My Grandmother’s Memory Trunk

Elena Castro, Barbara Flores & Eddie Hernández

ISBN9780673780362

Introduce Text… "This story is called, My Grandmother’s

Memory Trunk” and it is about a Grandmother showing her Granddaughter things she has saved to remember special people in her life.

Read story to children Shared Reading

Echo Choral Partner

Oracy

Vocabulary/phrases Memory Grandmother Trunk Reminds me of

ComprehensionLanguage Structures

Comprehension: Main idea/what the story is about Comprehension for this story will be around recall

of story events and details and will be done orally and in writing.

Language structures to be used in the comprehension include: One memory in Grandmother’s trunk

is______________. It reminds her of_________________.

Oral Comprehension One memory in

Grandma’s trunk is a little blue cap.

a gold watch

It reminds her of

Fernando

Grandfather

Transformation – Statement to Question

Using the chart from the previous slide, have students generate questions from the statements:

Example: What reminds Grandmother of Fernando? Fernando’s little blue hat reminds her of him.

Example: What reminds Grandmother of her wedding? The white wedding dress reminds her of it.

Example: What reminds Grandmother of the little girl? The tooth reminds Grandmother of her.

Writing: Questions to Answers

Use color coding in written responses to differentiate questions and answers.

Each student writes two. Students read their questions and answers to each

other. Example:

What is one memory in Grandmother’s trunk? One memory is the silver earrings.

Example: What is one memory in Grandmother’s trunk? One memory is the pink sweater.

Class Survey

Name Memory Reminds me of

Kathy pearl ring my mom

Kathy baby shoes son and daughter

Oracy Structures (2-3) Who is the student whose memory

is________? (Relative clause) What is ____________’s memory. What does _______________’s

memory remind him/her of?

Oracy: Conditional PhrasesIndependent Practice

Students write the following: If I had a memory trunk I would put

_______________ in it because it reminds me of_______________.

Read and share with the class.