Topic: Insects

  • All About Ladybugs Craft and Activity Pack

    All About Ladybugs Craft and Activity Pack

    Did you know that if a ladybug lands on you, it’s a sign of good luck? A ladybug is easy to identify. If you see a tiny red bug with black spots flying by, it is probably a ladybug. Students will love this ladybug unit and adorable craft project.

    Start by reading the passages all about ladybugs and their life cycle and answering the comprehension questions. Students will love making this cute ladybug craft and assembling the 8-page flip-up booklet. The flip booklet pages attach to the inside of the ladybug’s mouth. These lucky ladybugs make an extra cute bulletin board display too!

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    This pack includes:

    ✔ Reading passages

    ✔ Life cycle of a ladybug diagram

    ✔ Comprehension questions

    ✔ Tri-fold booklet

    ✔ Ladybug craft (templates and flip-up pages)

    ✔ Vocabulary posters

    ✔ Spotlight on vocabulary activity

    ✔ Flipbook (5-pages)

    ✔ Answer keys

    ✔ Step-by-step visual directions

    In this pack:

    Reading:

    Have students read the passage all about ladybugs and answer the comprehension questions. An answer key is included. Students could work with a partner or you can use it as a learning station activity.

    Ladybug Craft:

    Using the reading passage, students can answer the questions on the flip book pages. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the craft and attach the flip up booklet to the inside of its mouth.

    Hands-on Activities:

    • Tri-fold Booklet

    • Life cycle of a Ladybug

    • Flipbook (5-pages)

    • Ladybug Craft

    Vocabulary:

    Vocabulary posters are included in this unit to help students visualize and connect to the information. These colorful posters make an attractive bulletin board in a snap! A Spotlight on Vocabulary activity is included too.

  • Let’s Learn All About Those Creepy Crawly Spiders Activity Pack

    Let’s Learn All About Those Creepy Crawly Spiders Activity Pack

    Learning about spiders can be fun! This unit includes informational articles, hands-on activities, and vocabulary posters for those creepy, crawly creatures. This unit focuses on Arachnids, Life Cycle of a Spider, Black Widow Spiders, Wolf Spiders, and Tarantulas.

    What’s inside:
    ✔ Informational Articles About Awesome Arachnids, Black Widows, Wolf Spiders, Tarantulas and Life Cycle of a Spider
    ✔ Black Widows Close Up
    ✔ Spotlight on Wolf Spiders
    ✔ Tarantulas Uncovered
    ✔ Compare & Contrast All Three Spiders–Cut-n-Sort Activity with Hidden Words
    ✔ Black Widows Fact Wheel
    ✔ Wolf Spider Fact Wheel
    ✔ Tarantulas Fact Wheel
    ✔ Labels the Parts of a Spider
    ✔ All about Spiders Fact or Opinion
    ✔ Life Cycle of a Spider Diagram
    ✔ Spiders Flip Booklet (5-pages)
    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps
    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary
    ✔ Spider Vocabulary Posters

    There are lots of hands-on activities and organizers for students to show what they know. This pack can be set up as five fun activities for centers for a weeklong investigation.

    This pack includes six vocabulary posters with real-life photographs for students to connect to the information. There are several vocabulary activities included too. These colorful posters make an awesome bulletin board in a snap!

    There are three main activities in this pack:
    Vocabulary:
    Introduce the six vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to define the words in their flip-flaps that fit nicely inside their science notebooks. There is a Spotlight on Vocabulary. These colorful posters make an awesome bulletin board display too!

    Reading:
    Next, have students read the informational articles all about spiders, the life cycle of a spider and more. Read the case studies where they will learn about Black Widows, Wolf Spiders, and Tarantulas. There are organizers for each type of spider to reinforce learning.

    Activities:
    ✔ Comparing All Three Spiders (Cut-n-Sort Activity with Hidden Words)
    ✔ Black Widows Fact Wheel
    ✔ Wolf Spider Fact Wheel
    ✔ Tarantulas Fact Wheel
    ✔ Labels the Parts of a Spider
    ✔ All about Spiders Fact or Opinion
    ✔ Life Cycle of a Spider Diagram
    ✔ PLUS a 5-page Spiders Flip Booklet

  • Grasshoppers: A Non-Fiction and Literacy Unit

    Grasshoppers: A Non-Fiction and Literacy Unit

    Grasshoppers are the great musicians of the insect world. In honor of grasshoppers everywhere, this fun and an educational product have been created just for your class full of budding scientists.

    This product includes everything and more to learn all about these incredible insects. There are three Informational articles:
    1. Incredible Insects
    2. Amazing Arthropods
    3. Hidden Musicians (all about grasshoppers)

    Then students create and complete a flip up book which includes diet, habitat, body parts, life cycle, three facts, and cute clip art. All the information needed to complete this beautifully artistic flip up book is included in the articles.

