Dia de los Muertos Read-Aloud Unit | Use With Book The Day of the Dead | 2nd-3rd

This seasonal literary unit is perfect for the month October. This resource focuses on reviewing informational reading standards through the use of the picture book Day of the Dead: A Bilingual Celebration by Bob Barner.  You will need a copy of this book for use throughout the unit. You may be able to find a read aloud of the book on YouTube.

Students will be creating a flip book to complete as you work through the unit. Each flip book is created with three pieces of paper printed front and back, staggered, and folded. Detailed instructions, including video tutorials, are provided to help with printing and assembling the flip books.

Unit Includes:

• Word Meaning
• Point of View
• Text Connections
• Ask and Answer Questions
• Main Idea and Details

STANDARDS:

SECOND GRADE

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.1
  Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.2
  Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.3
  Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.4
  Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.6
  Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.8
  Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.9
  Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.

THIRD GRADE

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1
  Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2
  Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3
  Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.4
  Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.6
  Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.8
  Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.9
  Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Halloween Read Aloud

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