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Reading Adventure Pack: Environment

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This Reading Adventure Pack: Environment activity also includes:

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 which scholars participate in discussions and activities. Pupils create trees out of paper bags and play with toy animals, go on a nature walk, look for habitat-related news articles, watch a nature show, brainstorm ways to protect animals and write or act out stories.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
the environment, reading, responding to literature, responding to reading, literature, children's literature, nonfiction, nonfiction texts, reading nonfiction, habitats
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Instructional Ideas
  • Prepare bags and have them ready to use at home when families request work, for rainy-day activities in the classroom, or emergency sub plans
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires two texts—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
  • The lesson plan is written for teachers and librarians to prepare for parents and guardians
Pros
  • A variety of activities boosts engagement
  • Encourages activism for animals and the environment
Cons
  • None
Common Core
RL.1.1 RF.1.1.a