This book is about crabs. It features a range of crabs and provides information about where they live, how they move and eat, what they look like and how they protect themselves.
Curriculum link:
Biological Science. Living Things
Key Concepts:
Crabs are crustaceans that have ten legs. It tells us information about where crabs live, what they eat, what they look like, how they move and how they protect themselves.
Reading Strategies:
Using features of a nonfiction text to support understanding: chapter headings, contents page. Drawing inferences about the needs of all crabs. Comparing what is already known about crabs with the information in the text.