How Many?

 

How Many? Response Sheet

I have a large set of the above insect manipulatives. I made up sets of the manipulatives for the children to sort and count.

Big Bug Surprise

Big Bug Surprise Activities

Big Bug Surprise by Julia Gran is one of my favorite books to share with my students during our Insect study. I hope you'll enjoy the activities with your budding entomologists.

Buggy Discovery Bags

 Insect Fact Chart  
Life Cycle Chart

 

My students will be researching insects next week through Insect Discovery Bags. I want to share the information sheets I created for the bags with you. If you look closely at the pictures of the bags, I've included simple books about each insect, a life cycle model, stuffed animals or puppets of each insect and the laminated fact sheets. (The puppets and the ant came from Dollar tree.) Students will work in small groups to collect information about their insect. They will rotate through four centers next week, including a computer station where they will visit pebblego.com to collect material on their favorite insect.
If you want the fact sheets:
1. send me an email (see Contact Me on the sidebar) with Buggy Discovery Bags in the subject area
2.leave a comment after you receive them. 
I would really appreciate it if you would share how you used the fact sheets.
You can download the collection sheets below the pictures of the Discovery Bags.  

Aligned to Common Core:
K.W.7
Participate in shared research and writing projects.

Buggy Write the Room

 

Buggy Write the Room

Buggy Write the Room Response Sheet

Aligned to Common Core Standards
K.RFS.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

 

Buggy Word Work Station

 

Buggy Word Work Mat

Buggy Word Work Cards

My students love making words at the Word Work Station. 

Common Core Aligned:

K.RFS.1

Know and apply grade level phonics and word-analysis skills in decoding words.

Buggy Graph the Room

 

 Buggy Graph the Room

Buggy Graph the Room Response Sheet

My students have really become accomplished at reading and analyzing data. It's amazing how engaging using a clipboard and "cruising" the room collecting information can be.

Common Core Analysis

1.MD.3

Measurement and Data Analysis

Buggy Counting

 

Buggy Counting Mat

Buggy Counting Response Sheet

Here's a favorite Math Work Station with a "Buggy" theme.

Common Core Aligned:

K.CC.5

Count to tell how many objects. 

Buggy Addition

 Buggy Addition Mats

Buggy Addition Cards

Buggy Addition Response Sheet

One of my student's favorite math workstations is the addition sort. They sort all the addition cards and then choose two fact families to record.
Aligned to Common Core Standards:
K.OA.5
Understand addition as putting together and adding to.

Little Ladybug Song Freebie

 Little Ladybug song

Little Ladybug song chart

We started our insect unit this week. I'll be adding more literacy and math activities this week and next. Hope your kiddos will enjoy Little Ladybug.