Meeting 1
Lauren Tarshis' I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 pairs beautifully with a Book Club focused on sequence of events. Discussion during this first meeting centers around the storyline and the author's use of flashbacks.
Use I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 by Lauren Tarshis 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 I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 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 I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005. 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.
