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These Teaching Guides for One Hot Day and Play in the Clouds provide plenty of activities for teaching everything from weather to science and storytelling. Just download these PDF files and print out.
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One Hot Day by Mike Miller is a tale of a desert tortoise named Tomás who lives in a burrow in
Red Rock Canyon. The hot summer heat in Southern Nevada prompts Tomás to take a journey
across Nevada in search of Lake Mead where he might cool off for a bit. Along the way, Tomás is
joined by other desert inhabitants -- Chacko Coyote, Luis the Lizard, Rapido Roadrunner, and
Chico the Centipede.
Themes: Use One Hot Day to introduce a unit on desert living, habitat, and/or geology.
Download the One Hot Day Teaching Guide*
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Play in the Clouds is a continuation of the Tomás the Tortoise series of picture books tailored
specifically to the Nevada desert. In this book, Tomás is beckoned by faraway clouds on the top of
Mt. Charlston from his burrow in Red Rock Canyon. Through his long journey up the mountain,
Tomás is welcomed and encouraged by the other animals of the desert including Chacko Coyote,
Snowshoe the Rabbit, Hooty Owl, Miguel the Mouse, and a man made of snow.
Themes: Use Play in the Clouds to enhance a unit of desert living, habitat, and/or geology, weather and/or
friendship and kindness.
Download the Play in the Clouds Teaching Guide*
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