    Plus there’s, even more, insect and grasshopper activities for students to work on in science centers or individually including:
    ✔ One page “Amazing Insects” Poster Page
    ✔ Grasshopper Organizer
    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flap book
    ✔ Vocabulary Activities:

    Vocabulary words include:
    ✔ Arthropods
    ✔ Invertebrates
    ✔ Exoskeleton
    ✔ Metamorphosis
    ✔ Nymphs
    ✔ Molt

    ✔ Life Cycle Diagram for a Grasshopper
    ✔ From a Grasshopper’s Perspective Writing Activity
    ✔ Directions, templates, organizers, and photos of student samples of a completed book are enclosed.
    ✔ For Elementary Grades – Second grade, Third grade, Fourth grade
    ✔ Great for Core Knowledge

  • All About Bees and Pollination & Life Cycle of a Bee Activities Craft & Passages

    All About Bees and Pollination & Life Cycle of a Bee Activities Craft & Passages

    Engage your students with a buzzing unit that brings the life cycle of a bee to life! This resource is packed with hands-on bee activities, informative bee comprehension passages and worksheets, and a creative bee craft that students will love. They will gain a deeper understanding of how bees grow from eggs to adults and the critical role they play in pollination.

    What’s Included:

    • Life Cycle of a Bee Reading Passage & Diagrams
    • Label-the-stages activity for the bee life cycle
    • Fill-in-the-blank for key vocabulary
    • Bee Craft Flip-Up Booklet : Students cut, fold, and assemble a charming booklet that illustrates each phase of the life cycle of a bee , perfect for bulletin boards or science notebooks.
    • Reading passage on pollination and how bees carry pollen from flower to flower.
    • Diagram labeling bee body parts involved in pollination
    • Short comprehension questions to check for understanding
    • PLUS a 5-page Flip Book
  • All About Those Amazing Ants Powerpoint

    All About Those Amazing Ants Powerpoint

    Ants: Learn all about ants with this beautiful and creative PowerPoint Presentation! Slides have kid-friendly information and colorful graphics to keep students actively engaged.

    Students will become experts on ants using this unit. It includes:
    ⭐ What ants eat? (Diet)
    ⭐ Body Parts of ants
    ⭐ Life Cycle of ants
    ⭐ Colony/Nest Building
    ⭐ Different Roles of ants
    ⭐ Teamwork
    ⭐ 5-Question Quiz to check for understanding
    ⭐ Answer Key
    ⭐ For Elementary Grades – 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade
    ⭐ Core Knowledge and Common Core Aligned

  • Life Cycle of an Ant Unit

    Life Cycle of an Ant Unit

    Your students will love learning all about ants with these creative and buggy activities!

    This Bundle includes:

    ✔ Reading passages

    ✔ Flip Booklet

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ 35-slide PowerPoint Presentation

    Ants are the real superstars when it comes to working as a team! Their loyalty to their colony and never-ending teamwork gives them the power to move mountains! Learn all about ants with this nonfiction resource all about ants!

    Students will be become experts about ants using this unit. It includes:

    ⭐ What ants eat? (Diet)

    ⭐ Body Parts of ants

    ⭐ Life Cycle of ants

    ⭐ Colony/Nest Building

    ⭐ Different Roles of ants

    ⭐ Teamwork

    This ants activity pack (PDF) includes many interactive buggy activities and learning opportunities for students including:

    ✔ Informational articles all about ants

    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps

    ✔ 5 page Flip-Up Ants Booklet

    ✔ Mystery Flaps Activity

    ✔ Draw it! Ants Activity

    ✔ Five Different Ant Species

    ✔ PLUS…This unit includes a special look at the Ant-Man Movie and his team, too!

    Be sure to check out the PREVIEWS for more information

    There are 3 main activities:

    Vocabulary:

    Introduce the unit by showing the trailer from the “Ant-Man” movie to build their interest. Then introduce the 7 vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to match up and define the words in their flip flaps or use them as a center activity. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.

    Informational articles all about Ants:

    Next, have students read the informational articles and complete the various student activity pages. For centers, use one article at each center and have them complete the related activity page or one flip up booklet page. This way they can build their Ant flip up booklet page by page! You could have students work with a partner or in small groups or independently.

    Activities:

    Students can use the informational articles to complete the different activities included in this resource. There’s a “draw it” page just for fun! Plus various other pages for them to do in centers or for fast finishers! The flip up pages can be cut out, colored, and glued into their notebooks or as a lap book project or as a stand alone booklet stapled at the very top.