Using the Butterfly Song (MP3), students learn all about butterflies, including the life cycle, body parts, habitat, diet, and so much more through a catchy song!
This insect writing paper worksheet gives 1st Grade students wide lined paper and a bug themed prompt, so every child has a real insect to describe and room to write about it.
The Insect Song by Have Fun Teaching is perfect for teaching and learning all about insects. This animated music video teaches what makes an insect an insect: an exoskeleton, three body parts (head, thorax and abdomen), six legs and two antennae. While watching the Insect Song, students learn the traits…
Using the Butterfly Song (Animated Music Video), students learn all about butterflies, including the life cycle, body parts, habitat, diet, and so much more through a catchy song!
Insect flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade with 24 lifelike bug pictures, names and fun facts, plus a practice page and answer key included, to grow science vocabulary.
Using this Bar Graph Activity, students practice using data to create and analyze a bar graph.
This Insect Observation Worksheet teaches 1st grade students that an insect has three body parts, six legs and two antennae, then gives them a box to draw the insect they found and three lines for notes.
These insects word wall flash cards teach 1st-3rd grade students 12 science words about insect body parts and the butterfly life cycle, with a practice page and answer key included.
This Worm Poem Reading Comprehension Worksheet pairs an original rhyming poem about an earthworm with five bubble-in questions for 1st grade. An answer key is included, so young readers get quick, confident practice reading closely.
These Desk Name Tags - Insects are a perfect way for your students to identify their desks and practice spelling their name with an insect theme.
This graphing bugs worksheet asks 1st graders to read a bar graph of ants, bees and moths at the zoo and answer six questions. An answer key is included, so checking work is quick.
Using Word Meaning Earthworms Worksheet, students read Earthworms by Claire Llewellyn to determine the meanings of these words and phrases.
Using Write about Bugs Activity, studentswrite informative texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
This Butterfly Clip Art is a perfect addition to any bulletin board, flyer, or other printable that you use in your classroom while learning about butterflies.
Six legs, three body parts, lots of wow
First graders learn what makes an insect an insect: six legs, three body parts (head, thorax, abdomen) and two antennae. They meet favorites like ants, bees, butterflies and ladybugs, and learn how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly in a life cycle. They also sort out bugs that are not insects. Spiders have eight legs, and worms have none! The click comes when a child counts the legs on a picture and announces, "That's not an insect, it's a spider!"
Kids love bugs. These moves turn that excitement into real science.
Play the butterfly song and have kids act out each stage: curl up as an egg, wiggle as a caterpillar, freeze as a chrysalis, then flutter away. Movement plus music makes the life cycle order stick.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withButterfly Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Show insect flash cards and have kids count legs and body parts out loud. Then slip in a spider or a worm and see who catches it. Comparing real pictures teaches what "insect" means better than a definition.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withInsect Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Take magnifying glasses outside to find real insects. Kids draw what they see and label the head, thorax and abdomen. Observing a real ant is worth a dozen worksheets, and the drawing makes them look closely.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withInsect Observation WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Creepy-crawly fun for curious first graders.
WorksheetsCount the bugs in a picture and color a bar graph to show which one there is the most of.
Open Graphing Bugs Worksheet →
ActivitiesKids pick a favorite bug and write three facts and one silly sentence about it.
Open Write about Bugs Activity →
AssessmentsRead a wiggly worm poem, then decide: is a worm an insect? Count the legs to find out!
Open Worm Poem Reading Comprehension Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Butterfly Song (MP3), Insect Writing Paper and Insect Song.
Insects have six legs, three body parts (head, thorax and abdomen) and usually two antennae. Many also have wings. Ants, bees, beetles and butterflies are all insects.
No. Spiders have eight legs and only two body parts, so they belong to a group called arachnids. It's one of kids' favorite surprises in an insect unit.
A butterfly goes through four stages: egg, caterpillar (larva), chrysalis (pupa) and adult butterfly. This big change is called metamorphosis.
Go on a bug hunt in the yard or park with a magnifying glass. Count legs and body parts together, and draw what you find. Never touch bees or unknown bugs.
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