Creative Learning with Informational Text

Denise SalesKenwood Elementary School2013

Biomes:Begin with an blank canvas!

Let the questions fly! Find out what students know and don’t know!

PondSC-EP-4.7.1: The world has many different environments. Organisms require an environment in which their needs can be met.

SC-EP-3.4.4: Students will describe a variety of plant and animal life cycles to understand patterns of the growth, development, reproduction and death of an organism.

RI.4.4: Determine the meaning of domain specific words in a text.

Forest RI.4.10: Text Complexity: Plants make their own food. “All animals depend on plants for food; even animals that don’t eat plants.”

SC-04-4.6.1: Students will analyze patterns and make generalizations about the basic relationships of plants and animals in an ecosystem (food chain).

DesertSS-EP-4.2.1: Students will describe places on Earth’s surface by their physical characteristics

(e.g., climate, landforms, bodies of water).

SC-EP-4.6.2Students will describe evidence of the sun providing light and heat to the Earth.

Water Cycle SC-05-2.3.1Students will: describe the circulation of water (water cycle)

RI.4.10: Text ComplexityRI.4.1: Key Ideas: Refer to details in the text explaining what the text say explicitly.

Predator/Prey

Predator

Predator

Predator

Predator

Prey

Prey

Predator Prey

Prey

SC-EP-4.7.1Students will describe the cause and effect relationships existing between organisms and their environments. 

DecomposersDecomposers such as bacteria, maggots, mold, earthworms and fungi use waste materials and dead organisms for food.

RI.4.7: Interpret information presented visually in charts, photos, insets, etc.

SC-05-4.7.1: Students will describe and categorize populations of organisms according to the function they serve in an ecosystem (e.g., decomposers); draw conclusions about the effects of changes to populations in an ecosystem.

What Organisms Need!Air, Water, Food, and Light!

SC-EP-3.4.1Students will explain the basic needs of organisms.

Organisms have basic needs. For example, animals need air, water and food; plants need air, water, nutrients and light. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met.

Water

Air

Food

Light

Great Websites

• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm

• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/paintandmake/paintandmakedesert.htm

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