Pacific NorthwestForest Friends

Created by Francesca Him, Katie Howell, Tyler Bayer, Jon Ollila, Morgan Carey and

Brea Norman

Pacific Northwest Forest Friends-4th Grade

This unit will be used in a fourth grade class.

It is an interdisciplinary unit on forests that primarily addresses the social sciences, literacy and arts curriculum.

Curriculum Framing Questions

Essential Question:

How can we respect and

understand the earth?

Unit Questions:

How are forests important to the earth and it’s people?

What are some things that we can do to save forests?

Oregon State StandardsFourth Grade Standards for Social Science, Art and Literacy:

El.04.RE.03: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information.

El.04.RE.09: Understand, learn, and use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly through informational text, literary text, and instruction across the subject areas.

AR.05.HC.03: Describe how works of art from various historic periods reflect the artist's environment, society and culture.

AR.05.CP.03: Create, present and/or perform a work of art and explain how the use of essential elements and organizational principles shapes an idea, mood or feeling found in the work.

SS.05.GE.03.03: Locate, identify, and know the significance of major mountains, rivers, and land regions of Oregon.

SS.05.GE.07: Understand how physical environments are affected by human activities

Learning Objectives

The students will understand:•What is a forest? •What plants are in our forest?•What animals are in our forest?•What do we get from forests?•How can we respect and preserve our

forests?