Around One Cactus: Owls, Bats and Leaping Rats

By Anthony D. Fredricks

Illustrated by Jennifer DiRubbion

Genre:

Narrative Nonfiction

Skills for the Week:

Cause and Effect

Consonant patterns wr, kn,

gn, st, and mb

Irregular verbs

Tested vocabulary Incredible

Noble

Stinging

Survivors

Topic

Unseen

Waterless

Incredible

Hard to believe, astonishing

The Grand Canyon

Noble

Having great qualities,

honorable

Stinging

A painful prick, to cause a sharp pain

Survivors

People or living things that are

able to remain living

Topic

The subject of conversation or discussion

Unseen

Hidden, unable to be seen

Waterless

Without water

Now you try it!

After the car wreck, the

were taken to

the hospital.

After the car wreck, the

survivors were taken to

the hospital.

A person is

kind and thoughtful.

A noble person is

kind and thoughtful.

Gravity is an

force.

Gravity is an unseen

force.

The of the

meeting was the new

park.

The topic of the

meeting was the new

park.

The ending of the story

was !

The ending of the story

was incredible!

A desert is a dry and

land.

A desert is a dry and

waterless land.

The insect bite caused

a feeling on

my arm.

The insect bite caused

a stinging feeling on

my arm.

Good job