Tonja Blalock
Bonita Taylor
Wilma Trivett

    In this 5th grade unit students will study different ecosystems.  Readers will learn about the communities of organisms and the physical environment of different ecosystems through the actions of the characters and the plots.

Books for this unit by Jean Craighead George
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The Talking Earth  - above grade level
The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo - on grade level
One Day in the Desert - below grade level
One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest - below grade level
One Day in the Woods - below grade level



 

Launch Activity
6th grade level-The Talking Earth
Objectives
5th grade level-The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo
Bibliography
3rd grade level-One Day in the Desert, One Day in the Woods, One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest
Closure
Special Needs Students