Is your child fascinated by the tiny creatures they find out in nature? Are you doing an insect unit study in your homeschool? If so, download this free printable Insect Activity Book to help your children learn more about these amazing animals. In this 26-page packet you will find: What Is an Insect? This colorful fact sheet summarizes the characteristics […]
This complete unit is challenging and engaging, rich in facts, and full of fun activities to help K-2 students study insects. In this packet, you will find everything you need for 10 full days of instruction, including: 10 morning work (or homework) pages: *Double digit addition *Fractions *Sentence scramble *Word problems *Sentence editing *Story sequencing *Completing sentences with the correct verb tense ending *Sight word search *Parts of speech 10 Literacy Centers: *Sentence scramble *ABC order *Descriptive words *Verb endings (with a bonus center!) *Work on writing *Noun, verb, and adjective sort *Handwriting *Sorting words into word families *Roll-a-sentence game *Singular and plural nouns 5 Writing Lessons: *Poetry writing *Narrative writing *Research writing *Labeling and listing *Math and writing 10 Science Lessons: (Note: each science lesson includes a complete, typed plan and all printables needed for the activities in the lesson.) *Class KWL chart *Definition of an insect *Bee facts *The life cycle of bees *Butterfly facts *The life cycle of butterflies *Ant facts *The life cycle of ants *Key vocabulary *Insect parade and nature study My hope is that this packet will expose your students to a depth and breadth of knowledge about insects, while keeping the fun theme going in other literacy and math activities! The morning work, writing lessons, literacy centers, and science lessons are also available as standalone products; you can find those here: Insect Unit Science Lessons Insect Unit Literacy Centers Insect Unit Writing Lessons Insect Unit Morning Work If you enjoy this product, you can see my other complete science units here.
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This Insects Unit can be used with an Insect Animals theme or as stand-alone Reading and Writing lessons and activities. You can download the freebie here
Join Emery Laine on a journey to learn about the summer solstice, insects and Jean-Henri Fabre! During this unit, you will study: - The seasonal change from spring to summer - Why and how various animals estivate - The difference between hibernation and estivation - An overview of insects - Insects vs true bugs - Insect anatomy and imposters - Nighttime insects vs daytime insects - The difference between complete and incomplete metamorphosis - Why plants need insects for pollination - Insect homes, migration, and their life through the seasons - Jean-Henri Fabre's life and work as an entomologist You will read through carefully chosen books full of inviting illustrations and captivating content. You will also notice an integration of subjects within the books and activities. We believe this intentionality facilitates the simultaneous teaching of grades K-6th, which frees up space in your family’s day. We love how this gives children more time to follow their specific curiosities that may emerge as you read together. This week of study contains: - Book List - Weekly Schedule - Vocabulary Page - Print Copy Work Pages - Cursive Copy Work Pages - Illustrated Coloring Page by Coconut & Husks - Blank Timeline Cards - Pre-written Timeline Cards - Math Fact Color by Number Activity Page - Insect Count Notebooking Page - Optional Activity Ideas - Discussion Questions and Prompts This Emery Laine Summer Journey unit study is a great way to enrich other studies in your family. If you are interested in an integrated seasonal study, please see our listing for A Summer Journey. You will receive twelve consecutive unit study topics to enjoy! PLEASE NOTE: This is a digital download. You will receive a PDF from Emery Laine that will have a download link for your purchased items. No physical product will be delivered. Digital downloads are non-refundable. Printing and usage recommendations: - Print booklist, schedule, copy work, and instructional pages on standard copy paper. - Print timeline cards, coloring illustrations, and activity pages on cardstock. - Keep study components in a binder for easy teaching. - Use trading card sleeves for the Timeline Cards. - Allow children to cut and paste the study elements onto blank notebook pages or keep the work in their own binder to create a Summer Journey keepsake. Please follow us on Instagram for learning shelf inspiration, homeschool encouragement, book recommendations, and shop updates. https://www.instagram.com/helloemerylaine Copyright (c) 2024 Emery Laine. All rights reserved. For personal home use or single classroom use only.
