There are 18 fourth grade students, 10 male and 8 female, with 13 white students and 5 African-American students. The lesson aims to have students list and explain the main reasons for depletion of the Amazon Rainforest with 90% accuracy. Students will read blogs about depletion after a book is read aloud, then use Twitter to search hashtags and record findings on a class Facebook page, with their work evaluated based on the Facebook posts.

1. Wednesday
A- There are 18 fourth grade students. 10 students are male and 8 are female. 13 of the
students are white and 5 are African-American.
S- The fourth grade students will be able list and explain the main reasons the Amazon
Rainforest is being depleted with 90% accuracy by the end of the lesson.
U- Materials used will be blogs, The Great Kapok Tree, Facebook, and Twitter.
R- Students will read blogs about Amazon depletion after having The Great Kapok Tree read
aloud to them. Students will then get on their Twitters and search the hashtag “save the
amazon” and explore what people have to say about it. Students will record their findings via
class Facebook page.
E- Students will be evaluated on the material that they shared on the Facebook page. During
the lesson, I will evaluate whether or not the media selected is beneficial to the students and
decide whether or not to keep the materials.