Book Summary
Maria's Family Celebration follows Maria and her brother, Luis, as they prepare to celebrate Mexican Independence Day with their family. They decorate the house, practice their dancing, and dress in their special party clothes. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember story events
• Sequence events
• Recognize proper nouns
• Identify and use order words

Materials

• Book – Maria's Family Celebration (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Dictionaries
• Sequence events, proper nouns, order words worksheets

   Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: independence, decorate, Mexican, piñata, blindfold, practice, celebrate