The Secret Life of Trees
(p. 340-359)
Student Sites
Background: Trees
Spelling: homonyms
Vocabulary: discover, energy, forecast, shed, source (p 338-339)
Preview, predict, picture walk, read story aloud and discuss
Story: Choral Read, partner read, independent read, listen to story on tape
Poetry: Trees (p. 338p)
Writing: Sentence Fluency: Summary of tree facts
Word Building: treehouse
Centers
Cool Computers: Harcourt Website/Test Tutor
Awesome Artists: Book of animals that live in trees
Word Wizards: Homonyms matching game
Rockin’ Readers: Read Magic Tree House books
Tree posters and handbook
Tree worksheets
If I were a tree… writing
