Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 3 | Animals of the Sonoran Desert Habitat 51

Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud and Extensions may have

activity options that exceed the time allocated for that part of

the lesson. To remain within the time periods allocated for each

portion of the lesson, you will need to make conscious choices

about which activities to include based on the needs of your

students.

Exercise Materials Details

Introducing the Read-Aloud (10 minutes)

What Have We Already
Learned?

KWL Chart for the Arctic Habitat;

Habitat Chart

You may wish to use either of these

graphic organizers to review content from

Lesson 2.

Making Predictions About the
Read-Aloud

chart paper to create Venn

diagram; Instructional Master 3A-1

You may wish to begin a Venn diagram to

compare and contrast the Arctic habitat

and the desert habitat.

Where Are We? Image Card 4 (Saguaro Cactus) ,
yarn, world map

You may wish to connect Image Card 4

to the Sonoran Desert area on a world

map (northwestern Mexico, southwestern

U.S.).

Vocabular y Preview: Sonoran
Desert

Image 3A-4; additional images of

the Sonoran Desert; U.S. map

Purpose for Listening chart paper to make a Know-
Wonder-Learn (KWL) Chart

You may wish to create a KWL Chart

for the desert habitat. Ask students

what they know and wonder about the

desert. At the end of the lesson or on the

following day, have students share what

they learned about the desert.

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Animals of the Sonoran Desert
Habitat

You may wish to conclude the read-aloud

with a short video clip of the Sonoran

Desert habitat.

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions Venn diagram You may wish to continue filling in the
Venn diagram to answer question #5.
You may wish to fill in the Learn column
of the KWL Chart for the desert.

Word Work: Camouflage Image Card 1; Images 3A-10 and
3A-11

Show these images as examples of

camouflage.

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day