In this literature worksheet, students read 20 clues pertaining to the book Afternoon on the Amazon. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank.

Students explore rain forests.  In this rain forest lesson, students participate in a "BioBlitz" of their schoolyard, observing and recording every living thing in a designated area.  Students visit websites about rain forests...

Students learn the characteristics of the rainforest.  In this rainforest lesson, students read stories about the rainforest and discuss them.  Students work in groups to brainstorm all the facts they know about the rainforest...

Second graders write a story about the journey a food has from the rainforest to your table. In this food lesson plan, 2nd graders research different foods and products that come from the rainforest and discover how it ended up in their...

Students explore the concept of understanding the effects of disturbances in an environment.  In this life science lesson, students use the game Jenga to help capture the idea of environment disturbances.  Students discuss the...

Students predict what each animal in the story read says and then compare them. They pretend that a tree was cut down and write a new ending for the story. Students explain why the story is not true and create a Venn Diagram comparing...

Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about the rainforest. They answer questions related to the text to test for comprehension.

First graders preview "The Great Kapok Tree" by discussing the cover and the tree. They read the book and acknowledge the animals. They play a sequencing game in groups to identify the order the animals appeared in the book.

Students research the different regions of the rainforest by using the Internet. They create their own postcards from each region they examine showing the plants and animals of that region. They share their postcards with the class.

Send your class on an expedition through the rainforest! Along the way, they will write informational postcards to demonstrate what they've learned. Each team will be responsible for one of five rainforest regions. When they return from...

A fiction and nonfiction text, The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry and I See a Kookaburra! Discovering Animal Habitats Around the World by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page begins a learning experience in...

In this Amazon Rainforest worksheet, students read a story about a girl named Faela who lives in the Amazon Rainforest. The story includes pictures, and there are 7 questions throughout the story that students are to answer as they read.

Students write a letter of persuasion about the problems facing the rainforest. They examine and write about how humans are destroying the rainforest.

Learners watch a PowerPoint presentation about the layers of the rainforest. They create a paper rainforest in the classroom. They take notes from the presentation and write a paragraph to include in a layer book. They create a...

Fifth graders explore geography by participating in a mapping activity. In this engineering lesson, 5th graders identify the differences between latitude and longitude and practice locating precise points on a globe or map. Students...

Middle schoolers discover the global problem of deforestation. In this environmental lesson, students identify organizations on the quest to stop deforestation. Middle schoolers also discover what they can do to solve this global dilemma.

Second graders investigate rain forests by reading a habitat checklist.  In this environment instructional activity, 2nd graders read the book The Great Kapok Tree, and discuss what characteristics make up a rain forest....

Young scholars read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry. They, in groups, research the economic impacts of deforestation in areas with rain forest and identify resources that humans use from the rain forest.

This site on the book "The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest" by Lynne Cherry includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to...