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Table of Contents

Insect Syllable Game ……………. 4

Insect Beginning Sounds Game ……………. 9

Ladybug Rhyming Game ……………. 12

Insect Mini-Word Wall ……………. 19

Insect Word Cards ……………. 21

Bug Hunt ……………. 24

Insect Pocket Chart Set ……………. 29

Insect Emergent Reader ……………. 36

Bee Alphabet Game ……………. 41


Insect Syllable Game Setting: Small Group

Objective: Identify the correct number of syllables in words

Materials Needed:

• 3 paper lunch bags or cereal boxes• Insect Syllable Cards• Flower Picture Cards• Optional: recording sheet

Directions:

Print one set of the insect syllable cards found on pages 5-6, laminate, and cut out. Print the flower picture cards on page 7. Attach each flower picture to the front of a lunch bag, cereal box, or other container. Show the syllable cards to your group and ask them to identify the pictures on each card. Next place the syllable cards in a bag, basket, or container and have students take turns selecting a card. The students will identify the picture on the card, identify the number of syllables in the word, and place the card inside the correct box or bag to indicate the number of syllables. There is an optional recording sheet for this activity located on page 8 if you wish to use it. Students can color or mark the correct number of syllables using a Do-A-Dot marker.

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Syllable Pictures:

bee fly

ant mosquito

grasshopper ladybug

dragonfly butterfly




Insect Syllable Cards


Insect Syllable Cards


Flower Picture Cards

1 2


3

Insect Syllable Recording Sheet

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3


Insect Beginning Sounds Game

Setting: Small Group

Objective: Isolate and identify initial sounds (m, d, g, a, l, b, f)

Materials Needed:

• 7 Clothespins per child in your small group (the spring loaded type) • Fine tip permanent marker • Insect beginning sound picture wheel (p. 10) • Optional: recording sheet (p. 11)

Directions:

Use the fine tip permanent marker to write one letter on each clothespin, the letters should correspond with the beginning sounds of the pictures on the wheel. There are 7 pictures on the beginning sound wheel so each student will get 7 clothespins, each one with a different letter written on it. Print one insect beginning sound wheel for each child in your small group and laminate for durability. Students will identify the picture, identify the beginning sound, and attach the clothespin with the corresponding letter on the wheel. There is an optional recording sheet included on page 11 for advanced students. Students can write the beginning letter in the box next to each picture.

Tip: Color the back of each set of clothespins with a different colored permanent marker. For example, student A would have a set of 7 green clothespins; student B would have a set of 7 red clothespins, etc. This will keep the clothespins from becoming mixed up.


Beginning Sound Pictures:

mosquito bee

dragonfly fly

grasshopper

ant

ladybug




Insects


Insect Beginning Sounds


Ladybug Rhyming Game

Setting: Small Group

Objective: Identify rhyming words

Materials Needed:

• One ladybug rhyming mat per child in your small group- up to 5 players(pg. 13-17)

• Ladybug rhyming pictures (pgs. 18)

Directions:

Print one ladybug rhyming mat per child in your small group. Print the mats on cardstock and laminate for durability. Next, print the rhyming pictures on pages 18, laminate for durability and cut out. Place the rhyming pictures in a box, container, or basket in the middle of the table. Students will take turns selecting a card and identifying the picture, then deciding if it rhymes with the picture on their mat or not. If a student selects a picture that rhymes with the one on his mat he places it on one of the ladybug’s spots; pictures that do not rhyme can be placed back in the basket.

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Ladybug Rhyming Mat


Ladybug Rhyming Mat


Ladybug Rhyming Mat


Ladybug Rhyming Mat


Ladybug Rhyming Mat


Ladybug Rhyming Picture Cards


Insect Mini-Word Wall

bee

ant

mosquito

beetle

butterfly

grasshopper

fly ladybug

dragonfly ©2013 Vanessa Levin www.pre-kpages.com 19

Insect Mini-Word Wall

bee butterfly

fly beetle

ant grasshopper

mosquito

ladybug

dragonfly ©2013 Vanessa Levin www.pre-kpages.com 20

Word Cards

Insect Words

bee fly ant


Word Cards

butterfly

dragonfly

mosquito ©2013 Vanessa Levin www.pre-kpages.com 22

Word Cards

ladybug

beetle

grasshopper


Bug Hunt Setting: Literacy Centers (Read & Write around the Room)

