60 Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 3A | Animals of the Sonoran Desert Habitat
- Evaluative How are the Arctic and the Sonoran Desert
different? How are they the same? (The weather and
temperature are very different—the Arctic is very cold; the
Sonoran Desert is very hot. Also, the ground in the Arctic is
covered with lots of ice, and the desert is covered with sand.
One way that the two habitats are similar is that the animals
and plants that live in each habitat must adapt to the very
diffi cult conditions of each habitat. So there are not many
plants and animals in either the Arctic or the desert.) - Inferential How do animals fi nd shelter in the desert?
(underground, or in holes they make in plants like the saguaro
cactus) - Inferential How is the saguaro cactus adapted to live in the
desert? (When it rains, it saves and stores lots of water that it
can use during dry weather when it is not raining at all.) - Inferential How are animals in the desert adapted to living
there? (come out at night, make shelters underground, etc.) - Literal Which animal that you heard about is nocturnal; what
does that mean? (elf owl; sleeps during the day and comes
out at night)
[Please continue to model the Question? Pair Share process for
students, as necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the
process.] - Evaluative Where? Pair Share: Asking questions after a read-
aloud is one way to see how much everyone has learned.
Think of a question you can ask your neighbor about the
read-aloud that starts with the word where. For example, you
could ask, “Where does today’s read-aloud take place?” Turn
to your neighbor and ask your where question. Listen to your
neighbor’s response. Then your neighbor will ask a new where
question, and you will get a chance to respond. I will call on
several of you to share your questions with the class. - After hearing today’s read-aloud and questions and answers,
do you have any remaining questions? [If time permits, you
may wish to allow for individual, group, or class research of
the text and/or other resources to answer these questions.]