Grades K-3
Gathering the Sun/Cosecha de Sol: An Alphabet in Spanish and English by Alma Flor Ada (Grades PreK-K)
United by themes of harvest, work, values, and home, twenty-eight poems honor the lives of migrant farm workers and celebrate an alphabetical list of Spanish words. Each poem appears first in Spanish and then in an English translation on the same page.
Taking a Walk/Caminando: Taking a Walk/Caminando: A Book in Two Languages by Rebecca Emberley (Grades PreK-1)
Rebecca Emberly provides a lovely, lyrical look at a local environment - from home to school to town - in both English and Spanish. Excellent for classroom use.
A Birthday Basket for Tía by Pat Mora (Grades PreK-2)
Today is a special day: Tía Rosa's 90th birthday, and Cecilia wants to give Tía Rosa a very special present, one that would show her how much she loves her.
Professional Books
29 Spanish Alphabet Mini-books: Easy-to-Make Reproducible Books That Promote Literacy by Mary Beth Spann (Grades PreK-1)
These adorable eight-page mini-books (one for each letter of the alphabet) are easy to make and fun to use. Just reproduce, fold, and snip! Emergent readers will love completing the pages as they practice handwriting, begin letter collections, identify pictures beginning with a specific letter, and personalize their very own word banks. Perfect for fostering letter recognition in Spanish and awareness of letters and sounds in words.
Reading Success Mini-Books: Sight Words in Spanish: 20 Interactive Mini-Books by Mary Beth Spann (Grades PreK-2)
Help new readers soar with this set of skill-building mini-books in Spanish. Each of these 20 simple, reproducible word/picture books teaches a group of key sight words about school, clothing, farm, weather, and more.
Includes write-on lines and matching games to make learning to read interactive and fun. Teacher instructions are in English; student mini-books are in Spanish.
15 Reproducible Spanish Write-and-Read Books: Instant Patterns for Easy Predictable Books Your Students Help Write! by Veronica Robillard (Grades K-2)
Just photocopy these innovative book patterns, invite kids to fill in the blanks, and every student can create a colorful, personalized, predictable book in Spanish.
Multicultural Fables & Fairy Tales: Stories & Activities to Promote Literacy & Cultural Awareness by Tara McCarthy (Grades 1-4)
Introduce students to other cultures with 24 classic tales from Japan, Ghana, Brazil, Egypt, Germany, China, and more. Each reproducible story includes information about its origin, plus teaching ideas and hands-on activities. Fully reproducible.
The Best of Scholastic Spanish: 15 Books (Grades PreK-3)
Set Includes:
| Antártida | Así vamos a la escuela |
| Borreguita y el coyote | Clifford al rescate |
| ¡A Contar Cheerios! | Daniel y los dinosaurios |
| Un día de nieve | Donde viven los monstruos |
| Feliz cumpleaños, Martin Luther King | La oruga muy hambrienta |
| ¡Qué montón de tamales! | Se necesita todo un pueblo |
| Si le das una galletita a un ratón | Un sillón para mi mamá |
| La verdadera historia de los tres cerditos |
Look What Came From Mexico by Miles Harvey (Grades K-3)
Each book in this elementary-level series explores, in a very simple fashion, the foods, words, inventions, toys, games and sports, religion, music, and crafts that a specific country has contributed to the world.
English/Spanish Collection 2: 20 Books (Grades 1-3)
Set Includes:
| Borreguita and the Coyote | Borreguita y el coyote |
| Changes, Changes | Cambios, Cambios |
| Corduroy | Corduroy |
| Curious George® | Jorge el curioso |
| First Thousand Words in English | First Thousand Words in Spanish |
| Henny Penny | Pollita chiquita |
| New Shoes for Silvia | Zapatos nuevos para Silvia |
| Rain Forest | El bosque tropical |
| School Bus | El autobús escolar |
| Too Many Tamales | ¡Qué montón de tamales! |
Grades 4-8
Hispanic Treasury Collection: 10 Books (Grades K-3)
Set Includes:
| Animorphs #3 El encuentro | Las aventuras del Capitán Calzoncillos |
| El diario de Pedro | Escalofrios #1 Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte |
| Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal | Leyendas americanas |
| Mi rincón en la montaña | Presidente de la clase |
| Cuentos con sazón | Tuck para siempre |
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (Grades 4-8)
When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee from their home in Mexico to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without the fancy dresses and servants to which they were accustomed on Rancho de las Rosas. Now they must confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression.
How Would You Survive as an Aztec? by Fiona MacDonald (Grades 4-6)
This title in the How Would You Survive? Series transports its reader back in time, and with a new identity, by giving detailed information in the aspects of life during the historical period of the Aztecs.
Web Sites
Stimulate background knowledge with these related links:
Enchanted Learning: The Spanish Language
Enchanted Learning has an online Spanish-English dictionary, color-matching quiz, and coloring book reproducibles.
Famous Hispanics
Famous Hispanics - from the early Roman Empire to those in contemporary society - are the focus. The biographies are text only, and are also available in Spanish.
World Book: Hispanic Americans
Provides an overview of Hispanic History in the Americas, including the cultural background, influence on culture and politics, and famous Hispanic pioneers. An online quiz is also included.
Library of Congress, Hispanic Reading Room
Visit this Library of Congress site to find rich resources about Hispanic history and culture. You can find exhibits, photos, and biographies of Hispanic Americans elected to Congress, and other materials.
Multicultural Literature
Find out which books for children are culturally appealing and have sensitive illustrations from reading expert, Francie Alexander.
LANIC: Latin American Resources
A large compilation of links to deepen understanding of Hispanic heritage. Organizations
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- Subjects:Bilingual Education, ESL and ELL, Literature, Hispanic and Latin American, Hispanic Heritage Month
