8th November 98Mandy’s Mandy’s

Reading ClassReading Class

Part one

• Why was Ms. Frizzle different?

• What was missing from the diorama?

• Who thought the Gila monster was cute?

• Where did Ms. Frizzle keep the toys?

Vocabulary 1

calm –

can.teens –

gra.vel –

bar.rel –

cac.tus –

cac.t[I] –

de.sert –

quiet, peaceful

One cactus, two cacti, three cacti

Many small stones and rocks

All the toys were kept in the barrel.

A plant that doesn’t need much water

A hot place with little water

Water bottles

Can you name these animals?

Part two• Why didn’t Carlos think the

animals could live in the desert?

• What does S.A.D.S. mean?

• Why was Arnold prepared for a field trip to the desert?

• How do you know the school bus was magic?

• Why was Phoebe in a hurry?

Vocabulary 2

scar.ci.ty (adj) –

com.mit.tee (n) –

lift (v) –

moist (v) –

con.dense (v) –

sur.vi.val (n) –

not a lot of

Go up / take off

Has water in it

When water in the air (that we cannot see) changes into rain or snow.

How to stop dying

A group of people who want to do something

Why does this desert not have much water?

Part three• What did the bus change into?

• Why did the roadrunner not eat them?

• How does a jack-rabbit stay cool in the hot desert?

• Why were there so many animals in the desert at night?

• Why did Carlos tell Phoebe to “wait!”

Vocabulary 3

shrink (v) –

a.void (v) –

d[I].gest.ion (n) –

spik.y (adj) –

roast (v) –

bur.row (n) –

pre.cious (adj) –

Get smaller

When you eat something it is part of your digestion.

Has many sharp points (spikes) that will hurt you if you touch them

Cook slowly

Very important; only a few

Stay away from something

An animal’s home underground

Part four

• What is a desert pig called?

• What is inside a cactus?

• What are adaptations? Why are they so important in the desert?

• Why was Arnold unhappy?

• Why was Phoebe laughing at the end of the story?

Vocabulary 4

bloom (n) –

ob.ser.va.tion (n) –

e.quipp.ed (v) –

a.dap.tat.ion (n) –

fea.tures (n) –

wear.i.ly (adv) –

Many flowers coming out

Have what you need to do something

Where an animal changes part of its body to help it live somewhere.

The part of an animal that helps it live somewhereTired, sleepy

What you see around you

Now finish the KWL chart you started when you

began the story!