Saturday, March 24, 2012

Rainforest Art and Writing Unit!! Plus, don't forget about our TIMREE giveaway!

Happy Saturday, Friends!! Kerri here...
I DID IT!! Oh my word, I feel like I just birthed another child (minus the excruciating physical pain, of course!) My Rainforest Art and Writing Unit is FINALLY finished!! We'll call her "Rainy" for short!
I give you the following...







Check out all that's included:


This 74 page Rainforest Fun! Art and Writing includes everything you need to help your students experience life in the rainforest, with animals such as jaguars, sloths, macaws, leaf-cutter ants, and many more, by making art projects and writing about different rainforest animals!

Step-by-step directions and photos are included to make 10 different rainforest art projects:

-monkey art (patterns included)
-rainforest fish art
-3-toed sloth art
-layers of the rainforest art
-macaw step-draw art
-leaf-cutter ant art
-jaguar art
-red-eyed tree frog art
-tear art flowers
-butterfly art (pattern included)

Also included are:
-Bubble maps to describe different rainforest animals
-Tree Maps for different rainforest animals
-Rainforest Acrostic Poem writing paper
-My Five Senses in the Rainforest Writing activity
-Diagram paper so students can draw and label different rainforest animals
-Animals Facts paper for different types of rainforest animals
-A list of educational rainforest websites
-Photos of 10 different rainforest books that can be purchased through Amazon

The 9 animals included for the above writing activities are:
-monkey
-sloth
-boa constrictor
-leaf-cutter ant
-red-eyed tree frog
-jaguar
-green iguana
-macaw
-toucan

This unit is a perfect companion to my Rainforest Fun! Math and Literacy Centers and my Rainforest Fun! Writing Center.

If you are looking for a theme for Open House, this unit includes everything you need to transform your classroom into a living rainforest!





Click on the red-eyed tree frog below to head on over to my TPT store to pick it up for yourself. I have it on sale now through the end of March, so HURRY HURRY! While you're there, you can pick up my 2 other  companion units to complete the whole rainforest experience!!



Also, don't forget to click below and enter our fabulous TIMREE giveaway!! We are giving away an AWESOME prize and I am sooo jealous! I want it for myself!

10 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness. Thank you, thank you, thank you! We are doing a rainforest theme at school and my tired brain is lacking all creativity. I was searching the internet and found this post today. I am heading over to TPT right now. Thank you for saving my week!!!!

    Marcy
    My First Grade Backpack

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  2. Very creative ideas. I love the frog! It is so cute.

    Sue
    theverybusykindergarten :)

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  3. I loooove all your crafties!! You are so creative! Thanks for sharing all your great ideas!

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  4. adorable animal crafts! I haven't taught rainforest in YEARS! BUT, seeing this makes me rethink it :o)

    Really precious!

    kacey
    Doodle Bugs Teaching
    Doodle Bugs Paper

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  5. I love love love your rainforest stuff! I love it so much I nominated you for an award! Please come by when you get a chance to accept. =)
    ~Jada
    Daisy Days for Learning

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  6. Love the rainforest ideas! Wishing arts and crafts weren't such a "no-no" in our district!
    So excited to be your newest follower!
    Stop by my blog sometime.
    http://myheartbelongsinfirst.blogspot.com

    :)
    Tamera

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  7. What lovely ideas. Wish I came upon this when I was working on this unit.

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