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Title: Rainforest


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Rainforest
By Brittany Garrett
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What is a Rainforest?
  • Rainforests are forests with tall trees, warm
    climate, and lots of rain
  • In some rainforest it rains more than one inch
    every day
  • Rainforest are found in Africa, Asia, Australia,
    and Central and South America
  • Rainforest is a home to over half of the animals
    on Earth
  • Helps keep the worlds climate stable

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3rd Grade TEKS
  • 110.5 English Language Arts and Reading
  • 13a- connect his or her own experiences with the
    life experiences, language, customs, and cultures
    of others.
  • 14b- write to discover, develop, and refine ideas
  • 14c- write to communicate with a variety of
    audiences
  • 14d- write in different forms for different
    purposes
  • 112.5 Science
  • 8a- observe and describe the habitats of
    organisms within an ecosystem

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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to connect with other
cultures and discover similarities and
differences with people around them, and people
living in the rainforest. Students will learn
who to write to help try and save the
rainforest. Students will plant a tree
together, in order to help the ecosystem.
Observe animals in their natural habitat
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Activities
  • Students will explore the lives of those living
    in the rainforest and take these customs home to
    their families and record responses.
  • write letters to organizations to help save the
    rainforest.
  • as a class plant a tree for a lost tree.
  • explore the animals and insects around the
    children's neighborhood and compare to those in
    the rainforest.

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  • http//kids.mongabay.com/elementary/601.html
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  • http//kids.mongabay.com/elementary/001.html
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