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Organize & Summary

A Fill out the organizer with the information you learned in the story.

Topic The desert is the driest land in the world.

Detail Detail Detail
Rain in Desert Plants in Desert Animals in Desert

Only a few centimeters
of rain fall each year.

And most of it falls on
just a few days.

B Fill in the blanks with the correct words to summarize the story.

spots desert rain cooler root cactus

The is the driest land in the world. Only a few centimeters

of fall each year. And most of it falls on just a few days. A

can survive in the desert. Its long, thin can

reach water deep inside the ground. Animals in the desert hunt at

night because the weather is . During the day, they have

to find shady away from the hot sun.

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