4 layers of the rain forest

We started our Rain Forest theme which will go through February and March.

We sang a song which the children will sing throughout the unit about "There are 4 Layers of the Rain Forest, 4 Layers." It is a rather catchy tune sung to the same tune as "If you're Happy and You Know It."

The 4 layers are

Forest Floor,

Understory,

Canopy and

Emergent.

The students painted some tag board which will represent these layers as they learn more about each animal or plan that calls the rainforest its home.

We planted seeds in our own homemade terrarium. We will learn a little bit about the water cycle and eagerly watch to see if the seedlings grow.

For snack, we enjoyed a treat to get us in the spirit of planting" a dirt cup with pudding, oreos and gummy worms. We will be making a similar dessert soon using tasty treats to represent the 4 layers of the rain forest.

Our letter of the day was Z. We listened to our e-book and story about the letter Z and we also worked on how to write our numbers 0-9.