 Adirondack
Curriculum
Project
NYS Content Area Standard
ELA
1. Language for Information & Understanding: Speaking &
Writing: present information
clearly in a variety of oral and written forms such as summaries,
paraphrases, brief reports, stories, posters, and charts
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Title: Trees of the Adirondacks
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Author: Cathy Farkas, Tupper Lake Central School
Email: cathyf@tupperlakecsd.net
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Adirondack Curriculum Content Area
__X_ Natural History
___ Human History
___ Culture & the Arts
___ Government & Civics
___ Economy
___ Health, Recreation & Life Skills |
Investigative Question or Issue: What kinds of
trees grow in the Adirondacks?
Challenge:
Context for this Challenge: The
teacher will want to ensure that students have easy access to the
outdoors to collect appropriate leaf samples
for both coniferous and deciduous trees. Students should be given this
challenge before they go out to collect leaf samples.
The Challenge:
Divide into small groups with the help of your teacher. In your group,
go on the Nature Trail or into the forest and collect samples of leaves
from at least two different types of conifer (coniferous) trees and two
different broad leaf (deciduous) trees.
Create a small book that could be displayed in your classroom. Your
book should have a title page that includes the name of your book, an
attractive ilustration suggesting what your book is about, and the
names of the authors.
Inside your book please create a section of pages for each of the
different trees from which you collected a leaf. Include the following
in each of these sections:
- A descriptive paragragh of the special characteristics of the
tree from which the leaf was collected. Please use the writing process
to write these descriptions.
- An illustration of the tree that shows the special characteristics of
the tree mentioned in your paragraph.
- An illustration of the leaf you collected from the tree you have
Illustrated and written about.
All members of your group should be prepared to discuss the contents of
your book and trees if asked questions about them.
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Quality Standards:
- Book contains at least 4 sections each
focusing on a different tree found in the Adirondacks; two conifer and
two broad leaf
- Each section of the book contains a paragraph
describing the special characteristics of the tree that is the subject
of that section
- Each section of the book contains an
illustration showing the special characteristics of the tree described
in the paragraph
- Each section of the book contains an
illustration of the leaf from the subject tree
- The book has a title page that includes the
name of the book, an attractive illustration suggesting what the book
is about, and the names of the authors.
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Adapted for the Adirondack
Curriculum Project from
the work of Education By Design TM and Leading EDGE, LLC
©ACP 2002
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