Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

120 Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 6 | Animals of the Tropical Rainforest Habitat

Exercise Materials Details

Extensions (20 minutes)

Habitat Chart Habitat Chart

Habitat Journal: The Rainforest

Habitat

Instructional Master 6B-1, drawing

tools

Domain Related Trade Book trade book about the forest or

rainforest; drawing paper, drawing

tools

Take-Home Material

Family Letter Instructional Masters 6B-2 and

6B-3

Advance Preparation

Bring in additional images of the rainforest and rainforest animals;

fi nd an age-appropriate short video about the rainforest to show to

the class.

Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the forest habitat

and the rainforest habitat, using Instructional Master 6A-1 as

a guide. Students should be able to provide information about

the forest habitat. At the end of the lesson, students should be

able to provide information for the rainforest habitat and for the

overlapping circles.

➶ Above and Beyond: Make a copy of Instructional Master 6A-1

for students who are ready to fi ll in this diagram on their own.

Make a copy of Instructional Master 6B-1 for each student. This

will be the rainforest habitat page in their Habitat Journals.

Find a trade book about the forest or rainforest to read aloud to

the class.