Co-teach Rainforest Lesson

I co-planned and co-taught a science unit in a self contained mentally impaired classroom. It was a four day unit that integrated technology, researching, presentations, and living skills. The unit started by the students watching a Brain Pop video to introduce them to the rainforest. We then talked about the different layers of the rainforest and each group of students picked an animal to research. The next day, they used books and the internet to answer four main questions about their animal and started to create a poster to present their animal to the class. The third day the students had a read aloud and finished their posters. On the fourth day, they baked rainforest cookies, talked about why we need to save the rainforest, and shared their posters.

This was a great learning experience for me with co-teaching, and working with students with special needs. Co-teaching can be a great thing especially when working with students with special needs because they really benefit from one-on-one interaction.