READ ALOUD: Two Bobbies Two Bobbies 35 MIN
Introduce Vocabulary To support comprehension, teach new vocabulary words before reading the book. Encourage campers to use the words in their discussion during the lesson.
WORDS TO KNOW
buckle: to twist and bend
debris: pieces that remain after something has broken down
devastate: to ruin; destroy
Before Reading Show the cover of the book and read the title and the names of the authors and the illustrator. Invite campers to look closely at the illustration on the cover. Then, have them read the subtitle aloud with you: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival. Next, give campers a moment or two to share anything they might know about hurricanes. Clarify any misunderstandings
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Review the pronunciation for the word debris (deh-BREE). Explain that some words are not pronounced the way they look and must be learned on a case-by-case basis.
and explain that a hurricane is a type of tropical storm that forms over warm waters, such as parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and areas of the Pacific Ocean. Say: Hurricanes contain powerful winds and tremendous amounts of water. A hurricane’s strength is measured on a scale from 1, weakest, to 5, strongest. Sometimes hurricanes weaken before or when they hit land. But sometimes they gain strength as they move over warm waters. If you have a map of the U.S. in your classroom, show campers the location of the Gulf of Mexico, the state of Louisiana, and the city of New Orleans. Then continue: Hurricane Katrina was a large and very powerful storm that hit the United States in August 2005. It was one of the five deadliest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. The storm made landfall in south Florida, then gained power as it moved across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. When it hit southern Louisiana, the storm was a category 5. The massive storm caused levees, or dams, to break in the city of New Orleans. The levees separated the city from Lake Pontchartrain. After the levees broke, the city flooded. More than 80% of New Orleans was under water. Let’s read Two Bobbies to find out about the storm and how a friendship helped Bobbi and Bob Cat survive.
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