Esperanza rising activities

Looking for a way to engage your students in fun and educational activities for Esperanza Rising? In this blog, we have compiled a list of 5 activities

Can I just say that I LOVE the book Esperanza Rising? Out of all the literature out there for kids, this one sings to me. Pam Mu ñ oz Ryan i...

Compare and contrast Esperanza's character and track how she changes throughout the story! Activity includes template, rubric, and instructions that are all customizable!

Looking for a way to engage your students in fun and educational activities for Esperanza Rising? In this blog, we have compiled a list of 5 activities

In the district where I teach 5th grade reading, we use the Lucy Calkins Reading Workshop approach. The Reading Workshop has several units that focus on different teaching points. For the "Following Characters Into Meaning", I have chosen to read Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan and relate it to my Reading Workshop mini-lessons. This specific reading unit, "Following Characters Into Meaning", focuses on understanding character's thoughts, motivations, feelings and how they all relate to…

After a couple years of teaching with the Expeditionary Learning Curriculum under my belt, I learned more about Celebrations of Learning from my district. Keeping with a topic for weeks at a time, such as Human Rights, allows students to make connections between a collection of their work over a nine week period. Expeditionary Learning shares an excerpt from Leaders of Their Own Learning: Celebrations of learning are more than a display of student work and more than a party at the end of the…

Students can learn so much more from novels than test-prep passages. I know you’re under a ton of pressure to get students to pass multiple-choice reading tests. But I hope you will find time this year to read awesome novels, like Esperanza Rising. In addition to teaching reading skills, your students can learn to face … Continue reading Teaching Growth Mindset with Esperanza Rising

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