The Great Kapok Tree Planning. The great kapok tree. Students will gain understanding of world issues.
Common core state standards students will determine the theme of the story. The lesson uses the book the great kapok tree by lynne cherry and has students complete a graphic organizer to find the main idea of each page and then tell the main idea of the story. Teaches students to relate issues in the book to similar issues in their own lives.
Connections to standards and lesson objectives.
The great kapok tree by lynne cherry is the story of two men who go into a rainforest to cut down a large kapok tree. The lesson uses the book the great kapok tree by lynne cherry and has students complete a graphic organizer to find the main idea of each page and then tell the main idea of the story. This the great kapok tree lesson plan also includes. Learners investigate the rainforest.