Looking for Bugs
Title: Looking for Bugs
Subject: Science
Grade Level: K
Overview:
This lesson will familiarize Kindergarten students with various insects and their sounds. After listening to the story about The Very Quiet Cricket by Erick Carle, the students will discuss the various insects and the sounds they make. Students will draw their favorite insect using the software KidPix.
Approximate Duration: 2-30 minute sessions
Content Standards:
Science as Inquiry
The students will do science by engaging in partial and full inquiries that are within their developmental capabilities.
Life Science
The students will become aware of the characteristics and life cycles of organisms and understand their relationships to each other and to their environment.
Benchmarks:
SI-E-A1
asking appropriate questions about organisms and events in the environment; (1,3)
SI-E-A3
communicating that observations are made with one's senses; (1,2,4)
LS-E-B1
observing and describing the life cycles of some plants and animals; (1,3)
LS-E-B2
observing, comparing, and grouping plants and animals according to likenesses and/or differences; (1,3)
Grade-Level Expectations (GLEs):
Grade K
1. Ask questions about objects and events in the environment (e.g., plants, rocks, storms)
(SI-E-A1)
2. Pose questions that can be answered by using students’ own observations and scientific knowledge
(SI-E-A1)
4. Use the five senses to describe observations
(SI-E-A3)
Interdisciplinary Connections:
English/Language Arts : Standard 1
Students read, comprehend, and respond to a range of materials, using a variety of strategies for different purposes.
Educational Technology Standards:
Use technology tools (e.g., publishing, multimedia tools, and word processing software) for individual and for simple collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities for a variety of audiences.
Objectives:
1. TLW identify insects by their characteristics.
2. TLW listen to a story and then discuss it.
Lesson Materials and Resources:
Rubric to access KidPix activity
The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
Pictures of insects
Technology Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Computer
Printer
Software:
KidPixWebsites:
Black Bayou Lake Project
http://www.mcschools.net/mcs/black_bayou_files/index.html
Background Information:
Students will have knowledge of bugs; however they may not know that they are called insects.
Students will recognize a bug; however, they may think all insects are alike.
Lesson Procedures:
Day One
1. Assess prior knowledge by asking students, "What is a bug?"
2. To motivate the students, the teacher will use a ladybug puppet. The ladybug puppet will tell the students that they are going to meet a lot of insects today.
3. The teacher will read the book The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle.
4. The students will recall all of the insects mentioned in the story.
5. Go to Black Bayou Lake Project website http://monroe.k12.la.us/mcs/black_bayou_files/index.html to view pictures of bugs.
Day Two
1. Students will work in cooperative groups in centers to identify and compare insects.
2. Group A will use insect manipulatives and pictures to observe characteristics of insects.
3. Group B will use KidPix to create their own insect picture.
4. TTW create a slideshow in KidPix with the students' pictures.
Assessment Procedures:
The teacher will observe the children.
A rubric will be used to assess the picture produced with KidPix.
Accommodations/Modifications:
See individual IEP's for additional modifications.
The paraprofessional will help students who need individual tutoring.
----- written by Cheryl KadarReproducible Materials:
Bugs Rubric
Explorations and Extensions:
This activity could be used to compare insects to other animals.
Lesson Development Resources:
GLE-Related Material
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/saa/1914.html
Contact Information:
Cheryl Kadar
cheryl.kadar@mcschools.net
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