Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies fly south, usually arriving in the area of Michoacán in time for Día de Muertos. This year, María Elena and her grandmother don’t see the monarchs as they prepare for the Día de Muertos celebrations. Will the monarchs arrive on time, and will María Elena’s parents ever return from the north, as well?

Las mariposas vienen de visita Spanish Level 2 Student Reader targets important themes and cultural elements, including Day of the Dead, the environment, family structure, and immigration. It includes full-color illustrations and a glossary.

Level 2
Unique Words: 121
Tense(s): presente del indicative, presente del subjuntivo, presente progresivo, imperfect, imperative, pretérito, pretérito perfecto, futuro
Glossary: yes

Student Reader: Spanish. Level 2. 5 x 7 inches. Softcover, 24 pages.

Las mariposas vienen de visita Spanish Level 2 Teacher Edition is a “storytelling” reader set up so that you, the teacher, can read the story to the whole class while students follow along. The Level 2 Teacher Edition includes embedded scripts with questions and tips for establishing and extending meaning. Each page is double-sided so that teachers can easily read the story and questions to students while they follow along and look at the full-color illustrations on the other side.

Teacher Edition: Spanish. Level 2. 12 x 9 inches. Spiral-bound, 27 pages.

Buy the Set and Save! Set includes one Teacher Edition and 10 Student Readers.

About the Author

Rachel Emery is a 5th- and 6th-grade Spanish teacher in Winnetka, IL. She loves learning from the wonderful community of TPRS/CI teachers and watching students grow. Rachel contributed to Nuestra historia 3 and 4, and is the author of the Level 1 reader, La madre perfecta.