Woodland Park Zoo Field Trip, Part 2

 Next, we went into the auditorium for a presentation on the similarities and differences of the temperate and tropical rain forests.

Here is the forest floor of the temperate rain forest: leaf litter, beetles, banana slugs, bees, ferns, rabbits and foxes are some of the life on this level.

Here is a shot of two layers of the tropical rain forest: forest floor with leaf litter, ocelots, jaguars,  frogs, anacondas and insects live on this level; the understory has bromeliads, poison tree frogs, and monkeys, to name a few.

Meanwhile, at the canopy level of the temperate rain forest, we see birds, bats and hawks populating the bushes.

In the tropical rain forest, we see a variety of trees in the canopy layer. Vines hang from this layer. Monkeys use those vines to travel. Snakes camouflage themselves in this layer. The sloths love to live at this level.

The canopy layer of the temperate rain forest does not have a lot of biodiversity. That means most of the trees are the same in this layer. Racoons, bats, hawks, and birds live at this level.

The last, and fourth layer, of the tropical rain forest is the emergent layer. These trees are so tall that they have to have buttress roots for stability. The toucans live here with the macaws and parrots. The temperate rain forest does not have an emergent layer.

The tanager bird lives in both habitats. These birds fly south, to the tropical rain forest, in the winter to stay warm. They fly back to the temperate rain forest in the summer to stay cool.

 

People also live in both habitats.

Woodland Park Zoo Field Trip, Part 1

 We were so lucky to have a trip to the zoo to study the temperate and tropical rain forests.

Here is our tour guide, Tess. She sure knows a lot about the rain forests and animals of these habitats.

One of three resident peacocks. There are no peahens at the zoo. He entertained us while we used the restrooms.

Report Writing with George and Abe

We worked on report writing. We learned how to read a book and take notes on a prewrite. Then we whole-class composed a report from the prewrite organizer. Next, we whole-class read and completed the prewrite graphic organizer, and then partner composed

Mr. Tucker's Art

 Our class earned a 25 Point Reward. This month we chose to have my son, Mr. Tucker Standlee, who is a professional artist, come teach us how to draw a jaguar to go along with our rain
forest studies.

Mr. Tucker's drawing. Mrs. Standlee's coloring.

Class Data Collecting Project

 During our study on charts and graphs, we decided to collect our own data.

We decided to collect data from the third and fourth graders at lunch.

The question asked was:

Which is your favorite animal: dog, lizard, rabbit or snake?

 

In the end, the dog had the most votes.

St.Patrick's Day in Room 206

The leprechauns brought us some gold and didn't even turn over our chairs or mess up our room as those naughty leprechauns typically do. Yum!

 

We also celebrated with Lucky Charm Math. We constructed graphs and composed double-digit addition problems that we then solved.

 

 

We created lucky leprechauns and learned how to use brads in art.

 

Additionally. we crafted some shamrocks.

 

This is a study of lines and color.