The Emergent and Canopy Levels

Objective: Students will be able to classify rainforest animals into the emergent and canopy levels.

Anticipatory Set: Who remembers some animals of the rainforest?

Materials

• "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry
• Meg the Monkey and song
• animal sheets
• glue
• large white sheets of paper

Procedure

• Review "I’m a Little Monkey" with Meg
• Review animals of the rainforest
• Discuss the emergent and canopy level of the rainforest using illustration on the board.
• For the canopy level refer to a canopy bed and draw a picture on the board.
• Have children say emergent and canopy a few times and check a few students for understanding throughout the lesson.
• Explain the project we will be doing, which will be folding a large piece of paper hamburger style and using the portion above the fold for the emergent level and under the fold for the canopy level.
• Show example of picture and in which level each animal is located and the colors used.

• Have helpers distribute materials.
• Collect Pictures for later use.

* May take longer than one period to complete

Assessment

• Questioning throughout the lesson.
• Checking pictures for proper placement of animals.