This TopicQuest was designed for Mrs. Whitesell's Kindergarten Class at Quitman Elementary School By Amanda Calhoun, a Valdosta State Universty Preservice Teacher
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Have you
ever watched the movie "The Jungle Book"? If so, did you become
interested about the animals in the jungle? Would you like to know more
about these animals? Would you like to sing-a-long with some of these
animal characters? Let's take a journey through the jungle!
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1. What animals can be found in
the jungle? What insects can be found the jungle? This website will
show the different animals that live in the jungle. (Click on jungle on
the left side of the screen) Do you know what it sounds
like in the jungle? The students will get to listen to a jungle
environment on this website. (Click on number 4, Amazon jungle) |
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2. What songs can the
students
sing with the jungle animals about good character traits? (By using the
sing link) The students can learn to write sentences using the e-mail link to
write sentences to the different character animals of the jungle. |
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3. What is the main continent that jungles are located on?
What is another
continent
that jungles are located on? The
students will view maps of the continents. |
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4.
Do you know the definition of
jungle? The students will learn the definition
of
jungle from this encyclopedia. |
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5. Do
you know what the king animal of the jungle is? Do you know how
long a lion's life span is? The students will learn many facts about
lions from this website. |
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6. Would you like to go on a jungle quest?
This website will allow the students to play a jungle quest game. In
the jungle quest game, the students will help Kimma find the missing
package from Sarillion in the jungle. |
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Activity Today we are going to take a journey through the jungle. Imagine that you are a reporter for National Geographic magazine, and you need some amazing pictures of the animals in the jungle. During our journey we will visit with many different animals. After you visit with these animals you will pick your favorite animal in the jungle. Your job will be to draw an example of your favorite animal to get published in the magazine. Today you learned to identify the letter J/j. Under your picture you will write a sentence having at least one word that starts with the letter J/j in it. |
| Mission Steps 1. The students will visit the Virtual Zoo website. 2. As you journey, think about which one of the jungle animals is your favorite. 3. You will draw a picture of your favorite animal to get published in the magazine. 4. Under the picture, you will write a sentence about your picture using at least one word that begins with the letter J/j. 5. You will show your picture and read your sentence to the class. |
 Amanda Calhoun's Home Page |
 ajcalhoun@valdosta.edu |
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