Objective: Identify and write sight words or letters. Aligns with following Common Core standards:

ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1d Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight

Materials Needed:

Scissors, marker, tape or sticky tack, one recording sheet per child, pencils or other fun writing tools, one clipboard per student in the center

Optional: Fun pointers and plastic sunglasses with lenses removed

Directions:

Print out the blank picture cards on page 25-27. Write letters or sight words on each picture card with a marker. Next, attach the cards to the walls of your classroom randomly using tape or Sticky Tack. Print multiple copies of the recording sheet on page 28 and place them in your writing center along with clipboards, fun writing tools (sparkly pens, gel pens etc), pointers, and cute plastic sunglasses with the lenses removed. Students will take a recording sheet, a clipboard, and a writing tool and write all the letters or words they find around the classroom in the appropriate column.





Bug Hunt


Bug Hunt


Bug Hunt


1. ________________

2. ________________

3. ________________

4. ________________

5. ________________

6. ________________

Bug Hunt

1. _________________

2. _________________

3. _________________

4. _________________

5. _________________

6. _________________

1. __________________

2. __________________

3. __________________

4. __________________

5. __________________

6. __________________


Here is an Insect Pocket Chart Setting: Small Group

Objectives:

Concepts of Print

• Follow words from left to right and top to bottom.• Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language.• Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

Materials Needed:

Cardstock, Pocket Chart, Pointers

Directions:

Print the pocket chart sentences on pages 30-35 on cardstock and laminate for durability. Cut the words out and place them in a pocket chart. Review the sentences with your class daily during large group as you point to each word with a pointer. Students can read the pocket chart independently during centers using pointers. More advanced students can build the sentences in the pocket chart using the rebus pictures for support. You can store this activity in an envelope or zipper pouch.

Note: This activity also provides an opportunity to teach students the difference between the word “a” and the word “an.”





ant.

Here is an Insect Pocket Chart

Here is an


Here is a

ladybug.



Here is a

bee.



Here is a

butterfly.




Here is a

grasshopper.


Here is a

garden.



Insect Emergent Reader Setting: Small Group

Objectives:

• Follow words from left to right and top to bottom.• Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language.• Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.• Recognize common sight words.• Return sweep.

Materials Needed:

• Stapler

Assembly:

Copy one book for each child. No cutting is required. To assemble the books, fold each page with the fold on the right. Staple books together on the left.

Directions:

Give one book to each child in your small group. Students may write their name on the front of the book in the space provided. Students will practice tracking print, recognizing sight words, and using picture cues to determine unknown words.





Here is an Insect

By

_____________ Here is an ant.


Here is a ladybug. Here is a bee.


Here is a butterfly. Here is a grasshopper.


Here is a garden.

The End


Bee Alphabet Game Setting: Small Group

Objective: Aligns with following Common Core standard:

ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1d Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Materials Needed:

• One set of bee playing cards• Basket or container to hold the cards• One recording sheet per child• One Do-A-Dot marker (bingo dot) per child

Directions:

Print, laminate, and cut one set of bee alphabet cards. I have included 4 different sets for you to choose from; uppercase color, lowercase color, uppercase black and white, and lowercase black and white. Place all the cards in a basket or plastic tub. Seat your students in a circle and pass the basket around. Each student closes his eyes and removes one card, then “reads” the letter on the card aloud. If the student can read the letter he keeps the card. If not, then he may ask a friend to help read him the letter. After a student identifies the letter he locates it on the recording sheet (see pages 62-63) and uses a Do-A-Dot marker to stamp it.

When a student gets the card that says “Buzz!” all of the students buzz like bees. After the buzz card is chosen, the person who selected it must put all of his or her cards back in the basket.





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Bee Alphabet Game Recording Sheet

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Bee Alphabet Game Recording Sheet

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Resources If you enjoyed this resource here are some others that might be of interest to you:

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