Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Miss Rumphius tells the story of a wonderful lady who had many adventures. She traveled to faraway places, lived by the sea, and made the world a more beautiful place. What do you think she did to make the world more beautiful? Read her story to find out.

Possible strategy instruction:

• C: Use prior knowledge to connect with text.
• C: Recognize literary elements.
• C: Infer and support with evidence.
• C: Recognize and explain cause and effect relationships.
• C: Compare and contrast within and between texts.

• A: Look for word parts.

• F: Read the text as the author would say it, conveying the meaning or feeling.
• F: Reread text.

• E: Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing.
• E: Use word parts to determine the meaning of words.