1. Talking Drawings Sketch - a quick drawing. This is not art class. Need to get your thoughts down quickly.

2. Rain Forest Sketch what you know about this topic in pencil.

4. Rain forests are the greenest, warmest, wettest places in the world. The trees are always green. It is warm all year round, and it rains almost every day. The levels of the rain forest from the top to the bottom are the emergent level, the canopy, the understory, and the floor. Come on into the Rain Forest, where animals roam free. Come on into the rain forest, there’s so much life to see.

5. Shimmery blue butterflies flutter in the breezes. Hanging, dangling spider monkeys swing from vine trapezes. Howler monkeys screech and scream and wake the day with sound. Their calls stir forest families for at least five miles around. Shaggy sloths with long, curved claws sleep upside-down with ease. Babies cling to mothers’ fur and hide among the trees.

6. Turn and Talk Share your sketch with your partner. Remember your conversation skills!

9. Turn and Talk Share your new learning using your sketch with your partner. What new details did you sketch and why?

10. Whole Group Share 1. Present your picture and retell. 2. Describe your favorite fact and tell why. 3. Explain if you enjoyed this strategy and tell why.