RF.2.4
         • Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

• Iowa Core Reading Standard:
W.2.7
         • Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).

•Iowa Core writing Standard: W.2.3.:
         •Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

         •Use the information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

•Iowa Core Writing Standard:

        •Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

• I can explain my understanding of the reading by demonstrating fluency and accuracy.

• I can explain how animals looking like their environment can help them.

• I can take away at least one of the Spanish words that was presented in the book and draw an image of it. 

Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award (2012), Pura Belpré Award for Illustration (2012)

                      • For example: “la playa” means “beach”.