Sep13
TEACHERS – Are you preparing lesson plans?
If your curriculum contains a unit on deserts check out this web site. The books in the Desert Surprise Series are a unique combination of an easy to read story for elementary school children and accurate information on desert life. To make your planning easier each book has discussion questions at the end of the story. These questions lead into lessons about; the ecology of the desert, the animals that inhabit the desert, the cacti of the desert.
These books can also be used to study art appreciation and artistic techniques. The illustrator is a Professor of Art Education and her illustrations offer an impressionistic view of the desert. The series books have discussion questions to encourage the reader to analyze and intemperate the art. When art classes are being cut from curriculums across the country here is a way to integrate art appreciation into a reading or nature study lesson.
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