Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 5A | Animals of the Temperate Deciduous Forest Habitat 93

Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud may have activity options that

exceed the time allocated for this part of the lesson. To remain

within the time periods allocated for this portion of the lesson,

you will need to make conscious choices about which activities to

include based on the needs of your students.

Introducing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

What Do We Know? 5 minutes

Ask students what they know about forests. You may prompt

discussion with the following questions:

• What is a forest? (You may need to explain that a forest is a
  large area of trees.)


• Have you ever seen or been in a forest? If so, where?


• What things are found in a forest?


• Are all forests the same, or are there different kinds of forests?

Where Are We? 5 minutes

Tell students that not all forests are the same. Share that the forest

they are going to learn about today is a temperate deciduous

forest.

 Show image 5A-1: Map of the world with temperate deciduous forests

around the world highlighted

Point to the highlighted portions of the map. Explain to students

that all of these highlighted areas have temperate deciduous

forests and that these kinds of forests exist all around the world.

Tell students that they are going to hear about a temperate

deciduous forest today in the United States, one that is part of the

states of Tennessee and North Carolina.

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