Literature Focus Unit: Reaching the Rainforest through Reading
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Literature Focus Unit:
Reaching the Rainforest
through Reading
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Unit Goals:
I. Students will describe rainforest ecosystem and biome.
II. Students will be able to locate Rainforests on a map.
III. Students will explain the importance of Rainforest preservation.
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Great Rainforest
Reads
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Click the book to view online trailer from youtube.com
Explore the rainforest with
colorful pictures and beautiful rains as the story of a tiny seed grows into a
wealth of knowledge and
facts about the rain forest.
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Learn about the many
animals that live in the rain
forest and depend on the Kapok tree for
shelter and food.
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Move to the rhythm of the rainforest with
this poetic book that introduces students to
many different animals that
live in the rainforest.
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Follow the adventure of a young boy in his attempt to
save the rainforest after
visiting and seeing all the
wonderful wildlife that lives there.
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Visit the rainforest as it rains and learn
fun facts as they make their
way down through the
canopy.
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Discover the different
habitats of animals around the world and see how the rainforest is similar or
different to other habitats.
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Wonderful Websites
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Rain Forest Facts:
http://kids.mongabay.com/
http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/
http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/15-science/96-rainforest.html
http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/
where.html
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Rain Forest Resources for Teachers:
http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/
http://www.kathimitchell.com/rainfor.html
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Rain Forest Web Tours and Videos:
http://www.field-trips.org/tours/sci/ rainforest/_tourlaunch1.htm
https://www.msu.edu/user/urquhart/tour/
http://www.hulu.com/watch/63303/tropic al-rainforest
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Fun Activities:
I. Color and label all the rainforests on the map.(http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/Mapbw.shtml)
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II. Create a Rain Forest Scavenger Hunt by having students find facts about the rainforest during their web tours and research. Use the Picture books for the search too!
~ How much rain falls in the rainforest each year?~ How many different rainforest are there?~ Where are the rain forest located?~ Name five animals that live in the rainforest. ~ What types of plants grow in the rainforest?
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III. Use a puppet during the unit that children can take home. When they take the puppet home have them write a journal entry about something they have learned about the rainforest then compile all the students entries into one book.
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IV. Plan a field trip. If possible have the kids take a trip to the local zoo. If this is beyond reach have the children decorate the classroom with pictures and facts about the rainforest and have other classes visit as the students present information about what they have learned to other students.
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Remember to have fun during any unit and use the literature as a guide
and inspiration for activities.