Amazon River Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 26, 2008

History
On this day in 1500, the Amazon River was discovered by Vincent Pizon. The Amazon is the largest river in the world, and an important feature of South America. Learn more about the Amazon river here: http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/amazonriver8.htm

Reading
Read this story about an animal that lives in the Amazon river: http://www.abcteach.com/reading2/sammys_wishes.pdf

Vocabulary
Define each of the following words:
1. Niche
2. Canopy
3. flood
4. camouflage
5. predator
Then try this word search: http://www.abcteach.com/free/w/wrdsrch_amazon.pdf


Writing Prompt
If you were going to South America, list the things you would like to see there.


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