In the district where I teach 5th grade reading, we use the Lucy Calkins Reading Workshop approach. The Reading Workshop has several units that focus on different teaching points. For the "Following Characters Into Meaning", I have chosen to read Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan and relate it to my Reading Workshop mini-lessons. This specific reading unit, "Following Characters Into Meaning", focuses on understanding character's thoughts, motivations, feelings and how they all relate to…