Teachable Texts

113. They Came from the Bronx: How the Buffalo Were Saved from Extinction by Neil Waldman

October 17, 2009 at 10:48 pm Leave a comment

Retell: Told from two perspectives, this book describes how the American Bison Society reintroduced a small herd of bison.

Topics: buffalo, Bronx Zoo, conservation, Native Americans, Comanche Indians, westward expansion, wildlife introduction

Units of Study: Nonfiction, Content-Area

Tribes: mutual respect

Habits of Mind: thinking flexibly

Reading Skills: envisionment, monitoring for sense

My Thoughts: This book combines narrative and non-narrative text.  The book begins with a Comanche woman telling her grandson about the days when buffalo roamed the land.  On the next page the author describes how 2,000 miles a way trains with mysterious creatures leave the gates of the Bronx Zoo.  While reading this book it would be great to have a map of the United States displayed so students could see the route the buffalo traveled.

Entry filed under: Male authors, nonfiction, Picture Books. Tags: Bronx Zoo, buffalo, Comanche Indians, conservation, content-area, envisionment, expository, monitoring for sense, mutual respect, narrative nonfiction, native americans, nonfiction, thinking flexibly, Westward Expansion, wildlife introduction.