PracticeName©Macmillan/McGraw-HillVocabularyclimatesilkenlumberingswallowslurkshimmereerieMakeyourowncrosswordpuzzleusingthevocabularywordsabove.Giveeachworditsownnumber.Thenwriteoutcluesforyouracrossanddownwords.Exchangepuzzleswithapartner.AcrossDown8AWalkintheDesertGrade4/Unit1©Macmillan/McGraw-HillNamePracticeInthespacebelow,writethemainideaofAWalkintheDesert.Thenthinkaboutthedetailsandfactsthatsupportthemainidea.Writeaboutthreedetailsthatmostimpressedyouintheselection.MainIdea:DetailsandFacts:ThinkaboutoneoftheanimalsdescribedinAWalkintheDesert.Howwouldyoudescribetheanimaltoafriendorfamilymember?Writethedetailsbelow.Animal:Comprehension:MainIdeaandDetails9AWalkintheDesertGrade4/Unit1AtHome:Havethestudentreadthreebriefnewspaperarticles.Foreachaskthestudenttoidentifythemainideaandatleasttwosupportingdetails.PracticeName©Macmillan/McGraw-HillComprehension:MainIdeaandDetailsHowdoestheinformationyouwroteintheMainIdeaCharthelpyoutosummarizeAWalkintheDesert?AsyoureadAWalkintheDesert,fillintheMainIdeaChart.MainIdeasDetailsAtHome:Havethestudentusethecharttoretellthestory.10AWalkintheDesertGrade4/Unit1©Macmillan/McGraw-HillNamePracticeFluencyAsIread,Iwillpayattentiontotempo.WelcometotheGreatBasinDesert.It’soneoffour10desertsinNorthAmerica.TheGreatBasinDesertisthe20coldestofthefourNorthAmericandeserts.27TheGreatBasinisanareainthewesternUnitedStates38thatliesbetweentheSierraNevadaMountainsandtheRocky48Mountains.Thelandislikeabigbowlthatspreadsacross59severalstates.TheSierraNevadaandRockyMountains67arethehighplacesthatmaketheedgesofthebowl.78RainorsnowthatfallsintheGreatBasinremains88there.Thewaterevaporatesordrainsintothedryground.98Likealldeserts,theGreatBasinDesertgetslessthan10810inches(25cm)ofrainorsnoweachyear.116TheGreatBasinDesertcoversmostofNevadaand125Utah,aswellaspartsofnearbystates.Therearemany136smallermountainrangesbetweentheSierraNevada143MountainsandtheRockyMountains.Therearevalleys151betweenthesemountainranges.Geologistscallthis158landscapeabasin-and...
