Hello fellow readers! It's been a while since I've had time to blog about books. Rest assured reading is abundant in my very busy classroom. I've incorporated a lot of technology into my classroom this year, starting with the 6 Ipads I was awarded after submitting a "proposal" of sorts as to how I'd incorporate using this form of technology in my classroom. Fast forward 8 months since being introduced to this tool and I can't imagine not having this technology as part of our daily routine! It seems everything has been bumped up exponentially with technology. Aside from the Ipads, I've introduced a new way to do read aloud in my classroom. Traditionally, after lunch each day, I would read to my class. Now, with my Eike projector and accessing my Kindle library on Google Cloud, my class reads "interactively". What does this mean? Well, I project the book onto my interactive whiteboard, and the students take over. One student uses my wireless mouse (yes, another form of technology I can't live without) and becomes the "host" for the reading during that time. They are in charge of choosing students to read and clicking on unknown words to discover their meaning (I love that feature that is included on electronic books).
Anyway, to get to the reason for my post today, I wanted to share two books that I use with my class during our study of Latin America. Author Pam Munoz Ryan has written two books that are traditionally well received by my fifth graders. Becoming Naomi Leon and Esperanza Rising are two stories that offer a nice thematic learning experience encompassing social studies and English Language Arts. On the Engage New York website you will find a complete unit using the novel Esperanza Rising.
http://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-5-ela-module-1-unit-3-lesson-2
Esperanza Rising and Becoming Naomi Leon. Both novels are written
by Pam Munoz Ryan.The following links will provide you with information on each
of the books.
http://www.scholastic.com/esperanza/
http://www.amazon.com/Esperanza-Rising-Pam-Munoz-Ryan/dp/043912042X
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