Class Activities

Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish Are Saving the World’s Largest Rainforest

Discussion and Activity Guide


Temple Grandin: How The Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism And Changed The World

Teacher’s guide to the Temple Grandin book, featuring:

How to use this book with Common Core by Dr. Rose Cherie Reissman, Director/Founder of the Writing Institute , NYC IS 62 Ditmas


Kakapo Rescue: Saving The World’s Strangest Parrot

Teachers! Take your class on an expedition to New Zealand to learn more about Kakapos, other animals, geography, writing and more! Use these activities to enrich your students’ learning.

These activities may be used in the following sequence or used separately, as desired. Permission is granted to teachers to copy all worksheets for classroom use only. These activities were designed by Sharon R. Strock, teacher grade 5, of Worthington, Ohio.


Saving The Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among the Snow Leopards in Mongolia

Teachers! Take your class on an expedition to Mongolia to learn more about snow leopards, other animals, geography, writing and more! Use these activities to enrich your students’ learning.

These activities may be used in the following sequence or used separately, as desired. Permission is granted to teachers to copy all worksheets for classroom use only. These activities were designed by Sharon R. Strock, teacher grade 5, of Worthington, Ohio.

Overview

Mongolian Adventure: Get in Shape

Trading Cards

Animal Tracks

Map Skills

Learning About Biomes

Leopardy Jeopardy game


Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of Papua New Guinea

The Tarantula Scientist

Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon!

Take your class on an expedition to the Amazon to learn about Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon! Use these activities to enrich your students’ learning. Use the backpack page as a cover to your students’ expedition folder or journal. This folder or journal can hold all the work your students will need to complete. Use the Passport to Learning and add a “visa” stamp as students complete assignments. Your visa stamps may be various countries, animals from Sy Montgomery’s books, or whatever rubber stamp you have available!

These activities may be used in the following sequence or used separately, as desired. Permission is granted to teachers to copy all worksheets for classroom use only. These activities were designed by Sharon R. Strock, teacher grade 5, of Worthington, Ohio.