National Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 October 15

National Hispanic Heritage Month – September 15 October 15 Hispanic Heritage Month

Diversity United, Building America’s Future Today 2012 THEME

World Language Standard: Understand words and concepts CLL COD CMT

CLL: Listening to and reading about everyday topics Current events & Social events Personal viewpoints, & Social media News about family and friends

COD: Listening to information about common classroom and academic topics (live or recorded events) Social studies; Arts; Mathematics; Science; Health; Physical education Career & Technical skills; Technology

CMT: Listening to and reading about topics from daily life (global citizens) Greetings; directions; current events Class discussions; Community events; Requests for community discourse/debate News broadcasts television and radio programs; Websites; Other social media

RESOURCES http: //hispanicheritagemonth. gov/ http: //www. factmonster. com/hispanicheritage-month/quizzes. html http: //teacher. scholastic. com/activities/hisp anic/index. htm http: //www. smithsonianeducation. org/educ ators/lesson_plans/textiles/index. html http: //www. teachervision. fen. com/hispanicheritage-month/south-america/6629. html

RESOURCES http: //www. apples 4 theteacher. com/coloring -pages/hispanic-heritage/ http: //www. bcps. org/offices/oea/pdf/cultur al_heritage/Hispanic-Heritage-Resource. Packet. pdf http: //www. lessonplanet. com/search? keyw ords=hispanic+heritage+month http: //exchange. smarttech. com/details. html ? id=a 5 a 93790 -f 7 c 8 -440 c-ad 6 c-45470322850 c

PK-2 3 -5 Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale Carmen Agra Deedy Under the Royal Palms: a Childhood in Cuba - Alma Flor Ada Doña Flor - Pat Mora Magic Windows - Carmen Lomas Garza Juan Bobo Goes to Work Marisa Montes Where the Flame Trees Bloom Alma Flor Ada Chato and the Party Animals Gary Soto Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chávez - Kathleen Krull Mama & Papa Have a Store Amelia Lau Carling Charro: The Mexican Cowboy George Ancona

PK-2 3 -5 Angels Ride Bikes: And Other Fall Poems - Francisco X. Alarcón Ivan Rodríguez - Tony De. Marco Xochtil and the Flowers - Jorge Argueta Ellen Ochoa: The First Hispanic Woman Astronaut - Romero Maritza In My Family – Carmen Lomas Garza Return to Sender - Julia Alvárez Rainbow Tulip - Pat Mora The Day It Snowed Tortillas: A Classic from the American Southwest - Joe Hayes Get Ready for Gabi: A Crazy Mixed Up Spanglish Day Marisa Montes How Tía Lola Came to Stay Julia Alvárez

6 -8 9 -12 The Firefly Letters - Margarita Engle Yo! - Julia Alvárez Journey of Dreams - Marge Pellegrino El Bronx Remembered Nicholasa Mohr The Smell of Old Lady Perfume – Claudia Guadalupe Martínez How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents - Julia Alvárez Among the Volcanoes - Omar S. Castañeda When I Was Puerto Rican Esmeralda Santiago Call Me María: a Novel - Judith Ortiz Cofer American Chica - María Arana

6 -8 9 -12 Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States - Lori Carlson Crazy Loco - David Talbot Rice Under the Same Sky - Cynthia De. Felico Kids Like Me - Judith M. Blohm, Terri Lapinsky Powells The Color of My Words - Lynn Joseph Before We Were Free - Julia Alvárez Cuba 15 - Nancy Osa I, Juan De Pareja - Elizabeth Borton de Trevino The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child - Francisco Jiménez Curse of the Chupa Cabra Rudolfo Anaya

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