Hispanic Heritage Month Interactive Read Aloud Activities BUNDLE

Looking for engaging and meaningful read-aloud activities to pair with amazing picture books or to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month? This 6-Book BUNDLE of Interactive Read-Aloud Picture Book Companions is just what you need! You will get TONS of print-and-go activities for each picture book, saving you the valuable time you already don't have to spare.

By purchasing this BUNDLE of all 6 Hispanic Heritage Month book companions, you are saving 20% off the individual price of each product!

This BUNDLE includes 97 no-prep activities. The included reading activities are best for students in 2nd–5th grades and focus on applying crucial reading skills, digging deeper into the text, and critical thinking. Quick and easy setup, plus clear student directions, make these activities perfect for centers or substitute days, too!

Students will dig into characterization, identify story elements, determine theme, sequence events from the story, identify descriptive language, practice reading the text and illustrations, determine how the setting affects the plot and character development, find meaning and illustrate figurative language, investigate and analyze symbolism within the illustrations, and so much more! The included activities were designed to encourage students to use higher-level thinking skills, require them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to provide their own opinions and/or perspectives.

This resource is for extension read-aloud activities only. The books are not included.

Listed below are the book titles and their accompanying activities:

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, by Duncan Tonatiuh

• K-W-L Chart
• Agree / Disagree Pre-reading Activity
• Vocabulary Study
• Word Search
• Reader Response Questions
• Story Elements Graphic Organizer
• Sequencing
• Characterization Graphic Organizers
• Setting Influences the Plot
• Making Connections
• Sensory Details
• Theme
• Story vs Author's Note
• Wait... There's More!
• Literary Calavera Poem Writing Activity
• Acrostic Poem
• Calaveras on Instagram
• Biography Report
• Día de los Muertos Research Report
• BONUS FREEBIE! - Día de los Muertos Coloring Book - 35 pages!

Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played for President Lincoln, by Margarita Engle

• Reader Response Questions 
• See, Think, Wonder
• Story Elements Graphic Organizer 
• Sequencing
• Plot Map 
• Making Connections 
• Characterization Graphic Organizers
• Setting Influences the Plot 
• Reading Text & Illustrations 
• Sensory Details 
• Theme Descriptive Language 
• Book Review
• Biography Report 
• Music Appreciation

Paletero Man, by Lucky Diaz

• Reader Response Questions 
• Story Elements Graphic Organizer 
• Retell the Story - BME 
• Sequencing
• Plot Map 
• Making Connections 
• Text to Text
• Character Traits 
• Cause & Effect 
• Sensory Details
• Theme 
• Making Inferences 
• Vendor Cart Advertisement
• Crossword Puzzle 
• Word Search 
• Cool to Be Kind 
• Book Review 
• ANSWER KEYS 

My Papi Has a Motorcycle, by Isabel Quintero

• Reader Response Questions
• Story Elements Graphic Organizer 
• Plot Map 
• Retell the Story - BME 
• Character Traits 
• Character Trait Showcase 
• Character Summary 
• Flying by Figurative Language 
• Sensory Details 
• Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 
• Text to Text
• Brag Board 
• Map of My Community 
• Book Review

Octopus Stew, by Eric Velasquez

• Reader Response Questions 
• Story Elements Graphic Organizer 
• Character Traits Graphic Organizer
• Character Trait Showcase
• Character Summary 
• Retell the Story - BME 
• Create a Comic 
• Story vs Author's Note
• Book Review 
• My Family Memory 
• Long Research Project on Sharks or Octopuses 
• One-Pager Research Project on Sharks or Octopuses

Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales

• Dream Board 
• Reader Response Questions 
• My Bag is Packed 
• The Best Book 
• Wait... There's More! 
• Symbolism Activity 
• Vocabulary Presentation 
• Vocabulary Graphic Organizer
• Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 
• Characterization Graphic Organizers  
• Story vs Author's Note 

Please check out my other Picture Book Companions linked below!!

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• Bone Soup Picture Book Companion | Interactive Read Aloud | Halloween Activities
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• Funny Bones Picture Book Companion | Hispanic Heritage | Dia de los Muertos

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