Check out or new FREE insect worksheet pack! Great for elementary students, teachers, and homeschoolers. Easy to download!
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Here's a fun graphing game printable that is perfect for an insect unit or to use when students are learning to graph. Students move around the game board, collect bugs on their hunt, and graph their results! Materials: Going on a Bug Hunt game board game pieces (buttons, coins, etc.) paper clip pencil bug hunt
We have been buzz, buzz, busy learning about insects. I do love science, but real bugs, ummmm, no thank you. I'll leave the dissection of insects and up close & personal to 7th grade science. Instead I opted for a cuter insect label sheet. (Please note: animals were not harmed while making the following activities :) Insects Label Insects Label Sp
This is a bug, insect unit using the Eric Carle book The Very Quiet Cricket. Includes FREE lapbooks, videos, a craft and other resources.
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Use these free printable insect matching cards to teach preschoolers fun bug facts in an insect theme lesson plan.
In this activity children match a picture, name of animal and paragraph card together about each animal. Full instructions included In English however the insect names are listed in both languages. * Bee – pī* Centipede – Wakapīhau* Cockroach – Papata* Dragonfly – Kapowai* Spider – Pūngāwerewere* Katydid – Kikipounamui*Ladybird – Mumutawa* Slater – Pāpapa* Stick Insect – Rō* Worm – Noke* Weta• Huhu – • Snail - Ngata*Cicada - Kikihi*Glowworms - Titiwai*Red Admiral Butterfly - Kahukura 9 PAGES - PDF This is a Downloadable resource
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This giant bundle of free Insects Worksheets will help your student learn all about beetles, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and other bugs!
These Insect Picture Word Cards will work well with a Bug Theme. Included words are butterfly, caterpillar, ladybug, bee, ant, dragonfly,
Are you looking for my original Color Me Readers? While those books can be used appropriately to teach concepts of print, in the original blog posts I demonstrated their use with three-cueing. I did this
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Last week, we studied the letter I. Since it’s getting to be warmer weather, I thought insects would be the perfect theme to go with the letter I! We enjoyed our week. You’ll find plenty of activities from other very creative mamas, but I also included some of my own free printables to go with ... Read More about I is for Insect: FREE Printables Included!
Why study insects in your homeschool? 1. Because your sons will love it. 2. They are everywhere and everywhere on earth humans share our surroundings with them. If you are exploring insects in a nature study this school year then this packet will be a great addition for you.
Here in the Amazing Ants classroom, we have gone absolutely buggy - in more ways than one! Over the past few weeks, students have begun to notice lots of little critters popping up outside. We have seen June bugs (lots and LOTS of June bugs), rolly pollies, butterflies, and of course ants! Seeing all of these not so creepy crawlers roaming around outside has really peeked my students interest, so while talking about life cycles this month, I have put an special focus on investigating "bugs." Here are some of the bug themed workstations my students are using this month: Matching objects to the letter line by begining sound: Finding the 2 words that make up the compound word on the firefly: Matching the spider web to the correct spider by counting syllables: Spelling out the CVC words on the caterpillars: and matching the 2 sides of the butterfly using alliteration to name a few :) And now for my favorite bug themed portion of the classroom: Dramatic Play! For the month of April I have turned dramatic play into an Entomologist Laboratory. The kids LOVE it! Here is a little tour of our lab: I don't think the kids really get the "Don't Bug Me" sign, but it makes me smile every time I see it :) On this side of the lab, students can read the "Color Bugs" book, try and guess where these patterns in nature are found, and take a closer look at some real bugs as well as a chrysalis from one of our old classroom butterflies that we released a couple of weeks ago. I filled the area with real pictures and diagrams of different bugs and insects for students to view: In this area, students are able to take a closer look at different insect parts using a microscope and slides as well as practice the life cycle of a butterfly in a variety of ways: I hope you enjoyed the tour :) I hope to post a few more of our buggy ideas as we continue of unit of study throughout the month!
