Source: Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks: "Ferny is a Bug"
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In this Jakers! Storyteller Playhouse video segment Grandma Alicia or "Abuelita" gives a book she's written and illustrated called Mami’s Flowers to her granddaughter, Aylish for her birthday. The book describes her living as a migrant worker in California. A migrant worker is someone who travels between countries or within a country to find work. Often the work is seasonal work, such as picking fruits and vegetables, and is very hard. Mami wanted to build a house but needed adobes, which are bricks made from sand, water, clay, and sticks or straw. When she built the house, she planted roses by the windows. Abuelita wants her granddaughter to remember her through this book.
Download and ShareThe following Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions are best suited for elementary school students using this video in an English language arts or social studies lesson. Be sure to modify the questions to meet your students' instructional needs.
What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?
Frame (ELA) Why do people write books?
Focus (ELA) Why did Abuelita write this book for her granddaughter?
Follow Up (ELA) Discuss the various purposes for writing. For example, why do we write in school, at home, on the computer, etc.? Besides using computers, paper, and pencil, what other ways are there for recording or documenting information or messages? What are the advantages and disadvantages for each?
Frame (SS) What do you know about migrant workers?
Focus (SS) What does Abuelita teach her granddaughter about migrant working through her book?
Follow Up (SS) Describe different kinds of workers. Why do you think some people are migrant workers? What do you think it would be like to have to move to do your work?
GIRL: This is my grandma Alicia. I call her Abuelita
ALICIA: So now I want to show you a book that we gave you for your birthday- “Mami’s Flowers” and so I wrote this little story here about Mami-grandma and how she used to live in California as a migrate farm worker. And so Mami was on her way back from working in the migrant fields when she wanted to build a house there for her children- we needed adobes to build a house. When it got this high, Mami planted baby rose vines by the window of each room in the house, so every spring the outside walls of our house were different color. And so this is a book that you can keep when Abuelita is not here anymore because you’re my very special granddaughter.
GIRL: Everyone has a special story to tell. Ask someone in your family to tell you their story.
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