Take your students on an insect safari with the 39 cross-curricular activities. The 11-page reproducible student booklet completes this resource which covers all information learned and may be used as a test or follow-up upon completion of the topic. 

This resource is filled with ideas and worksheets that will stimulate student interest and creativity as well as strengthen the following areas of learning.

• Reading
• Vocabulary
• Research
• Language
• Knowledge
• Creative Thinking

Teacher Notes & Information:

For the teacher:

• Teacher Assessment Rubric
• Student Self-Assessment Rubric
• Teacher Notes: About this Book
• Teacher Input Suggestions
• Insect Brainstorming Record Sheet
• Insect Observation Record Sheet
• Teacher Information on Insects
• Insect Vocabulary List

Unit Answer Key

Student Booklet:

• Teacher Notes: Reproducible Student Booklet
• Amazing Insects Student Booklet – Printable - The reproducible student booklet contains 10 fill-in-the-blank worksheets, plus a cover page. Each area pertaining to insects should be discussed prior to working in the booklet. After a discussion each sentence is to be read, and possible answers suggested to fill in the blanks. The missing words should be recorded on the chalkboard to ensure the correct spellings are being recorded. 

• Amazing Insects Booklet – PowerPoint – This file gives you the flexibility to edit the student worksheets to meet their needs! The PDF includes the worksheets giving you the option for in-class instruction or distance learning.

Phonics Worksheets:

• Teacher Notes: Phonics Worksheets
• Phonics Worksheet Skills Covered:
• Long and Short Vowel Review
• Blend and Digraph Review
• Spelling New Vocabulary
• Blend and Digraph Review
• Double Consonant Review
• Double Vowel Combinations Review

Vocabulary Worksheets:

• Teacher Notes: Vocabulary Worksheets
• Vocabulary Worksheets Skills Covered:
• Syllabication
• Working with Plurals
• Working with Antonyms
• Homophones
• Root Words
• Compound Words
• Animal Groups
• Parts of a Whole
• Alphabetical Order
• Using the Suffixes “s, ed, ing”
• Word Search
• Crossword Puzzle 

Reading Stories and Aesop Fables:

• Teacher Notes: Reading Stories and Worksheets (Aesop Fables)
• Printable and PowerPoint for these Insects:
• Reading Story 1: The Ants and the Grasshopper
• Reading Story 2: The Bear and the Bees
• Reading Story 3: The Eagle and the Beetle
• Reading Story 4: The Bees and Wasps and the Hornet
• Reading Story 5: The Owl and the Grasshopper
• Reading Story 6: The Ant and the Dove
• Reading Story 7: The Bees and the Tortoise
• Reading Story 8: Jupiter and the Bee 

• Reading Stories and Worksheets - PowerPoint – All of the stories are included in one file. They are editable giving you the flexibility to edit the student worksheets to meet their needs! The PDF includes the worksheets giving you the option for in-class instruction or distance learning. 

Language Worksheets:

• Teacher Notes: Language Worksheets
• Language Worksheets Skills:
• Insect Expressions
• Parts of Speech
• Capitalization and Punctuation
• Writing Insect Sentences
• Editing a Paragraph
• Writing an Insect Story
• Writing a Pattern Story
• Writing Similes    

Poetry Worksheets:

• Teacher Notes: Poetry Worksheets
• Poetry Writing Worksheets:
• Writing an Insect Limerick
• Writing an Insect Cinquain
• Writing a Stair Poem About an Insect
• Writing an Insect Haiku
• Writing an Insect Acrostic Poem
• Writing Rhyming Couplets

Information and Research Worksheets:

• Teacher Notes: Information Sheets and Research Worksheets
• Printable and PowerPoint for these research topics:
• Research 1: All About Ants
• Research 2: All About Butterflies
• Research 3: All About Beetles
• Research 4: All About Moths
• Research 5: All About Grasshoppers
• Research 6: All About Crickets 

• Information and Research Worksheets - PowerPoint – All of the stories are included in one file. They are editable giving you the flexibility to edit the student worksheets to meet their needs! The PDF includes the worksheets giving you the option for in-class instruction or distance learning.

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