AsakiyumeDuring our Amazon Rain Forest unit, we spent a class period learning about tapirs. "Look," our teacher said. "They have noses sort of like elephants. I mean, not as long, but still."
"Did you know that the name 'tapir' comes from the Tupi word 'tapira'?" asked Claudio, who was from Brazil and had been sharing information like this all unit.
"Wrong!" said our teacher. "It's because their nose is #tapered. Really, Claudio, I would have thought you'd have known that."
