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Insects
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Quizzes
     Insects Review Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice (Grades 3-6)
     Customize Printables (Grades 3-6)

Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     The Stick Bug (Very Quick Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Cockroaches (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Summer Lovin' Lightning Bug Style (Very Quick Reader; Grade 3-5 Readability)
     Ants (Very Quick Reader; Grade 3-5 Readability)
     Does a Praying Mantis Pray? (Very Quick Reader; Grade 3-5 Readability)
     Mosquitoes (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     It's Not Silly...It's Bee-utiful! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

Short Readers
     Butterfly Life Cycle (Short Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     Honeybee or Wasp? (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Ants (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     A Honey of a Bee! (Short Reader; Grades 2-5 Readability)
     Stag Beetles (Short Reader; Grade 3-5 Readability)
     That Is One Very Hungry Caterpillar! (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Ladybugs (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Mosquitoes: You Can Run From Them, But You Cannot Hide (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Luna Moths (Short Reader; Grades 3-6 Readability)
     Cecropia Moths (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Praying Mantis (Short Reader; Grade 4-6 Readability)
     Monarchs on the Move: A Southern Migration (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Monarchs on the Move: A Northern Migration (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Crickets (Short Reader; Grade 4-7 Readability)
     Fireflies (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Ladybugs (Short Reader; Grade 5-7 Readability)
     Dragonflies (Short Reader; Grade 6-8 Readability)

Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     Vanessa for President (Grades 1-3)
     Biff for President (Grades 1-3)
     Gary for President (Grades 1-3)
     Freddy for President (Grades 1-3)
     Lisa for President (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Mandy (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Lorna the Ladybug (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Bruno the Rhinoceros Beetle (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Fred the Flea (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Jimmy the Yellowjacket (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Molly the Mosquito (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Tad the Termite (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Aaron the Desert Locust (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Baron the Brine Fly (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Gene the Grasshopper (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Hasan the Hissing Cockroach (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Wendy the Water Strider (Grades 1-3)
     Rachel Interviews Sylvia the Stick Bug (Grades 1-3)

Non-Fiction
     Insects (Grades 4-6)
     Basics of Insects (Grades 5-7)
     Metamorphosis of Insects (Grades 6-8)
     Is It a Butterfly or a Moth? (Grades 3-6)
     Bees and Humans (Grades 4-7)
     Bees (Grades 4-8)
     Butterflies and Moths: Life Cycle (Grades 3-6)
     Cicadas (Grades 4-6)
     Cicadas (Grades 4-7)
     Click Beetles (Grades 4-6)
     Cockroaches (Grades 5-7)
     Crickets (Grades 3-5)
     Dragonflies (Grades 3-6)
     Dung Beetles (Grades 3-6)
     Fireflies (Grades 5-6)
     Fleas (Grades 4-6)
     Honeybees (Grades 2-4)
     Ladybugs (Grades 4-8)
     Mantids (Grades 4-8)
     Monarch Butterflies (Grades 4-9)
     Mosquitoes (Grades 4-7)
     Rhinoceros Beetles (Grades 4-7)
     Termites (Grades 4-7)
     Yellowjackets (Grades 4-7)

Plays:  Reader's Theater Scripts
     Busy Bees: Life in a Honeybee Hive (Grades 2-4)
     Amazing Ants: Life in the Colony (Grades 3-5)

Read and Color
            Butterflies
            The Weirdest Insects
            The Goliath Beetle
            Insects
            Some Insects
            The Wild Honeybee
            Monarch Butterfly: King of Butterflies
             A Grasshopper Grows
            Ladybugs
            La Cucaracha: The Cockroach
            Wings Are Amazing Things

Reading Comprehensions - Foreign Languages
Spanish
     Información Elemental de los Insectos
     La Metamorfosis de los Insectos
     Las Abejas
     Las abejas y los seres humanos
     Los Escarabajos Rinoceronte
     Mariposas y Polillas: Ciclo de Vida
     ¿Es una Mariposa o una Polilla?
     La Mantis Religiosa
     Las Catarinas
     Las Mariposas Monarcas
     Las Cigarras
     Escarabajo del Estiércol
     Las Pulgas
     Las Termitas
     Las Avispas Amarillas
     Los Mosquitos
     Las Libélulas

Graph Drawing Challenge Puzzle
            Bug Graph Puzzles

Book Units
    Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Dolores Starbuckle (Grades 1-3)

Picture Puzzles
     Insects (Pictures)
     Insects (Pictures and Names)
     Insects (Pictures, Names, and Misspellings)


Analogies
             Insect Analogies

Activity Pages
            Insect Activities Book
             Insect Activity Pages
            Insects Activity Book

Spring Bugs Art Project
            Lace and Learn
            Bug Basics

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     Butterflies Theme Page
     Spring Theme Unit

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