Red Socks and Yellow Socks s35

Flossie & the Fox

CHALLENGING WORDS

accordingly commenced curtsy disgusted exceedingly feline frightened generation luxurious particular precedes reputation

SUMMARY

Can feisty Flossie Finley outfox a fox, especially if she’s never seen one before? Let’s see as Flossie travels through the woods. --- Conversation Questions---

(1) Name the main character in this story. (Answer) Flossie the Fox. (Follow Up) Recall your favorite part of this story.

(2) Imagine you were the fox. How would you have felt if Flossie didn’t believe that you were a fox? (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Have you ever seen a fox?

(3) Estimate how long it took Flossie to get through the woods. (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Would you have gone another way?

(4) Suppose you were Flossie. Would you have been scared of the fox? (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Are foxes friendly?

(5) Define reputation. (Answer) Recognition by other people of some characteristic or ability. (Follow Up) What was the fox’s reputation?

(6) Name the place Flossie was going. (Answer) Miz Viola’s. (Follow Up) Recall why she was going there.

(7) Recall which way Flossie went to get to Miz Viola’s. (Answer) Through the woods. (Follow Up) Who did she meet in the woods?

(8) Name the first way the fox tried to prove that he was really a fox. (Answer) He said that he had thick luxurious fur. (Follow Up) What kind of fur did Flossie think it felt like?

(9) Recall what happened when Flossie stopped by a bubbly spring. (Answer) Fox came up and showed her his long pointed nose. Flossie said that rats have long pointed noses and then she skipped away. (Follow Up) When have you skipped?

(10) Recall what happened at the end of the story. (Answer) Mr. J.W. Mcutchin’s hound dog chased the fox. (Follow Up) Do you think the hound caught the fox? Activities

1. List all of the ways that the fox tried to prove that he was really a fox.

2. Write about a time you went for a walk in the woods.

3. Write a sentence with each target word.

4. List all of the places that Flossie stopped along the way. What happened at each stop?

Introductions

1. Show the children a picture of a fox. Ask them if they would be scared of a fox? Let’s read and see if Flossie will be scared.

2. Show them the cover of the book. Ask them if a fox would try to get those eggs? Let’s read and find out.

3. Ask the children if they have ever gone for a walk in the woods? Did you see any animals? Let’s read and see who Flossie meets on her walk.

Book Title: Flossie & the Fox Author: Patricia C. McKissack Illustrator: Rachel Isadora ISBN: 0-590-45884-1 # of Text Pages: 19 AR: 2.7 LEX: N/A Building Oral Vocabulary 8 commenced 8 recollect 8 curtsy Prediction Questions 6 Will Flossie come up on a fox? 8 Will the fox get the eggs? 28 Do you think the fox out-ran the hound?

This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.