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2006 - Students in Mrs. Kiker's 4th grade studied the rainforest.
Projects from this integrated unit were displayed outside the classroom.
Below are close up pictures of the students work and some of their
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RAIN FOREST
Plodding
heavily up the rough tree a Chameleon stopped
once or twice to glimpse at me like a speedy
bus making stops. Emerald and dewy knobby
branches reached out to wave. A bit of dim
sunlight streaked through the tall treetops like
doors opened a crack. The line moved across my
face every time obnoxious monkeys swung deftly
vine to vine. Gnats swarmed the air on that
hot sweltering day with buzzing sounds as
loud as ever. A strange feeling caught me, I
was quite used to busy streets to enormous skyscrapers
towering above me. Yet, there were so
many similarities just hard to find along the thick
brush. Way above my head trees stood instead
of large buildings, light birds perched up
on sturdy branches besides copper phone lines. Exotic
plants and colorful flowers made up for the massive number of cars lining
up and and
down the chaotic highways. Wonders were all
around!
Produced
by: Savannah
S.
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A Day In The Rain Forest
“Caw,Caw!” my friend
tried her best bird call to attract a tropical forest toucan. Luckily the
exceptionally large bird came soaring to us. It was as beautiful as a model ready
to walk down a runway. It perched gracefully and softly on an emerald, dew fallen
branch. The amazing colors stood out with the extraordinary scenery like water
color paint blending into a portrait. ”Do you think we could catch it?” I
asked my best friend Colleen. But my thought was denied. The wonderful
bird was so close I could almost hear my mom say yes to let me have him as a
pet. Unfortunately the multicolored bird flew out into the wild, extremely wet
rain forest.
by: Sarah M. |
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Rainforest
Panting heavily I had just sped away from a hungry, scary
lion that was trying to eat me. When I stopped I calmed
down to see the amazing site of the beautiful rain forest.
My mouth dropped when I saw a puffy, brown rabbit being
squeezed to death by a boa constrictor; it was so sad
. I had a smile on my face when I saw a hippopotamus
in a distant lake about three blocks
from the interesting rain forest . I sped as fast as I could because
a hippo is my favorite animal. When I got there I was amazed because
I saw the mother hippo grooming her calf. The calf was grayish, black
with tiny teeth. I saw a red and black snake about to poison the little
hippo but I jumped in the lake and quickly stomped on it with
all my might.
by, Angeleah H.
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The Rain Forest
Ka-kaw! Ka-kaw! That mocking bird’s giving me a migraine! "Stop,"
I yelled, while rubbing my forehead. That made him lift off, flap his wings,
and slap me in the face! That really didn’t help my migraine, I thought
to myself. Why am I complaining? I’m the one who won the adventure.
Oooohhh! It’s so majestic and beautiful out here, not to mention
wet! Look at all those colorful birds, toucans, mockingbirds , and some
I can't even name. There
must be fifteen thousand graceful birds in the Amazon forest. Not
to mention the endangered species like tapirs, tigers , and gorillas. Gorillas
are so smart, they can peal ripe sun-yellow bananas, can open chocolate
brown walnuts, and they have opposable thumbs. Aaaahhh! The wilderness
so mysterious but yet so beautiful.
By , Conner C.
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My Bird in the Rain Rorest
Approaching the rain forest I noticed a yellow belly black
blow perched up on a chocolate brown vine. The bird was
oh so very fluffy like cotton balls you use to take finger
nail polish off with. Something about him (or her) reminds
me of all the fluffy things I have ever seen. It was
like watching “ The
Chronicles of Narnia” and then whenever you hear the word Narnia you
think of that one movie. The bird was very independent because whenever another
bird would fly by it would duck down and hide just as ladies would do with
their tea in the old days. I had never seen a bird act this way before. Never
speaking, or getting out of it’s nest, kind of like the old lady who
lived in a shoe. I never noticed that birds could be so distinct and observant.
Out of all the attitudes that they could choose from, the choose to be
independent and over protective. It was like their character was already picked
out for them, kind of like in school when your desk is already picked out for
you. Being a bird would be so boring for me because you almost do nothing.
by, Mackenzie K.
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The Wonder of the Rain Forest
I observed the beauty of mother nature as I was meandering in the wilderness
of the enormous forest. I realized that something was tracking me down, so I
scurried as fast as I could to find shelter. All of a sudden an enormous grizzly
bear blocked my way from retreating out of the forest! I scrambled towards the
opposite direction, but the deadly bear was right behind me! I screamed at the
top of my lungs when five other grizzly bears as I was skipping towards my house.ears
were coming from every direction! Right when they were going to attack, a brave
horse galloped into my direction. I leaped onto its sturdy back, and he galloped
right through the creepy bears. When we finally reached our destination, I dismounted
the incredible stallion , and I waved good-bye as I was skipping towards my house.
by Zaid K.
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