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 __Trezure Zagers Rainforests Around the World/Organisms in the Rainforest/Grade 6 www.rainforestthematicunit,wikispaces.com Day 4: Organisms in the Rainforest__ //**What will students accomplish/be able to do at the end of this lesson?**// ||< 1) Students will be able to identify and arrange the structure of the Linnaean sysytem. 2) Students will be able to correctly classify organisms. 3) Students will learn to productively work as a team to find answers. 4) Students will learn new methods for remembering information. || //**Teacher Activities/Student Activities**// ||< # Review with the students the different animals found in the rainforest. __Post Assessmen__t: Breaking assignments into smaller parts Visual aids such as pictures of animals ||
 * < **Learning Objectives**
 * < **NCSS Theme/Sunshine State Standards** ||< * **SC.6.L.15.1 . Analyze and describe how and why organisms are classified according to shared characteristics with emphasis on the Linnaean system combined with the concept of Domains. ** ||
 * < **Student Activities & Procedures**
 * 1) Give the students time to meet in their literature cirlces for the last time before presenting tomorrow.
 * 2) Introduce the new system of classification, starting with kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Fungi, and Monera.
 * 3) Create a KWL chart with the class about what they know and want to learn about living organisms in the rainforest.
 * 4) Assign the students into groups.
 * 5) Give each group a list 25 rainforest organisms, and have them classify each by kingdom, working together.
 * 6) Identify and discuss the correct answers when everyone is done.
 * 7) Now have the groups start over, this time organizing their organisms by kingdom and phylum.
 * 8) Identify and discuss the correct answers.
 * 9) This time the groups will organize their organisms by kingdom, phylum, class, and order.
 * 10) Identify and discuss the correct answers when everyone is done.
 * 11) Last, have the groups classify their organisms according to all seven categories: Kingdon, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
 * 12) Teach the students an acronym to help them remember these.
 * 13) Complete the KWL chart by filling in what we learned. ||
 * < **Resources/Materials** ||< * list of 25 animals for each group
 * overhead projector
 * computer
 * science books
 * literature circle books
 * paper
 * pencil
 * white board
 * markers
 * KWL chart ||
 * < **Assessment** ||< __Pre-Assessment:__
 * Review rainforest animals
 * KWL chart shows what students already know
 * Students will classify their organisms as a group
 * KWL will show what students have learned ||
 * < **Exceptionalities** ||< KWL chart is a graphic organizer
 * < **Discussion Note**s ||