This Desert Biome Library Lesson is for elementary librarians serving Grades 3-6. It includes a Google Slides version.
This Desert Biome Library Lesson has two parts. Part I is a whole-class discussion. Part II is a scrolling slideshow with scavenger hunt activity.
This Desert Biome Library Lesson is great for elementary librarians on the specials rotation.
This Desert Biome Library Lesson includes two differentiated scavenger hunts with answer key.

Desert Biome Library Lesson – Desert Animals – Desert Habitats

$8.00

This Desert Biome Library Lesson is part of my Biomes series. Students will learn about the world’s five largest deserts, plus several other smaller deserts, desert animals, and what it’s like to live in a desert habitat. Includes a two-part lesson, scavenger hunt activities, and standards-aligned lesson plan.

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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS DESERT BIOME LIBRARY LESSON

  • Recommended for: Grades 3-6
  • Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (about 50 minutes total)
  • Formats: PPT or Google Slides + ability to open PDF documents
  • Editable: YES, all text is editable in all three formats

***Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a desert-themed read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! I cannot include a recorded read-aloud due to copyright restrictions.

THIS DESERT BIOME LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES:

  • 52-slide PPT + Google™ Slides library lesson presentation
  • List of 28 recommended desert – themed book titles (1 page)
  • Scavenger Hunt Activity (2 pages)
  • Answer Key for Scavenger Hunt (1 page)
  • Prep, set up, tips (6 pages)
  • Detailed, pre-filled, editable lesson plan; includes CC, TEKS, and AASL Standards (2 pages)
  • Google™ Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
  • Instructions on how to set up PPT and Google slide timings for digital bulletin boards

DESERT BIOME LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES

  • ASL sign language “desert”
  • Names and locations of the world’s 5 largest deserts
  • Polar deserts and hot deserts
  • Desert plants and animals
  • Salty deserts
  • Desert adaptations
  • Bactrian vs. dromedary camels
  • Desert vs. dessert (spelling and mnemonic)
  • Desert idioms: “dry as a bone” and “the straw that broke the camel’s back”
  • Vocabulary: polar, biome, xerocoles, desertification

DESERTS MENTIONED:

  • Antarctic Desert (Antarctica)
  • Arctic Desert (Norway and Russia)
  • Sahara (multiple North African countries)
  • Gobi (China and Mongolia)
  • Kalahari (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)
  • Atacama (Chile)
  • Sonoran (Mexico and southwest USA)
  • Chihuahua (Mexico)
  • Mojave (southwest USA)
  • Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia–world’s largest salt desert)
  • Arabian (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Yemen)

DIFFERENTIATED DESERT BIOME SCAVENGER HUNT

  • 2 versions + answer key
  • Version 1 – students color the icons and objects as they find them in the presentation slides
  • Version 2 – questions about the information in the slides + smaller images to find

RECOMMENDED READS

  • Includes picture books, fiction, and nonfiction titles
  • all have a theme of desert biomes, desert animals, and characteristics of deserts
  • total of 28 titles
  • includes small images from the presentation
  • titles are editable, so you can customize the books included for your library
  • All titles were hand-selected by a veteran school librarian for quality, diversity, positive professional reviews, and currency.

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