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Rainforest Levels

Pre-instructional:
TSW sing �4 Layers of the Rainforest.�

There are four layers of the rainforest.
         4 Layers!
There are four layers of the rainforest.
         4 Layers!
Forest floor (crouch down), under story (bend over), canopy (stand up and put hands over head), emergent (stand on tiptoes).

There are four layers of the rainforest.
         4 Layers!

Procedure 1:
a. TTW put a KWL chart on the board.
b. TSW tell what they know and what they want to know.
c. TTW write all answers on the chart.

Procedure 2:
a. TSW predict what happens in The Magic School Bus in the Rain Forest by Joanna Cole
b. TTW read the story.
c. TSW answer comprehension questions about the story.

Procedure 3:
a. TTW give each student a worksheet on the layers of the rainforest.
b. TSW glue the animals and plants that belong to the 4 layers of the rainforest.



People of the Rainforest

Pre-instructional:
TSW sing �4 Layers of the Rainforest.�

�I�ve Been Working on the Rainforest�
(�I�ve Been Working on the Railroad�)

I�ve been working on the rainforest,
All among the trees.
I�ve Been Working on the Rainforest
Where I saw the bats and bees.
Parrots, butterflies and toucans,
Monkeys, and hummingbirds galore,
Frogs and snakes and spotted leopards
On the rainforest floor!
I�ve been working on the rainforest,
All among the trees.
I�ve been working in the rainforest,
Where the plant life must be seen!
Ferns and mosses and lianas, Orchids and honeysucle, too.
A magic place come tree.

Procedure 1:
a. TSW predict what happens in And it Rained by Ellen Raskin
b. TTW read the story.
c. TSW answer comprehension questions about the story.

Procedure 2:
a. TTW tell the students facts about people who live in the rainforest.
b. TSW tell what they have learned about the people of the rainforest.
c. TTW write the student�s answer on the board.

Procedure 3:
a. TSW draw a picture of the rainforest village and what their house would look like.
b. TTW display the students work.