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Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEsV5rqbVNQ
Summary: This video takes students on a tour through the Amazon Rainforest, showing them the working parts of the ecosystem.
Teaching Idea: After watching the video students can pair up and make a list of the similarities and differences displayed about the animals of the rainforest between the books that have been read and the video.

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Written and Illustrated by: Lynne Cherry
Genre: Fiction
Published: 1990
Interest Level: K-5
Text Level: R
Summary: A man wanders into the Amazon Rainforest to cut down the Great Kapok Tree. As he lies down to rest amongst the tree, the spirit of the tree and all of the living creatures plead their case as to why the tree should stay, saying all living things depend on each other. After awakening, the man looks upon the rainforest with new eyes and doesn't cut down the tree.
Teaching Idea: The fragility of the ecosystem is a great demonstration to students about how things need to interact and depend on each other in order to properly function as a whole.

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Author: Alice B. McGinty
Genre: Non-fiction
Interest Level: K-2
Text Level: Lower Elementary
Summary: With fun pictures, this book describes the various natural tools and procedures animals use to stay safe and hidden from their prey.
Teaching Idea: After reading this book, we as a class can compare how the animals in the rainforest survive and thrive compared to how animals in the jungle survive day to day.

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Author: Sean Callery
Published: 2011
Genre: Non-fiction
Interest Level: K-5
Text Level: P
Summary: Readers learn about how unlikely pairs of animals work together in the food chain from 3 different rainforests. At the end of the book the reader sees how all 3 food chains come together to form a food web, the basis of life in an ecosystem.
Teaching Idea: After reading this book, the class can compare and contrast how the humans food chain compares to the food chains of the animals in the rainforest.

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Author: Eva Moore
Illustrator: John Speirs
Published: 1998
Genre: Non-fiction
Interest Level: 1-5
Text Level: P
Summary: The Magic School Bus as always been an entertaining look at learning even since I've been in school. Fun illustrations and dialogue give way to more serious underlying themes as the class tries to figure out why the cocoa tree is dying.
Teaching Idea: In line with Earth Day being recently celebrated, Mrs. Frizzle's class tries to uncover the mystery as to why a tree in the rainforest is dying. In addition to learning about the life cycle of plants, students can discover things about the rainforest that they never knew before.

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Written and Illustrated by: Kate Duke
Published: 2014
Genre: Non-fiction
Interest Level: K-3
Text Level: Middle Elementary
Summary: Two friends go on an adventure through the rainforest, researching the ecosystem, plants, and animals of the rainforest.
Teaching Idea: This book is packed with a variety of facts about the rainforest. It is incredibly informative and it can lead to a discussion about the differences between our ecosystem we live in and the ecosystem of the jungle.

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Summary: While the book itself can be read aloud, the text is written in a very rhythmic and rhyming way, which is why it is accompanied with this cassette tape that sings the story to the audience.
Teaching Idea: Using this cassette tape will help to keep my students more engaged with the story. They would want to sing a long while they are reading, further increasing their interest in the story and allowing for a more in-depth discussion of the book afterwards.

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Author: Sarah Weeks
Illustrator: Suzanne Duranceau
Published: 1999
Genre:  Non-fiction
Interest Level: K-3
Text Level: Lower Elementary
Summary: This book takes a walk through the jungle and looks at a lot of the habitats of the animals that reside their as well as some of the important parts of the jungle.
Teaching Idea: This book takes a very realistic look at the jungle, and may show students things they've never known about the jungle before. This book also comes with a cassette tape that gives you the option to have the text be sung along while the students read.

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Author: Steven Kroll
Illustrator: Vincent Nguyen
Published: 2006
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: K-2
Text Level: L
Summary: One day the Elephant bullies the Hippo out of his spot on the pond. So the Hippo bullies the Lion, the Lion bullies the Leopard, and down the chain it goes. Why do the bigger ones always pick on the smaller ones?
Teaching Idea: Another book that strongly relates to the ideas of bullying and conflict resolution, this book sparks the interesting question of why bullying tends to happen from one larger person towards a generally smaller person. After discussing with a partner, students could be encouraged to share their answers with the class.

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The Bird, the Monkey, and the Snake in the Jungle

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The Bird, the Monkey, and the Snake in the Jungle

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Author: Kate Banks
Illustrator: Tomasz Bogacki
Published: 1999
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: Pre-K
Text Level: Lower Elementary
Summary: Three unlikely animals who share the same tree set off to find a new home. A long the way they encounter several dangerous animals and work together as a group to make it to their new home.
Teaching Idea: After reading this book to the students I could start a conversation about how different the three animals were, and because of their differences they could have chose to go off on their own. Instead, they worked together and succeeded despite their differences.

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Author: Dan Yaccarino
Illustrator: Dan Yaccarino
Published: 2000
Genre: Fiction
Interest Level: K-2
Text level: Lower Elementary
Summary: The lion is the king of the jungle. He knows it and he bullies all of the other animals around. After being convinced to leave the jungle and do tricks in the circus, he learns what it is like to be bullied and recognizes the error in his ways.
Teaching Idea: This book would be a perfect lesson on the golden rule of "treat others the way you want to be treated". After reading the story, I can ask my students to think of a time where they have been bullied, and a time when they have bullied someone else, in order to demonstrate how unnecessary bullying really is.

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Author: Giles Andreae
Illustrator: David Wojtowycz
Published: 2001
Genre: Non-Fiction
Interest Level: K-2
Text Level: M
Summary: Bright, fun illustrations paired with light rhymes make this book a fun read. It is a fantastic way to introduce children to the animals who reside in the jungle.
Teaching Idea: After reading this book, you can show the students actual pictures of the animals mentioned and talk about what the animals like to eat and other aspects about them.