eCOSYSTEMS - RAIN FORESTSIn this ecosystem the students are studying about rain forests throughout the world. This project is part of the fourth grade science unit.
First, we used texts from the literacy closet to establish basic knowledge about rain forests. We read about creatures, tribes, plants, and layers of a rain forest. We also read "The Great Kapok Tree" in our reading series. We also created "kid friendly" definitions for the science term ECOSYSTEM, Each student was given a list of creatures that live in a rain forest. They looked up the creatures on the computer and selected one that he/she was interested in learning more. In reading, we studied characteristics of nonfiction writing. The students, with the help of Mrs. Perry, technology specialist, learned how to write their reports on the computer. They imputed pictures with captions, created a table of contents, wrote the content of the report with subheadings, credited sources, wrote a glossary of terms, and included two graphic sources. |
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