Maria's Family Christmas
La Navidad de Marķa en familia
Maria's Family Christmas
Maria's Family Christmas
Maria's Family Christmas
Maria's Family Christmas
Maria's Family Christmas
Realistic (fiction), 353 words, Level L (Grade 2), Lexile 550L, Fiction Series
Maria and her family are preparing for Christmas and waiting for their family from Mexico to arrive. Once her family arrives, Maria meets her new cousin, Ruben, for the first time. The family celebrates Christmas by attending church, opening gifts, and eating Christmas dinner. Students will have the opportunity to sequence events and compare their winter holiday celebrations to Maria's as they read this book.
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Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Sequence Events : Sequence events
Phonics
Vowel Digraphs : Identify long /e/ digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics
Quotation Marks : Recognize and use quotation marks
Word Work
Alphabetizing : Place words in alphabetical order
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assessment Resources
Additional 'Maria' Serial Books
Maria Counts Pumpkins
Maria Goes to School
Maria and Her Teacher
Maria's Halloween
Maria Joins the Team
Maria's Thanksgiving
Maria's Family Celebration
