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__Trezure Zagers Rainforests Around the World/The Greak Kapok Tree/Grade 6 www.rainforestthematicunit,wikispaces.com Day 1: The Great Kapok Tree__ //**What will students accomplish/be able to do at the end of this lesson?**// ||< 1) Students will be able to define what a rainforest is. 2) Students will be able to recreate the different layers of a rainforest 3)Students will be able to work cooperatively in groups to accomplish a common goal. 4) Students will be able to identify different animals that live in different layers of the rainforest. 5) Students will know where rainforests are located around the world. || //**Teacher Activities/Student Activities**// ||< # Hang up a large world map; have the students come up and pin point where they think rainforests are located. __Post Assessmen__t: Reading the book aloud will be beneficial. Allow extra time for students to answer questions. Define new terminology throughout the lesson. ||
 * < **Learning Objectives**
 * < **NCSS Theme/Sunshine State Standards** ||< * **S.S.6.G.1**.Understand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools and technology to report information
 * **SS.6.G.1.5**. Use scale, cardinal, and intermediate directions, and estimation of distances between places on current and ancient maps of the world
 * **LA.6.5.2.2** The student will deliver narrative and informative presentations, including oral responses to literature, and adjust oral language, body language, eye contact, gestures, technology and supporting graphics appropriate to the situation ||
 * < **Student Activities & Procedures**
 * 1) Go through the student answers to clarify which are correct, adding locations that were not identified on the map.
 * 2) Read __The Great Kapok Tree__ by Lynne Cherry. The students will be given comprehensive questions to answer, relating to the book and to the rainforest.
 * 3) Based on their reading and answers, have the students discuss what a rainforest is and what important components makes up a rainforest.
 * 4) Show a video: @http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/rainforest.html
 * 5) After watching the video, have the students create a model biome showing the different layers of the rainforest (in groups of 3-4).
 * 6) Further discuss and explain the layers of the rainforest and their importance.
 * 7) Have students use the books and resources available to them to research which animals live in which layers.
 * 8) Have the students present in four groups the animals that live in each of the four layers. ||
 * < **Resources/Materials** ||< * __The Greak Kapok Tree__ by Lynne Cherry
 * Comprehensive question handouts
 * video link: @http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/rainforest.html
 * computer
 * overhead projector
 * internet access
 * non-fiction books about the rainforest
 * construction paper
 * glue
 * markers
 * craft materials
 * world map
 * tacks ||
 * < **Assessment** ||< __Pre-Assessment:__
 * Have the students come up one by one and pin point on a world map where rainforests are located.
 * Students will demonstrate their understanding through their group presentations and their answers to the comprehensive reading questions. ||
 * < **Exceptionalities** ||< The world map and video will provide as a visual aids/props.
 * < **Discussion Note**s ||<  ||