The Armadillo from Amarillo
Many Faces, Many Places
This lesson uses The Armadillo from Amarillo. Students will understand and appreciate the differences that lie within each community and their geographical make-up. They will increase their knowledge of similarities among different ethnic cultures within a community.
Simple Symbols
Students will recognize and use the word "symbol" and create a glyph using symbols about themselves. The Armadillo from Amarillo is integrated into this lesson plan. Requires Adobe Reader or comparable application for access.
The Five Themes of Me
This lesson integrates The Armadillo From Amarillo and other books with developing skills in geography.
The Great Kapok Tree
Biodiversity
Step Two of this unit integrates The Great Kapok Tree.
The Great Kapok Tree
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The Great Kapok Tree: A Social Studies lesson
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interdependence of animals, people and plants in the rainforest by participating in an ecosystem simulation.
The Great Kapok Tree: Teaching about Conflict in Literature
Students gain an understanding of the development of plot and of how conflict is resolved in literature. Students demonstrate this understanding by completing a graphic organizer.
This I Can Do
This lesson will familiarize students with the concept of stewardship and the practice of that stewardship by problem-solving what an individual or group can do to take care of our natural environment. While written for a Catholic Elementary School, this lesson may be adapted easily for public school use. Includes vocabulary, writing.
A Visit to the Rain Forest
After listening to The Great Kapok Tree, students play a card game to arrange the animals in the sequence that they appear in the story. Scroll to the bottom for related links.
A River Ran Wild
Community Treasures (Rivers and Trees): An Integrated Curriculum Unit
This unit uses A River Ran Wild and Mildred Taylor's Song of the Trees. Students explore the concept of community, the process of a bill becoming a law, and mapreading.
Let the River Run
Students explore causes and effects and the parts of a river. They research and design rivers.
Rivers for the Common Good
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the concept of the life of a river and pollution through the story A River Ran Wild. This is the first of 5 lessons dealing with rivers.
Saving the Environment Through Picture Books
Using A River Ran Wild and Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, students practice identifying main idea and supporting details from non-fiction and historical fiction literature. They will develop an appreciation for the environment and learn ways in which people abuse while others protect our natural resources.
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