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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)

Butterflies Draw the Picture

Draw The Picture: Butterflies

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)
     Ant Life Cycle (Very Quick Reader; Grades 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)
     How Termites Eat Wood (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)
     Flutter, Flutter (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Honeybee or Wasp? (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Ants (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Cicada Life Cycle (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)
     Popular 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)
     How to Model an Insect Using an Orange (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)
     Busy as a Beekeeper (Short Reader; Grades 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
     Ladybug Life Cycle (Grades 1-2)
     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)

Leveled Books

The Insect Vampire: Mosquito

The Weirdest Insects

The Goliath Beetle

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
     Informaci�n 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 Esti�rcol
     Las Pulgas
     Las Termitas
     Las Avispas Amarillas
     Los Mosquitos
     Las Lib�lulas

Funda-blanks
     Insect Party (grades 1-2)
     Biff the Fly's Party Place (grades 3-4)
     The Ladybug and the Butterfly (grades 3-4)

Graph Drawing Challenge Puzzle

Bug Graph Puzzles

Book Units
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Grades K-1)
    Chicken Said, "Cluck!" (Grades K-2)
    The Butterfly (Grades K-2)
    The Night Before the 100th Day of School (Grades K-2)
    Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Dolores Starbuckle (Grades 1-3)
    Dazzle's First Day (Butterfly Meadow) (Grades 1-3)
    Monarch Butterfly (Grades 1-3)
    On the Dog (Andrew Lost #1) (Grades 1-3)
    Horrible Harry Bugs the Three Bears (Grades 2-3)
    Butterflies and Moths (Grades 2-5)
    Magic School Bus #11: Insect Invaders (Grades 2-5)
    Paleo Bugs: Survival of the Creepiest (Grades 4-8)

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

Books

Spring Has Sprung (Grades 2-3)

Ladybugs! (Grades 2-4)

Bug Off! Bizarre Bugs From Around the World (Grades 3-4)

Meet Dave the Bug Eater (Grades 4-5)

Butterflies (Grades 4-5)

Sleep Tight. Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite! (Reading Level 3; Interest Level 5)

Monarch Butterflies (Grades 5-6)

Compare and Contrast

Insect Traits: Compares two commonly confused insects (Grades 3-4)

Insect Traits: Compare and contrast a butterfly and a moth. (Grades 1-2)

Bee Traits: Compares the three kinds of bees (Grades 5-6)

Beetle Traits: Compares two kinds of beetles (Grades 5-6)

Insect Traits: Compares two unique and similar insects (Grades 5-6)

Invertebrate Traits: Compares spiders and insects (Grades 3-4)

Insect Injury Traits: Compares three forms of injury-by-insect (Grades 3-4)

Analogies

Insect Analogies

Activity Pages

Insect Activities Book

Insect Activity Pages

Insects Activity Book

Spring Bugs Art Project

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