Teaching Focus Text Features Table of Contents Find the Table of Contents What does you How do the Table of Contents tell you use a Table of Contents Level I Word Count 427 Words 100th word and page 8 Tips for Reading this Book with Children 1 Read the title and make predictions about the story Predictions after reading the title have students make predictions about the book 2 Take a picture walk Talk about the pictures in the book Implant the vocabulary as you take the picture walk Have children find one or two words they know as they do a picture walk 3 Have students read the 1st page of text with you 4 Have students read the remaining text aloud 5 Strategy Talk use to assist students while reading Get your mouth ready Look at the picture Chunk it by looking for a part you know Think does it make sense Think does it look right Think does it sound right 6 Read it again 7 Complete the activities at the end of the book
Seasons of the Desert Biome Written by Shirley Duke Rourke Educational Media
Table of Contents Hot and Cold Deserts 4 Hot Desert Seasons 8 Cold Desert Seasons 18 Future of the Desert 20 Study Like a Scientist 22 Glossary 23 Index 24 Websites 24 About the Author 24
