Going buggy!

Our class had so much fun learning about insects!  Here's a few of our activities:

We started out with discussing what makes an insect an insect and labeling the parts.  I did one on on chart paper while the students did one for their F.Y.I. folder.  

Practicing counting phonemes and syllables in a given word.  Students were given a target word, stretched the word out and placed one flower for each phoneme on their mats, then clapped the same word and placed ladybugs on their mats to represent the number of syllables.

Retelling The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Charting the life cycle of the caterpillar before creating one on our own.