Mango, Abuela, and Me

Mango, Abuela, and Me

Written by: Meg Medina

Illustrated by: Angela Dominguez

Published by: Candlewick Press 

Copyright: 2015

 

Family, Connections, Friendship, Language, Humorous

Reading Level

DRA: 40-60

Fountas & Pinnell: O-V

Electronic Resources

http://megmedina.com/booksandreviews/mango-abuela-and-me/

This is the Author's own webpage about the book. She gives her own summary and has a book trailer to watch as well

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/22/books/review/23childrens.html?_r=0

This link is to an article in the New York Times of the book Mango, Abuela and Me, as well as other books that are written in Spanish and English. These would be very helpful in a classroom with ELL learners and integrating Spanish into the classroom.

 Teaching Suggestions

This book is published in English as well as Spanish. Having both versions of the book in the classroom would be beneficial for ELL students as well as students learning to speak Spanish.

Vocabulary

Abuela- Grandmother

Snaking- Moving in a snake like motion

Empanadas- Meat wrapped in dough

Meat Pie- A pie with meat filling inside

Reading Strategies

Before Reading: Anticipation Guide – Students will be given an anticipations guide to fill out before reading the story, then as they read they will look for the actual answers to the questions asked on the reading guide.  

During Reading: Word Hunts – Students look for words and patterns in the reading based on teacher guidelines

After Reading: Summarizing - The students will be prompted with questions about what they just read in the story, such as what did the little girl do to help her Abuela learn English, and why was it important for her to learn it.

Writing Activity

In the book the young girl taught her Abuela English words by putting sticky notes on objects around the room. Have students come up with and write about other interesting ways that they could teach someone English.