Assignments
Week One: 9/30/13- Research 2 Rainforest animals 10/1/13- Review levels of Rainforest 10/3/13- Project 1: pick a rainforest animal, research items on rubric. Week Two: 10/7/13- Take quiz for math 10/8/13- Create conclusions for how much rain falls... Week Three: 10/10/13- Create BIG animal drawing 10/11/13- Paper Mache poster boards 10/14/12- 3-D effect on rainforest objects 10/15/13- Create decorated mask for play Week Four: 10/17/13- Practice songs for play 10/18/13- Create musical instrument for play 10/21/13- Work on getting the beats down to song 10/22/13- Present play to student body at assembly Week Five: 10/23/13- Poster Board over tribes 10/24/13- Timelines of the Rainforest 10/25/13- Students will present their timelines to the class Week Six: 10/28/13- Complete worksheet over regular/irregular verbs of the rainforest 10/30/13- Write a personal narrative about the Rainforest, include key details 10/31/13- Students will present essays to their classmates 11/1/13- Web quest Adventure Week Seven: 11/4/13- Worksheet over plants, take pictures of backyard plants at home 11/5/13- Compare backyard plants, to rainforest plants 11/6/13- Present plant activity, on comparisons 11/7/13- Nutrition facts about rainforest plants Week Eight: 11/11/13- Students will be ecologist, and will be writing a 5 paragraph essay over what they might find in the rainforest. 11/12/13- Work on essay, mainly the revision stage. Work on figurative language. 11/13-11/14/13- Students will complete final essay, and bring a published copy the following week. |