Alma and How She Got Her Name activities and lesson plan ideas

Our Alma and How She Got Her Name Activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on Juana Martinez-Neal's book. Read aloud the diverse picture book then use the printables or go paperless with Google or Seesaw to practice standards-based skills.   THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH:  ◼️ READING STRATEGIES ☐ analyzing character ☐ summarize and retell ☐ making connections ☐ ask and answer questions ☐ author's purpose   ◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ positive self talk   ◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ pronouns ☐ quotation marks ☐ compound words   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: Alma and How She Got Her Name tells the story of a young girl named Alma. Alma has a very long name and is frustrated by how long it is. It doesn’t fit on a piece of paper, and she has to tape an extra strip of paper to the bottom so it can fit. She goes to her dad to complain about how long it is, and instead he tells her the st