b) Language Objective I can follow the agreed-upon rules and routines for discussion. (SL.1.K.a) Vocabulary abuela: grandma in Spanish swoop: to fly down quickly leap: to jump adventure: an interesting trip or activity setting: where and when the story takes place author: person who writes a book or other text illustrator: person who creates pictures for a text illustration: picture that goes with a text Materials and Preparation ● Abuela, Arthur Dorros Pre-mark page numbers in the book to correspond with the lesson. Page 1 is the page that begins, “Abuela takes me on the bus.” Read Aloud U1 W2 D1 K for ME / Focus on K2 | Maine Dept of Education / Boston Public Schools Department of Early Childhood P-2 ● Abuela vocabulary cards ● Abuela slides ● technology to project slides ● chart paper and marker Prepare a Think, Pair, Share chart that demonstrates the steps of the routine with visuals. For example: Think, Pair, Share 1. Think 2. Pair 3. Share On the whiteboard write: What do you see in the illustration? What do we learn about Rosalba’s community from the illustration? Opening 2 minutes Introduce the text. Today we are starting a new book; the title is Abuela [point to the title]. The author of the book is Arthur Dorros and the illustrator is Elisa Kleven. What do the author and illustrator each do? The author is the person who writes the story, and the illustrator creates the pictures, or illustrations, that go with the words. Is “aubela” a word that you know? “Abuela” means “grandma” in Spanish. The author of this book did not grow up as a Spanish speaker; he learned Spanish by studying it and traveling to places where Spanish is spoken. Read Aloud U1 W2 D1 K for ME / Focus on K2 | Maine Dept of Education / Boston Public Schools Department of Early Childhood P-2
