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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