Salamander Season (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781628555653)

One cold, rainy, spring night, a young girl and her scientist father participate in "Salamander Night" to follow hundreds of spotted salamanders as they venture into a vernal pool to mate and lay eggs. Together, the father-child team studies the salamanders through their complete amphibian metamorphosis, culminating in the adult salamanders' disappearance into the woods in late summer. In easy-to-understand text, the girl relates the tale through her illustrated, photographic journal. This fictional story includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 34-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Salamander Season 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: Jennifer Keats Curtis, J. Adam Frederick
ISBN-10: 1628555653
ISBN-13: 9781628555653
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/20/2015
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 9.80h x 8.30w x 0.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 173288 / Salamander Season


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 175 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw