Anybody Home? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781607186304)

Polly 'Possum is looking for a new home to raise her expected babies. Along the way, she meets a wide variety of diurnal and nocturnal animals. She learns how they build and live in webs, nests, hives, shells, burrows, lodges, dens, caves, dreys, and even hollows. While those homes are perfect for those animals, they aren't right for her. How does Polly find a home and will she find it in time? This fictional story includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 31-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Anybody Home? 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.

Author: Marianne Berkes
ISBN-10: 1607186306
ISBN-13: 9781607186304
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, LLC
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2013
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.80h x 8.30w x 0.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 159799 / Anybody Home?


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 21 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed
School Library Journal 11/01/2013