Mi familia calaca / My Skeleton Family
by Cynthia Weill and Jesus Canseco Zarate
A girl named Anita introduces each member of her family in a picture book with a... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 2013
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 240L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Papier-maachae sculpture
- Bilingual
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / Sculpture
- Mexico
- Families in art
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | Sculpture
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Foreign Language Study | Spanish
- Papier-maÌ‚cheÌ sculpture--Mexico--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Foreign Language Study
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Foreign Language Study / Spanish
- All Soul's Day in art
- Families in art--Juvenile literature
- All Soul's Day in art--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Spanish language materials
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Family / Multigeneratio
- ART / Folk & Outsider Art
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Family / Multigenerational
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Cynthia Weill about Mi familia calaca / My Skeleton Family
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Cynthia Weill
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Cynthia Weill
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Spanish and English (Bilingual) Bilingual Teacher's Guide Spanish/English from Cinco Puntos Press
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Awards & Distinctions 2
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Spanish Selection, 2013
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