Insects are Interesting with Informational Text, Crafts, Vocabulary and more!

For many of us when we think of insects we think…icky, scratchy, noisy, annoying BUGS! But if you really look closely insects are very interesting!!

This resource was designed to support the primary child in discovering the wonders of insects with pictures, text and activities. I guarantee after this your class will BUG you for more!

The resource begins with four adorable and simple crafts. “Busy Bees” “This year is flying by!” and I love using the Caterpillar to share how students are growing and changing. I also have included my favorite literature suggestions to use while teaching this unit with the younger student.

I am a firm believer in vocabulary and posting it where students can see. The vocabulary here has real life photos as well as clip art. You choose or use both. Word work is also included and can be place in your word literacy center. I like to do the definition activity as a whole group and use the text to find the correct word. I also divide students into small groups and have them make words using metamorphosis. They love it. Next is informational text on what an insect is. There are characteristics and pictures for identification. This lesson is followed by students creating an insect. I love using paragraph organizers and other graphic organizers. Students use their text to identify key facts about insects and then write about them using the organizers to prepare a solid paragraph. For younger students there is a final write page for just a sentence.

One of my favorite lessons is reading about and comparing and contrasting a moth/butterfly and honeybee/wasp. The real life photos help students with identification.

This is the first in-depth look at the insect a butterfly. Students read about the characteristics and about its life cycle. As always there are activities for writing. Literacy suggestions and activities are included.