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Abuela's Weave Read-Aloud Activities and Book Companion

Abuela's Weave read-aloud companion with 38 activities, taking students from cover predictions and story elements through character analysis of Esperanza and Abuela, theme and author's message.
Grades
Grades 2–4, Elementary
Pages
44
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Oct 19, 2026

Subject
ELA, Reading, Reading Comprehension
Topic
Abuela's Weave, book companion
Resource types
Read Alouds, Activities
Answer key
Included

About this resource

What's inside this resource

Enhance your students' reading experience with this comprehensive companion for "Abuela's Weave" by Omar S. Casteneda. Featuring 38 ready-to-use activities, this resource is perfect for customizing learning to meet your students' needs and academic abilities.

⭐️ Save over 20% by purchasing the BUNDLE, which includes IRA supplemental activities for other picture books in the Fountas and Pinnell Text Set, Facing Challenges, such as "Courage" by Bernard Waber and "Roller Coaster" by Maria Frazee.

Designed to save you time and engage students effectively, these activities foster higher-level thinking skills and encourage textual evidence-based responses. Students will enjoy interactive and educational activities, while you appreciate having high-quality resources at your fingertips.

⭐️ Included in this Resource:

  • Making Predictions

  • Judging by the Cover

  • Story Elements

  • Sequencing

  • Recalling Events in Chronological Order

  • Summary

  • Story Event Sort

  • Making Connections

  • Visualizing

  • Making Inferences

  • Character Traits (Esperanza)

  • Character Traits (Esperanza & Abuela)

  • Character Inside & Out (Esperanza)

  • Character Inside & Out (Abuela)

  • Character Feelings (Esperanza)

  • Character Feelings (Abuela)

  • Character Development (Esperanza)

  • Character Development (Abuela)

  • Character Change (Esperanza)

  • Overcoming Obstacles

  • Sketch a Scene From the Story

  • Setting the Scene

  • Compare & Contrast

  • Thinking About the Text

  • Thinking Beyond the Text

  • Theme

  • Sensory Details

  • Author's Message

  • Trip to the Market

  • Dear Diary

  • Tapestry Design

  • Advertisement

  • Caught on Social Media

  • 2 Crossword Puzzles (Answer Keys Included)

  • 2 Word Search Puzzles (Answer Keys Included)

  • Wait... There's More!

  • Book Review

  • All About Guatemala

Please note, this resource is designed for extension read-aloud activities only. The book "Abuela's Weave" is not included.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Sequence and summarize the main events of Abuela's Weave
  • Describe how Esperanza and Abuela change using details from the story
  • Identify the story's theme and support it with text evidence

Teaching tips

  • Making Predictions and Judging by the Cover ask about the book before reading, so those pages could come before the first read-aloud and the character and theme pages after.

Skills covered

  • Summarizing — students retell the story with a Somebody/Wanted/But/So organizer and an event sort
  • Character analysis — students compare inside and outside traits and feelings for two characters
  • Writing in role — students write a diary entry, advertisement and social media post drawn from the story

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Is the picture book part of this resource?

Abuela's Weave by Omar S. Castañeda needs to be read aloud from a separate copy; these pages are companion activities to use with the book.

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