Welcome to the Grade 5 digital resources for Rising Voices: Celebrating Black and Latino Boys.
Grade 5
Someone Like Me/Memorable Characters
Anchor Text 3
Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish
A Puerto Rico trip helps a tough, big-hearted boy reconnect with family, identity, and heritage.
Anchor Text 1
Green Is a Chile Pepper/El chile es verde
Explore colors through the foods and traditions of Mexican culture in this English/Spanish story.
Genre/Text Type
Realistic Fiction/Novel
Well-Being Focus
Self-Awareness/Relationship Skills
Strategy Focus
Analyze Character
Teaching Resources
Writing Prompt
Provides a student-friendly, shareable version of the writing activity on the Teaching Card for the anchor text for this theme. (Writeable form)
Book Club Discussion Prompt
Presents a student-friendly version of the Book Club Discussion Prompt on the Teaching Card for the anchor text.
Graphic Organizer: Analyze Character
This resource may be introduced with the Strategy Focus activity on the Teaching Card and may also be used with other texts from the Rising Voices Library as students continue to practice and apply the strategy. (Writeable form)
Lessons at a Glance
An overview of skills and activities addressed on the Teaching Cards for each read-aloud anchor text in the library.
Theme Chart: Someone Like Me/Memorable Characters
Introduces a theme that provides a springboard for all students to connect to concepts that resonate with their lives, experiences, and interests. The theme provides a lens that guides readers to consider concepts and ideas that affirm and celebrate aspects of their identities. The theme can be used to make connections between Rising Voices books and other texts you have been exploring in your classroom.
Theme Video: Someone Like Me/Memorable Characters
View the video introduction to this theme, which provides a lens that guides readers to consider concepts and ideas that affirm and celebrate aspects of their identities.
Standards Correlations
Teaching Card correlations for the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.