This summer I taught a first grade summer school class. Students chose a topic they wanted to learn about and we began working. The first graders decided to research the rainforest so they could learn about lots of different types of wildlife. The students had so much fun researching about animals in the rainforest and creating a rainforest of their own. They researched through books, internet, and listening to read alouds. It was a lot of work but the outcome was great
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| They made animals that live in rivers of the rainforest. |
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| Students made bats and wrote facts. |
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| Students wrote and drew a picture about an animal of their choice. |
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| Students created their own nocturnal animals. |
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| Our rainforest! |
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| Writing about jaguars by one of the first graders. |
