Benchmark 2: Knows that places can be defined in terms of their predominant human and physical characteristics (e.g., rural, forest,or by types of land forms, vegetation, water bodies, climate).Geography Standard 4: Understands the physical and human characteristics of place. Benchmark #1: Knows how people affect the environment in negative (e.g., cutting trees, burning forests) and positive (e.g., becoming stewards of environment ) ways.Science Standard 14: Understands how human actions modify the physical environment. The young boy wakes up, considers the animals’ messages, puts down his ax, and decides to no longer cut down trees. While asleep, the animals talk to him, explaining why forests are so important for our world. Benchmark #3: Knows setting, main characters, main events, sequence, and problems in stories. In The Great Kapok Tree, a young person enters the Amazon forest to cut firewood.Language Arts Standard 6: Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts. Benchmark # 5: Use grade level appropriate vocabulary in speech (e.g., terms related to rain forest).Benchmark # 2: Ask and respond to questions.Benchmark # 1: Make contributions in class and group discussions.
Language Arts Standard 8: Use listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.
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