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Insect Riddles Riddles are fun, and they re even more fun when they re about creepy, crawly critters! Learn about the characteristics of insects in general, and the bee, the ladybug, and the dragonfly in particular. Then have your students create their own insect riddles. Insect Riddles Book Overview.............. pages 2 and 3 These pages show and tell what is in each pocket. Cover Design.................. pages 4 6 Pocket Projects.................pages 7 22 Step-by-step directions and patterns for the activities that go in each pocket are included. Pocket Labels............. pages 23 and 24 Picture Dictionary..................page 25 Use the picture dictionary to introduce new vocabulary and as a spelling reference. Students can add new pictures, labels, and descriptive adjectives to the page as their vocabulary increases. Writing Form......................page 26 Use this form for story writing or as a place to record additional vocabulary words. compound eye INSECT RIDDLES WRITING FORM Name: INSECT RIDDLES PICTURE DICTIONARY head thorax abdomen proboscis stinger legs 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 26 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1220 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 25 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1220 B I B L I O G R A P H Y Backyard Insects by Millicent E. Selsam; Scholastic, 1981. Beekeepers by Linda Oatman High; Boyds Mills Press, 1998. Bugs by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright; Greenwillow, 1987. Eyewitness Books: Butterfl y and Moth by Paul Whalley; Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Eyewitness Books: Insect by Laurence Mound; Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Dragonfl y by Emery Bernhard; Holiday House, 1993. The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle; HarperCollins, 1996. Honeybees by Jane Lecht; National Geographic Society, 1973. The Ladybug and Other Insects by Pascale de Bourgoing; Scholastic Trade, 1991. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 1 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1220
INSECT RIDDLES BOOK OVERVIEW POCKET 1 I Know It s an Insect! pages 7 9 Develop the attributes of an insect. Look at insects. Read about insects. Complete this chart to use as a reference during your insect riddle unit. As you study different insects in this pocket book, have your students fill out the form on page 9 to explain why the creature is classified as an insect. Bee Minibook page 10 Just two folds and you have a minibook that tells about the life of a worker bee. Read this book and library books, then make your own about other types of bees the queen bee, the drone, and the nurses. Be sure to fill in an I Know It s an Insect! form (page 9) for bees. A Worker Bee Mitt Puppet page 11 Your students will enjoy making and using this mitt puppet. Bee a Good Helper pages 12 and 13 Use your study of bees to encourage classroom cooperation. After students have written about ways that they can bee good helpers, decorate their writing with thumbprint bees. INSECT RIDDLES POCKET 1 My name: Draw the creature here: INSECT RIDDLES POCKET 1 Creature s name: How I know it s an insect: 1. 2. I am a worker bee. Bee 3. My job is to gather nectar from flowers to make honey. 4. 4 I live in a large colony with thousands of other workers and one queen. 2 3 I have six legs, four, 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 9 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1220 legs 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 10 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1220 fold 1 cut 5 and two. INSECT RIDDLES POCKET 2 Minibook on a Ring The Ladybug feeler I have feelers for smelling and touching. claws I have six legs with small, sharp claws. I am a ladybug. I have a head, a shield, and an abdomen. 3 4 I have hard covers on my back to protect my. 5 6 sticky pads I have sticky pads on my feet to help me walk up smooth walls. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 14 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1220 2 POCKET 2 The Ladybug Minibook page 14 This tiny book describes a ladybug. Encourage your students to read it and then fill out a form about ladybugs (page 9). Paper Plate Ladybug page 15 Imagine a garden full of these cute insects. I Like Ladybugs! pages 16 and 17 Students follow a writing pattern as they practice using adjectives to describe ladybugs. Publish their poems on a green leaf and decorate it with thumbprint ladybugs. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 2 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1220
4 5 6 a 7 INSECT RIDDLES BOOK OVERVIEW A Riddle Poof Book 8 1 2 3 one head two INSECT RIDDLES POCKET 3 What Can It Be? cut cut fold 3 fold 3 a dragonfly fold 1 fold 1 cut long, thin abdomen four transparent that cannot fold fold 3 fold 3 two large, compound eyes six legs that cannot walk POCKET 3 A Riddle Poof Book page 18 Poof! It s a book. Cut and fold this page to make a tiny eight-page book that tells all about dragonflies. Then fill out a form about dragonflies (page 9). 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 18 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1220 Dragonflyer page 19 This dragonfly model made from a plastic spoon becomes a playground toy before it s stored in this pocket. Gossamer Wings Poem pages 20 and 21 Write a poem in the shape of a dragonfly s. This concrete poem becomes a work of art. INSECT RIDDLES POCKET 4 POCKET 4 Choose Your Own page 22 Address individual interests as you give each student a chance to make a pocket of their own in this insect riddle book. Individual students: choose an insect to learn more about, read and write about that insect, make a model of the insect, and write their own riddles on a blank pocket label form reproduced from page 24. Use the checklist on page 22 to check off each step as students complete their pockets. Be sure to allow time for students to share their riddles with the class. Do-It-Yourself Pocket Checklist Choose an insect. I want to learn more about. Use the library, the classroom, the Internet, and other resources to learn. Write a minibook. Make a model. Write a poem or story. Write a riddle to label the pocket. Report to my class. Fill my pocket. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 22 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1220 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 3 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1220