What's New at the Zoo? an Animal Adding Adventure

Come along on an animal adding adventure. Add baby animals to the adults to see how many there are all together. And while you are at it, learn what some of the zoo animals eat or what the baby animals are called. Follow the lost red balloon as it soars through the zoo. At the end of the day, count up all the animals you have seen. The "For Creative Minds" educational section includes: How many animals do you see?, Tens make friends, Adding by columns, Fact families, Food for thought, Animal matching activity, and Animal classes. This nonfiction picture book with a cuddle factor and rhyming text includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 50-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. What's New at the Zoo? is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, LLC
Published: 06/01/2009
ISBN: 9781934359938
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.60w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 06/15/2009
Booklist 08/01/2009 pg. 75
School Library Journal 09/01/2009 pg. 148

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 132919 / What's New at the Zoo? an Animal Adding Adventure
Reading Level: 1.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5