Monday, March 24, 2014

One Small Square-Cactus Desert by Donald M. Silver by Patricia Wynne*

This book is part of a series that examines a square of a habitat.  It describes plants, weather, climate, the animals and their adaptations to survive in such a habitat.
Hands on activities/experiments included throughout the book.
*Highly recommend the series.
Read after reading  Cactus Hotel and make T-T connections.
Text features: cutaways/cross sections, labels, diagrams, close ups, picture captions, index
Strategies: connections-T-T, determining importance-main idea, check for understanding

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