Cool Crabs

Cool Crabs is an expository text about crabs which focusses on where crabs live, what they look like, where they hide, what the eat, and how big and small they can be. Some dialogue is used.

Some photographs are labeled and some captions support the text. A scale diagram is used to illustrate the size of a crab. An index is provided.

Interest words include crab, shells, stalks, seaweed, and claw. Adjectives and some simple connectives such as and are used in sentences. A drawing activity that asks students to think about interesting things that crabs and other animals can do is presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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