Post on 26-Mar-2015
The author _____________
Written by Arthur Dorrosand illustrated Elisa Kleven
The illustrator _________
Summary: It is about a girl and her grandma and the girl imagines that she and her grandma are flying around town.
writes the stories.
draws the pictues.
Abuela
• Arthur Dorros had many jobs before he became a writer and illustrator. • He was a carpenter, a teacher, and a
photographer. • He says he has always had to try hard
before he succeeded. • Abuela is about his New York grandmother
and about imagining flying.
Meet the Author:
By looking at this picture, what is the Genre of this
story?
Genre- Fantasy
• A fantasy is a story about events that can not happen in
real life.• Look for:• Characters who do things that
real people can not do.• A setting that may be different
from the real world.
1.Put your reading book on your desk.
2.Open your book to the glossary.3.When you see the word, get
ready to find the word in your glossary.
This flock of flamingos is looking for shrimp.
- group of birds
- fly smoothly without effort
I love to watch a bald eagle glide through the sky.
- a place where ships can dock
My dad’s fishing boat is docked in the harbor.
Abuela and Mira soared over the Statue of Liberty.
- flew high
- flying downward fast
The eagle is swooping down to catch a fish.
Grade 2, Theme 3
ABUELA Vocabulary Review
1. flock - group of birds2. glide - fly smoothly without effort3. harbor - place where ships dock4. soared - flew high5. swooping - flying downward fast
The egret _______ through the sky on a current of air.
flock
glide
harbor
soared
swooping
These birds are __________ down to find food.
soared
flock
glide
harbor
swooping
This ______ of ducks is migrating.
harbor
swooping
soared
glide
flock
See the bird ______ through the air.
glide
harbor
flock
soared
swooping
glide
harbor
soared
flock
swoopingBig ships unload their cargo in the Savannah _________.
Vocabulary Review
1. Glide __
2. Soared __
3. swooping __
4. Harbor __
5. Flock __
A. group of birds B.fly smoothly
without effort C.place where ships
dock D.flying downward
fast E.flew highA
B
C
D
E
Find the page for this story.
Anne Miller
Links for the story
• Vocabulary words
• Abulea Voc. fill in the blanks
• Abuela: Matching exercise 1
• Abuela: Matching exercise 2
• Abuela: Matching exercise 3
• Test Tutor: Harcourt
• R Controlled air or are?
• R Controlled air or are? Gap-fill exercise
Activies for Abuela
Clouds English Spanish Dictionary Family Tree Guacamole Statue Of Liberty Tubby Tabby Vocabulary Visuals Statue Of Liberty