If someone told you that trout were made of trees, you would probably blink several times and then cock your head, wondering if he had eaten too many jelly beans. But, if you read Trout are Made of Trees by April Sayre, you will discover that it is TRUE! If it weren't for trees, there would be no trout!

The food cycle explains it all in Trout are Made of Trees by April Sayre. YOU are even part of that food cycle because when you eat the trout, your body is made from the trout. Where does it all start? Read Trout are Made of Trees by April Sayre!

Internet Connections for
Trout are Made of Trees by April Sayre

Trout Food
The Trout Cycle
The Food Cycle Song
The Plant Song
What are trout?
What Trout Eat
Intermediate Teacher Guide: Adopt a Trout
The Animated Water Cycle
The Water Cycle

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A 12-page Unit for Trout are Made of Trees by April Sayre is part of a collection of 52 units in Flying Higher

The Unit includes:
Getting Ready to Read Nonfiction
2-page Readers' Theater Script
Discussion Cards
Checking for Understanding
Keeping Up With Leaves
Crossword Puzzle
Leafy Dinners, A Logic Puzzle
Trout Research
The Important Book About Leaves
Letter Asking for Information, An Editing Exercise
Writing My Letter for Information
Answer Keys

A special thanks to John Thorp for allowing us to use his original "Walking by the River" as our background music

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