Kerry Ferguson

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Kerry Ferguson

• Kindergarten

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Theme Rainforest

• Text The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry

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Content Area and Standards

• Grade K-Unit 6
• Whats the big idea in Fictional Text?
• Build on literary elements to understand text as
  a whole
• RC 2.0, 2.3
• RL 3.0, 3.3
• RW 1.7, 1.9
• WS 1.0
• WC 1.0

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Students create interactive Kapok tree

• Glue velcro on animal pieces and stick on to four
  layers of kapok tree.

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Students use computers to integrate lesson on
rainforest

• Click here for Starfall rainforest game
• Click here for rainforest webquest

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Students listen to rainforest sounds

• Rainforest CD by Gentle Persuation Sounds of
  Nature

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Students learn about rainforest animals
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Supporting Text

• The Vanishing Rainforest
• By Richard Platt

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Final Project is Diorama

• Kids ready to start on diorama of Amazon
  Rainforest
• Students will create a diorama of the rainforest
  in pairs or small groups

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Resources

• Click here for district cyberguide to the Great
  Kapok Tree
• Time for Kids Readers The Rainforest