Meeting 1
Recognizing and analyzing cause and effect relationships is a key skill in becoming a competent reader. Using Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, students will gain experience with causation in literature.
Use Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.
This set of vocabulary development resources for Flora and Ulysses highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.
Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Flora and Ulysses. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.
