🌼Introduce young learners to Día de los Muertos with leveled mini books in English and Spanish. Students read about the ofrenda, marigolds, papel picado and pan de muerto, then compare the holiday with Halloween and design an ofrenda of their own.
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Día de los Muertos Bilingual Mini Books is a respectful, age-appropriate introduction to the Day of the Dead for PreK, kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. Students read about the traditions and symbols of the holiday in English, Spanish or both.
The heart of the resource is a set of four mini books. There is a Level 1 and a Level 2 book in each language, and each one includes a cover, eight reading pages and a My Favorite Part page, so emerging readers and more confident readers can learn the same content at the right level.
Eight bilingual vocabulary cards name key symbols such as the ofrenda, marigolds (cempasúchil), sugar skulls (calavera de azúcar), pan de muerto, papel picado, candles, photos and monarch butterflies. Comprehension pages match each book level, from circling a picture to writing an answer, and a 3 Facts I Learned page and a Día de los Muertos vs. Halloween Venn diagram help students organize what they know.
Hands-on pages give children a way to respond creatively: they design their own ofrenda, make a papel picado craft, complete a sugar skull symmetry activity and search for vocabulary in a bilingual word search.
A 5-day study plan, teacher notes for respectful cultural instruction and an answer key are included in the 38-page black-and-white PDF. It fits dual-language and ESL classrooms, cultural studies, Hispanic Heritage learning and fall lessons.
📖 Teaching guide · 12 min readTeaching Día de los Muertos in PreK–2nd Grade: A Respectful Five-Day Bilingual PlanRead the guide →Students meet the same traditions at two reading levels and in two languages, so every child can take part in the conversation. Teacher notes support respectful instruction, and the hands-on pages let young learners show what they understand.
Both. There are English and Spanish mini books at two levels each, and the vocabulary cards, comprehension pages and word search are bilingual or matched by language.
It is written for PreK through 2nd grade, with Level 1 and Level 2 books to match different readers.
Yes. Teacher notes for respectful cultural instruction are included along with a 5-day study plan.
Students design their own ofrenda, make a papel picado craft, complete a sugar skull symmetry activity and solve a bilingual word search.
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