Years 3 and 4 – Home Learning Discover the Rainforest English Reading – The Rainforest Poem Read or listen to the poem “The Rainforest” below. What is this poem all about? Highlight/Shade in parts of the poem to show what different things it mentions. Categories could include: plants, animals, light levels, height. You may add categories of your own to this list. Spellings - ous suffix Some animals in the rainforest are dangerous and some may be poisonous. Make a list of at least 15 words that contain the -ous suffix. Practise spelling each word and then use them to create some super sentences! SPaG- Fronted adverbials A fronted adverbial goes at the beginning of the sentence to describe the verb. It describes where, when or how and is followed by a comma. Copy and underline the fronted adverbial in each of these sentences: Under the shade of the tree, the monkey started to howl as it saw a jaguar strolling through the forest. Earlier in the morning, the parrots sat preening their feathers. Delicately, the butterfly flapped its brightly coloured-wings as it flew from flower to flower. At the end of each sentence, write down whether the fronted adverbial describes where, when or how. Use these fronted adverbials to write some rainforest sentences of your own. In the shade of the emergent layer, Hanging in the tree, Without warning, Gracefully, OWI – Look carefully at the picture. Write down your observations, thoughts and ideas about this picture. Use these sentence starters to help you. Writing – Diary Entry After reading “The Rainforest” poem, imagine you have climbed all the way to the top of one of the emergent trees. Write a diary entry of your climb through each of the layers right to the very top. Try to include as many wonderful descriptions as you can. Think about how you can include all five of your senses in the diary. And don’t forget to entertain the reader! Did anything funny or scary happen? Try to use fronted adverbials in your writing.
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Years 3 and 4 – Home Learning
Discover the Rainforest
English Reading – The Rainforest Poem
Read or listen to the poem “The Rainforest” below.
What is this poem all about?
Highlight/Shade in parts of the poem to show what different things it
mentions. Categories could include: plants, animals, light levels, height. You
may add categories of your own to this list.
Spellings - ous suffix
Some animals in the rainforest are dangerous and some may be
poisonous. Make a list of at least 15 words that contain the -ous
suffix.
Practise spelling each word and then use them to create some super
sentences!
SPaG- Fronted adverbials
A fronted adverbial goes at the beginning of the sentence to describe the
verb. It describes where, when or how and is followed by a comma.
Copy and underline the fronted adverbial in each of these sentences:
Under the shade of the tree, the monkey started to howl as it saw a
jaguar strolling through the forest.
Earlier in the morning, the parrots sat preening their feathers.
Delicately, the butterfly flapped its brightly coloured-wings as it flew
from flower to flower.
At the end of each sentence, write down whether the fronted adverbial
describes where, when or how.
Use these fronted adverbials to write some rainforest sentences of your
own.
In the shade of the emergent layer,
Hanging in the tree,
Without warning,
Gracefully,
OWI – Look carefully at the picture.
Write down your observations, thoughts and ideas about this
picture. Use these sentence starters to help you.
Writing – Diary Entry
After reading “The Rainforest” poem, imagine you have climbed all the way to the top of one of the emergent trees. Write a diary entry of your
climb through each of the layers right to the very top. Try to include as many wonderful descriptions as you can. Think about how you can include
all five of your senses in the diary. And don’t forget to entertain the reader! Did anything funny or scary happen?
Try to use fronted adverbials in your writing.
Science Art Rainforest Habitat Animal Research
The rainforest is split into four layers. The emergent layer is the top
layer in which the trees can grow up to 50m tall. It is home to animals
such as eagles, butterflies, bats and some monkeys. Below is the canopy
layer which contains most of the life that is found in the rainforest.
Monkeys, frogs, sloths, lizards, snakes and many insects live here. Next
there is the understory layer. Not much sun reaches this area so the
plants have to grow larger leaves to reach the sunlight. Birds,
butterflies, frogs and snakes live here. Finally, the forest floor is the
ground. It is very dark, damp and full of many dead plants, leaves and
twigs. No plants grow here. Jaguars in South America, gorillas and
leopards in Africa and tapirs and tigers and elephants in Asia live on the
forest floor.
Research animals which live in each layer of the rainforest.
Choose one of the animals to research in greater detail and make a fact
file about it. Write about its appearance, diet, young, habitat and other
interesting facts. Don’t forget to include a picture of your animal. You
can use non-fiction books and the internet to help you.
Once complete why not make up a mini quiz about your animal. You could
make it on paper or even on the computer using word or powerpoint.
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This website will help you learn a bit more about the rainforest.