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By Barbara Cooney

MISS RUMPHIUS

A Guide for Teachers

About This Book:

• As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful — and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

• Inspired by a true-life story, Miss Rumphius shows us how we can all make the world a more beautiful place.

• American Book Award Winner

The storybook “Miss Rumphius” has multiple

uses!!

“Miss Rumphius” can be used for…

Comprehension Strategies

• Making Connections

• Making Predictions

• Inferencing

• Main Idea

Character Education

• Identity/Individuality

• World Issues

• Respect

• Caring

• Responsibility

• Citizenship

Science• Grade 3 Curriculum• Life Systems -

Growth & Changes in Plants

Math

Area & Perimeter

Data Collection & Graphing

Favourite Flowers

Patterning Plants/Flowers

in the garden

ArtFinger Printing/Stamping

Pointillism pencil or Q-Tip

• Check out a copy of Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney from your library OR visit YouTube for the complete read-a-loud, with pictures and sounds effects, to share with your class!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrjPzbuxLJU