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!
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!
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…
This insects worksheet helps 3rd grade students circle true insect facts, sort eight animals into insect groups, and explain why a spider is not an insect, with an answer key included for easy checking.
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.
This rhythm and rhyme worksheet gives 3rd grade students an original cricket poem, beat counting, rhyming pairs, and a write-your-own couplet. Answer key included, so poetry practice is ready to print.
This insects life science reading comprehension worksheet gives 3rd Grade readers a non-fiction passage about insect body parts, plus multiple choice, word-bank, and written-response questions. Answer key included for fast, no-prep science reading practice.
This reptiles, amphibians, and insects worksheet helps 3rd grade students sort four animals by their traits and explain their thinking in writing. Answer key included for quick, no-prep life science practice.
This Icky Ants Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd Grade readers a short nonfiction text about the work an ant colony does underground, five questions, and an answer key, so students practice finding evidence in what they read.
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 Insects ABC Order Worksheet asks 3rd Grade students to put ten insect words in alphabetical order and name the letter that decided each pair. An answer key is included.
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 butterflies KWL graphic organizer helps 3rd grade students record what they know, what they want to learn, and what they learned about butterflies, building strong reading and science habits.
This Insects Alphabetical Order Worksheet asks 3rd graders to sort ten insect names past the first letter, then justify four more choices. An answer key is included, so checking the page takes seconds.
This Tigers, Sharks, and Mosquitoes reading comprehension worksheet helps 3rd graders read about three amazing animals, answer key-detail questions and explain the main idea, with an answer key included.
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 parts, totally awesome!
Third graders learn what makes an insect an insect: six legs, three body parts (head, thorax and abdomen) and usually two antennae. That rule helps them sort out the imposters, since spiders have eight legs and aren't insects at all! Kids study insect life cycles, including complete metamorphosis like butterflies and incomplete metamorphosis like grasshoppers, and learn how insects help us by pollinating plants. The click comes when kids catch a bug and count its legs before deciding what it is.
Kids love bugs. These moves turn that into real science.
Play the insect song and have kids point to their own head, chest and belly for each body part. Connecting the parts to their own bodies helps them remember.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withInsect SongSongsOpen it →Show an insect card and have kids count the legs and name the body parts. Toss in a spider card to see who catches it. Close looking builds scientific thinking.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withInsect Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Before your unit, have kids fill in what they know and wonder about insects. Revisit it at the end to add what they learned. Seeing their own growth is powerful.
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 withButterflies KWL Graphic OrganizerWorksheetsOpen it →Bug out with these favorites:
ActivitiesKids pick a favorite insect and write fun facts about it, with a drawing.
Open Write about Bugs Activity →
WorksheetsKids sort animals into reptiles, amphibians and insects and explain how they know.
Open Reptiles, Amphibians, and Insects Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids read about ants and answer questions about how they live and work together.
Open Icky Ants Reading Comprehension Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Butterfly Song (MP3), Butterfly Song (Animated Music Video) and Insect Song.
Insects have six legs, three body parts (head, thorax and abdomen) and usually antennae. Many also have wings.
No. Spiders have eight legs and two body parts, so they're arachnids, not insects.
In complete metamorphosis there are four stages: egg, larva, pupa, adult, like a butterfly. In incomplete metamorphosis there are three: egg, nymph, adult, like a grasshopper.
Go on a bug hunt in the backyard with a magnifying glass. Count legs, look for body parts and talk about what each bug is doing.
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