Desert

Desertdefinition

A desert is

A habitat that is:1. Dry (little rainfall)

2. Sandy3. Extreme temperatures (very cold or very hot)

4. Sparse vegetation (few plants)

What do you visualize?

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/parks-and-nature-places/cave-canyon-desert/chad_gueltaarchei.html

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/parks-and-nature-places/cave-canyon-desert/chad_gueltaarchei.html

What are nouns?

Person Place Thing

Things: plants and animals(nouns)

• Cactus

• Tumbleweed

• Reptiles (snakes and lizards)

• Birds

• Insects

• Mammals

Pictures

• http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/threatened-deserts.html

What are verbs?

Actions

What to animals do?(verbs)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyXNBAHu32o• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vePS4kUbLk&feature=related• http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/reptiles-kids/chameleon-b

abies-kids.html• http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/birds-kids/hawk-harris-ki

ds.html• http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/wild-detectives-kids/wd-e

p7-meerkatcode.html• http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/bugs-kids/tarantula-goliath-kids.html• http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/wild-detectives-kids/wd-e

p9-gila.html• http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/birds-kids/ostrich-kids.h

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_________________Jack rabbitshttp://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/mammals-kids/rabbit-jack-kids.htmlKangaroohttp://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/mammals-kids/wallaby-rock-kids.htmlMeerkathttp://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/mammals-kids/meerkats-kids.htmlTarantulahttp://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/bugs-kids/

tarantula-goliath-kids.htmlDeserthttp://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/reptiles-

kids/adder-peringueys-kids.htmlHawkshttp://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/birds-kids/

hawk-harris-kids.htmlCoyotehttp://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Coyote

Make your own sentences

Article

(A, An, The)

Noun Verb

A hawk soars.

Visualize the sentences*3*

Who/What + action + where/place

The hawk flies.

The hawk flieseats.

The eats.owlhawk

The coyotehowls.sleeps.