Esperanza Rising A Family Reading Project Laura Andrews

Esperanza Rising A Family Reading Project Laura Andrews and Kathleen Brulc San Miguel School of Tulsa

Tell me a story in 3 sentences Aguascalientes Favorite time of year Feeling of uneasiness and worry Revolution Esperanza Bouquets of roses and baskets of grapes Bandits

How does this change your story?

How Does it Work? Probable Passage Strategy http: //www. lkdsb. net/program/elementary/intermedia te/di/files/29 Strategies(Probable%20 Passage). pdf Kathleen Beers, When Kids Can’t Read What Teachers Can Do

Project Overview- what we wanted to achieve Shared parent and student novel study Parent engagement around culturally relevant material Community building that celebrates literacy and heritage A way to involve busy parents in the learning of their students

Book Selection- Why Esperanza? Summary- Esperanza Rising is the story of a thirteen year old Mexican girl in the 1920 s who is forced to grow up quickly after the murder of her father and a difficult journey to the United States. After losing all of their money, Esperanza and her mother are forced to become migrant workers in California. Themes- poverty and wealth, family and identity, workers rights, racial discrimination

Book Selection- Why Esperanza? Lexile Level- 750 L (Typically a 5 th grade level book) Rich vocabulary Vivid imagery and figurative language Blend of Spanish and English

Building a Literacy Tradition at Home Pat Mora on parent involvement in the Latino culture: http: //www. colorincolorado. org/educators/reachingo ut/outreach/

How did we read? Read Aloud Strategy Word Wall Cards Making Connections Symbolism Characterization (STEAL method)

Why Read Alouds? “Children reap many benefits from listening to carefully chosen, thoughtfully prepared read alouds. For English Language Learners in particular, read alouds offer an engaging, context-embedded opportunity to teach features of academic language in English. Academic language is language that is necessary to succeed in school, but might not be easily learned in other settings. ” -Margaret Cohen, Boston College

What is THAT? “Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch!” What could frumious mean? Why? How is it acting in the sentence? From “The Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll

Vocabulary Activities Context Clue Detectives Parts of Speech- How do words act? Visual association- Which word goes with this picture? Independent Work- Vocabulary Stations and Word Walls

Word Wall Symbolic Representation Ownership of Definition- Changing from formal to informal register Multiple Intelligences- Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic Multiple chances to interact with a word More vocab strategies at http: //corbettharrison. com/Vocabulary. htm

Making Connections: “A bridge from the new to the known” 1. Text-to-self: (coded T-S) That reminds me of…. That makes me think of a time…. I can relate that to…. Strategies that Work, Harvey and Goudvis 2. Text-to-world: (coded T-W) Something you see on TV, in the news, a movie I know about this, but I didn’t know… 3. Text-to-text: (coded T-T) This reminds of me how another character did this…. This author writes just like…

ELL Strategies Used Read Aloud Strategy Develops phonemic awareness, fluency, and supports comprehension Word Wall Cards Build context clue decoding, multiple input strategies Making Connections Explicitly teach reading comprehension strategies Symbolism Promotes Abstract thinking Characterization (STEAL method)

How we shared the novel Students were given copy of book in English Parents were given copy of book in Spanish or English as requested Letter sent home to parents explaining project Students read novel in class, some families read with their children, others read and then discussed the story Touched base with parents during Learning Team meetings

¡Celebramos! Parents were invited to attend celebration culminating the project. They contributed foods from the novel or dishes important to their families. Much pride was taken in the sharing of the dishes.

Yarn Dolls

A true celebration of family

What did you enjoy most about reading “Esperanza Rising with your child? El poder ayudarlo, para mejorar su lectura. The power to help him, in order to improve his reading.

La convivencia y también el compartir mis raices con mi hija. Nos gusta cuando de reunio con su abuelita. Being together and also sharing my roots with my daughter. We liked it when she was reunited with her grandmother.

What kinds of things did you discuss with your child while reading the book? Que nunca pensar negativamente. Siempre tratar de vencer de los obstáculos. Never think negatively. Always try to overcome obstacles.

Would you like to participate in another project like this? Why or why not? “Yes. It is good quality time with my daughter. ”

Si porque me hizo tener participación en su lectura. Yes, because it made me have participation in his/her reading. ” “

Would you like to read another book with your parents? Why or why not? “Yes, because it’s awesome to read the same book with your parents. ”

Extending the Project The Tequila Worm The Outsiders Using Title I funds to purchase novels Your suggestions?

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