Check out this Insects Printables and Insect Activities for Kindergarten! I am so excited to introduce teachers to the easy-to-use Insect Print & Play
Beautiful insects flashcards to print and use in learning games.
19 great picture books about bugs. Your children will love reading about the fascinating world that surrounds the bugs around us.
This blog post may contain affiliate links. Please see disclaimer for more information. Homeschooling gives you the ultimate freedom to chose and adapt what your children learn, how they learn it and when! This month we decided to follow the interests of my youngest son (4 years-old), and learn more about snails! We found some fantastic
Telling the Tme Game using cute, free insect printables in a clock activity for learning to tell the time with bug theme activities.
Our Imagine It! story this week was called "Hungry Hoppers." We learned all kinds of interesting facts about grasshoppers. My students created this writing project to help them remember some of the facts we read about. Then we made a clothes pin grasshopper.
Learning about the life cycle of a ladybug? Make things interesting and get to know these beautiful bugs through our ladybug life cycle agamograph template. Making the ladybug agamograph will help your kids to understand how this
Boys like bugs. This I know is true. When my oldest son was in preschool, I discovered the book Bugtown Boogie at our local library. After renewing it that first time, and checking it multiple times thereafter, I finally broke down and bought it. (I was starting to feel guilty that we were denying other kids the joy of reading this amazing book!) The story is about a boy who stumbles on a bug’s dance club. It describes a myriad of insects and how they shake it to the buggy-wuggy beat. The book’s rhyming text is lyrical and after a few readings, we started to sing the “chorus.” The book starts: I was strollin’ on home through the woods the other night, When I saw something a-flashin’ – it was shinin’ mighty bright! It was blinkin’ and a-winkin’ near the bottom of the tree, So I scurried on over just to see what I could see. To say that Warren Hanson’s masterpiece is one my most favorite children’s books is an understatement. It’s the kind of book you give as a gift, you are glad your child asks you to read over and over, and reminds you how magical the world seemed when you were young. When I pulled it out to read with this activity, my son was thrilled (he hasn't tired of this book even after two years)! We also read a great non-fiction book from The Cat in the Hat Learning Library – On Beyond Bugs by Tish Rabe. It’s cleverly written and filled with fun facts about all kinds of insects. After we’d finished reading, I gave my son a die and two pages of bug body parts. Download a 2-page PDF of bug bodies and parts here. First I had him pick the bug body of his choice, cut it out, and glue it to another piece of paper. Then he rolled the die to determine what he’d add to the picture. If he rolled a three, he could add a leg. I left it up to him whether his creation was an insect or spider (i.e. 6 or 8 legs). Every time he rolled a four, he added more spots, a two meant he had to keep building his bug’s habitat (first, he added clouds, then a tree – his bug was flying!). He used examples from the sheet I made to help him know what to draw and how many of each (the number of body parts is noted above the die on the ‘parts’ page). My son’s buggy creation may be the very first winged spider! I love his creativity!
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Jodi shared her Insects Class plans (K-3rd) with us last week. This week she is sharing her plans for upper elementary. Thanks, Jodi! I taught another co-op class about insects for upper elementary children. We studied a different insect for each of the nine weeks we were in session. You can download the syllabus here. We used …
Explore 15 engaging insect activities for your classroom. Read now to inspire curiosity and hands-on learning with fun lessons!
Learn about the small world of bugs with these insect preschool activities crawling with fun! Find the perfect hands-on bug activities for preschoolers!
From insect crafts and themed activities to fun facts and games, these preschool insect theme printables are a great way to make learning fun!
We are on our end of term break and I have no classroom stuff to post so I have two worksheets for you to add to your insect unit. T...
These insect theme printables are all fun and engaging activities for your math and literacy centers this spring. There are 11 insect math activities, 8 insect literacy activities, an insect craft, visual discrimination puzzles and a caterpillar building cards. As you can tell, it is jam-packed with lots of learning!
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Learn about fascinating bugs for kids with free printable insect worksheets. Fun science activity for grade 1, 2, and 3 for spring!
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