This book gives facts about Australia in a fun, easy to read format. For example, it says that Australia is made up of three regions: the Outback, Tasmania, and the Great Barrier Reef. It also incorporates science vocabulary (ex.defines habitat) throughout the text so that student will be able to understand the information given. It then lists how much each of the four types of kangaroos weigh and asks a math question as "how much more than the smallest kangaroo does the largest kangaroo weigh?" These are all good questions to educate the reader on interesting information while analyzing it in a mathematical way as well.
I would use this book, along with a K-W-L chart to find out what prior knowledge students had about Australia and its habiats, figure out questions they want answered, and also see what they thought was interesting that they learned from reading this book. Overall, it is an excellent book that integrates different subjects into one material.
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