The Rainforest Spring Term 2014

The Rainforest Topic Web Yellow Class Spring Term 2014 Gathering and presenting information about a particular aspect of the rainforest. Use the internet to find and verify facts. Identify glossaries and learning how to construct them Creating a glossary of rainforest keywords including an a-z glossary Understand how to use index etc within an information book Find out facts from a variety of sources Create a poster to show how the water cycle works Write a newspaper article to show how and why rainforests should be protected. Prepare a role play to act out an interview to discuss threats to the rainforest Describing rainforest animals and plants according to their characteristics. Following and creating step by step instructions. Poetry inspired by the Rainforest TEXTS: Where the forest meets the sea The vanishing rainforest The Great Kapok Tree Reading graphs and charts to answer questions about rainforest climates Constructing line and bar graphs to present data Using Carroll diagrams and branching databases to sort rainforest organisms Use the internet to find out facts about the rainforest Use word processing to present a rainforest glossary Create a presentation about rainforest animals Research weather conditions in the rainforest to create a weather or travel report using video. Yanonamo tribe music – learn songs Compose own rainforest music with instruments – represent each animal. Make tribal musical instruments and compose music. Locate rainforests on a world map Using maps explore continents and countries in which rainforests are located ID: equator, tropic of Cancer and Capricorn Define the term rainforest Identify and describe the different layers of vegetation in a forest. Understand the role of the rainforest in the water cycle. ID rainforest climates Investigate the way of life of indigenous rainforest peoples and compare with life in modern society Explore why rainforest are under threat ID ways in which people can conserve rainforests Fair-trade ID plants and animals of the rainforest Sort organisms according to their characteristics Id parts of plants and their functions Use branching databases to ID plants etc Understand how plants and animals in rainforests are connected by food chains Follow instructions to cut out and assemble pieces to make a poison dart frog beanbag using sewing Create and decorate a rainforest animal mask. Find out about the life and art of Henri Rousseau to create a rainforest scene using a variety of mediums Draw rainforest animals from observation Create a model to show the layers of the rainforest Create a model rainforest village

Yellow Class: The Rainforest EXTENDED LEARNING MENU What do I know and understand? YEAR 3 & 4 only Can I apply and show what I know? YEAR 3, 4 & 5 only What can I question, compare and analyse? What can I create?Can I evaluate and make judgements? I enjoy reading, writing and speaking. List the countries the Amazon river flows through. Make a poster advertising a Fair-trade product from the rainforest. Explain why deforestation is bad for the environment Write a story using one of the following titles: -Lost in the jungle -The river monster - Carnival Craziness Write a letter to the Prime Minister explaining why we need to save rain forests and suggest ways in which we can help e.g. only buying rainforest friendly/fair-trade products. I enjoy maths Amazon maths sheetFind out the population of each country the Amazon river flows through. Then put in order from largest to smallest. Find out the length of the Amazon river in kilometres and then work out how long that is in metres. Take a trip to the supermarket and write a price list for 10 items that come from the rainforest. Using a written method of your choice total all of the items. Make a bar chart to show your family's recycling for one week. Think of 1 way that you could reduce the amount of things your family throw away. I can be scientific Find out what the temperature is now in Brazil, one of the countries that the Amazon river flows through Find out what sort or animals live in the Amazon river itself. Write a list and try to draw 5 animals from your list. Draw and label some of the different things we have in our homes that come from the rainforest. Make a poster to show the 4 different layers of the rainforest and what animals and plants live there. Find out about trees. Why do we need trees? What do trees produce? Why are they so important to our planet? Write a short report and illustrate it, or produce a PowerPoint presentation. I enjoy painting, drawing and visualising Draw an Amazonian animal Draw yourself in costume at the Rio Carnival. Make a collage using paint, scrap pieces of materials and paper showing the rainforest foliage and flowers Make a 3D model of an animal out of recycled materials. Make a model rainforest out of recycled materials and label the different layers, animals and plants. I enjoy being active and doing hands on activities Learn to say in SPANISH Hello My name is …….. Goodbye Learn to say in SPANISH Tree monkey Forest snake River frog Find out what items in your house come from the rainforest. Then make a collage using the labels/empty packets. Make your own headdress for the Rio Carnival out of recycled materials. Make a set of Top Trump cards about the different animals and plants found in the Amazon. I enjoy making and listening to music Listen to a piece of Samba music. List 3 Samba instruments and write 1 fact about each one. Write 3 things that are different between Samba and your favourite type of music. Write 1 thing that is the same. Make your own samba drum and create your own samba rhythms. Using homemade instruments make a rainforest soundscape. (lots of different jungle noises) Children can choose which activity they would like to do each week. Children must complete at least TWO activities from ‘I enjoy reading, writing and speaking’ and at least TWO activities from ‘I enjoy maths.’