Look What’s Happening in Room 102!

Grade One has been busy designing book covers for some unfamiliar stories. I read aloud Abuella by Arthur Dorros the other day. The pictures are by Elissa Kleven. I had the cover of the book blocked with a piece of construction paper so that the children could design their own book cover. This is a story about a little girl named Rosalba who is always “going places” with her grandmother who she calls Abuella. This is Spanish for Grandmother. It is a multicultural story with Spanish words and phrases weaved into the English text. During one of their bird feeding outings to the park Rosalba wonders aloud “What if I could fly”? Thus begins an excursion in the child’s imagagination as they fly high above the busses and tall buildings in Manhattan in New York City. Each stop reveals memories from Abuella’s ethnic past. The illustrations are just beautiful. If you are looking for multicultural stories check out Abuella.

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Maybe next year in grade two we could reread this story and then make up our own version using Montreal landmarks and French words mixed in with English words. What do you think first graders???