1. THEMATIC UNIT ON
INSECTS
Ann Marie
Simonetti
Sherry Short

2. BOOKS FOR CLASS LIBRARY
 The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle
 The Very Lonely Firefly – Eric Carle
 The Very Busy Spider – Eric Carle
 The Very Quiet Cricket – Eric Carle
 The Very Clumsy Click Beetle – Eric Carle
 The Grouch Ladybug – Eric Carle
 Diary of a Worm – Doreen Cronin
 Waiting for Wings – Lois Ehlert
 A Ladybugs Life – Matthew Gollub
 There’s an Ant in Anthony – Bernard Most
 Bugs A -Z – Terri DeGzelle
 The Jazz Fly – John Himmelman
 Old Black Fly – Jim Aylesworth

3. BOOKS FOR CLASS LIBRARY, CONTINUED
 A Flea Story – Leo Lionni
 Inch by Inch – Leo Lionni
 The Icky Bug Counting Book – Jerry Pallotta
 The Icky Alphabet Book - Jerry Pallotta
 The Beetle Alphabet Book - Jerry Pallotta
 Bugs, Bugs, Bugs - Bob Barner
 Bug Safari – Bob Barner
 An Interview with Harry the Tarantula – Leigh Ann Tyson
 Inchworm and a Half – Elinor J Pinczes
 Best Bug Parade – Stuart J. Murphy
 Butterfly House – Eve Bunting
 The Butterfly – Patricia Pallacco

4. MATH ~ SCIENCE ~ INSECTS
 Sorting and Graphing
 Teacher will set up math centers with bins of assorted bugs
 Students will sort bugs, and graph how many of each type of bug they
found
 How can we sort insects based by similar characteristics? How can
we show our results on a bar graph?

5. MATH ~ SCIENCE ~ INSECTS
 Making Dirt for Class Snack – Measurement
 Students will work in groups to follow recipe for making “dirt”
 Students will measure using cups, teaspoon, and tablespoon
 How do we use standard units of measurement? How can we combine
ingredients to make a new product?

6. MATH ~ ART ~INSECTS
 Symmetry – Butterfly Wings
 Teacher will give each student a large white paper with an outline of
a butterfly
 Students will fold paper in half – creating a line of symmetry
 Students will paint ONLY on one half of the paper
 Students will fold the paper in half on the previously folded line
 How can we identify the centerline of symmetry?

7. LITERACY ~MATH ~ SCIENCE~ INSECTS
 The Very Busy Spider and Grouchy Ladybug – Telling Time
 Teacher will give each student a clock with movable hands. As
teacher reads the book, the students will put their hour and minute
hands on the correct time.
 How can I tell time on an analog clock?
 Best Bug Parade – Sizes, ordering (smallest to largest)
 Teacher will read Best Bug Parade at read aloud time
 During Math, students will sort bugs in order from smallest to largest
 How can we sort items by size in relation to one another?
 An Inchworm and a Half – Measurement
 Teacher will use Inchworm and a Half as a read aloud text to serve as
an activating strategy to measuring
 Essential Question: How do we use standards units to measure?

8. LITERACY ~ SCIENCE ~ INSECTS
 The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Life Cycle and Sequencing
 Students will read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and practice sequencing in
the correct order
 How can we re-tell a story in sequential order?
 Also practice sequencing of the life cycle of the caterpillar/butterfly

9. LITERACY ~ SCIENCE ~ INSECTS
 There’s an Ant in Anthony – Chunking
 Teacher will read text aloud, having students write the words they
find that contain the chunk “ant” as they read the story
 How can we identify chunks to help read a word?
 Class will create their own book called There’s an end in
Brenda.
 Students will brainstorm words containing the chunk end
 Teacher will compile list of “end” words
 Teacher will guide students to create class book
 Students will draw illustrations for class book
 Class will publish book to share with other classes, parents, and
friends

10. WRITING ~ LITERACY ~ SCIENCE ~ INSECTS
 An Interview with Harry the Tarantula
 Students will do a mock interview with an insect of their
choice
 Students will create a non -fiction writing of 5 paragraphs
 Students will draw an illustration to accompany their writing
 How can we write a fictional piece based on non -fiction facts?

11. MUSIC ~ INSECTS
 The Itsy Bitsy Spider
 Ants go Marching
 Caterpillar Song
(Sung to the tune of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”)
The itsy bitsy caterpillar, climbed up on a leaf, He spun a
chrysalis, and slept so quietly.
When he awoke,
pretty wings he did spy, Now the itsy bitsy caterpillar, is a
butterfly.
 Web
Spider spins her web at night, With strands so sticky, fine and
tight.
Her webs aren’t meant for you or I, But for tasty bugs just
passing by.

12. MUSIC ~ INSECTS
 Bugs
June Bug, Stink Bug
L a d y b ug , C h i nc h B u g
Wa te r B u g , P i n k B u g
Please don’t pinch bug!
H o r s ef ly, H o u s e fl y,
D r a g on f ly, D e a r F l y,
F i r ef ly, Fr u i t F l y
Buzzing in your ear fly
H o n ey b e e , B u m b l e b e e
Queen Bee, Drone Bee
Wo r ke r B e e , N u r se B e e
L e av e m e a l o n e B e e !

13. PICTURE CREDITS
 Mrs. Cooper’s Kinder Class
 Juls Kinder Teach Zone
 www.julskinderteach.blogspot.com
 Creating and Teaching
 www.creatingandteaching.blogspot.com
 Splats, Scraps, and Glue Globs
 www.splatsscraptsandglueglobs.blogspot.com