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Lovely Ladybugs
Make cute ladybugs with egg cartons and pipe cleaners! After you read some facts about ladybugs, use different materials to make some ladybugs for your classroom.
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What Kind of Ladybug Are You?
As a class, read different sentences prepared by the teacher, identifying the punctuation that is needed for the appropriate expression. In small groups, have each child assume the role of one or more character in The Grouchy Ladybug by...
Cornell University
Wasps and Ladybugs
Can a good bug ever become a bad bug? An elementary entomology resource explores what to do when too many ladybugs or too many bees are in your home and can become a problem.
Education Outside
Ladybug Release
As part of a study of garden friends and foes, primary graders release and observe ladybugs in the school garden.
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Ladybug Math
Students count the number of spots on ladybug wings. They add to find total number of spots on ladybug cut outs and complete the associated worksheet. They write ladybug addition story problems.
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Animals A to Z: Ladybug
In this ladybug worksheet, 3rd graders will read 10 facts about a ladybug to gain an understanding of the insect's characteristics. Students will locate 10 errors of punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
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Reading Adventure Pack: Time
An activity packet explores the concept of time. First, scholars read two stories—The Very Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle and Telling Time: How to Tell Time on Digital and Analog Clocks! by Jules Older, illustrated by Megan Halsey....
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Ladybug Poem
In this language arts worksheet, students study rhyming patterns and learn about ladybugs by reading a short poem and coloring a picture. Students also practice printing the word "ladybug" and create a poem or story of their own.
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We Like to Read with Enthusiasm
Students develop skills to become independent readers by telling a story with expression and enthusiasm. They read with expression and enthusiasm with a partner the books, "Duck on a Bike," and "David Goes to School," both by David Shannon.
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Ladybugs
Third graders keep and report records of investigations and observations of ladybugs utilizing tools like journals, charts, graphs and computers. They discover and study the life cycle of ladybugs and complete a KWL chart about ladybugs.
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The Grouchy Ladybug
Learners listen to the book, "The Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle and sequence the events in the story. Using a graph, they draw and color the animals that the ladybug meets next to the corresponding time from the story, and conduct...
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Ladybug, Ladybug
In this nursery rhyme worksheet, students will read "Ladybug, Ladybug" and answer the questions that follow. Students are expected to complete five fill in the blank, five rhyming words, and a color worksheet of a ladybug.
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Ladybugs Welcome Here
In this coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of a garden with flowers, ladybugs and a sign that reads "Ladybugs Welcome Here." Students color the picture.
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Ladybugs
Students read books, learn about the letter l, and eat bug crackers all to learn about ladybugs. In this goldfish lesson plan, students also color pages and decorate ladybug cookies.
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The Very Grouchy Ladybug: Telling Time
Students practice telling time by reading a children's story. In this time keeping lesson plan, students read the book The Very Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carl, and create a schedule for the ladybug to complete certain activities....
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Author Study: Eric Carle
Dive into an author study of one of the most beloved children’s book authors, Eric Carle. After reading some of his stories, including Papa Get me the Moon, A House for Hermit Crab, The Grouchy Ladybug, and The Very Busy Spider, readers...
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Grouchy Ladybug
Students explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this vocabulary identification lesson, students read the book The Grouchy Ladybug and answer study questions about the story. Students define a list of vocabulary...
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Ladybug Crossword
In this ladybug crossword puzzle worksheet students read 10 clues pertaining to ladybugs. Students place their answers in this puzzle.
American Museum of Natural History
What's the Big Idea About Genetics?
Here's a quick read on genetics. An engaging online resource provides six slides of information about genetics. Learners read about the meaning of genetics to information about DNA. They also learn about the study of genes and the...
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Grouchy Ladybug
First graders are going to learn how to tell time using The Grouchy Ladybug written by Eric Carle, and clocks that they will make to bring fun to learning how to tell time throughout the school day.
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Ladybug Poem
For this poetry worksheet, students read the poem "Ladybug," color the picture, underline the rhyming words and then write the rhyming words on pages two through four.
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Picture Clues and Repeated Text
Kids read The Grouchy Ladybug and predict what the outcome will be based on picture clues and repeated text. Next, they draw their predictions. A great way to use both prediction and context clue skills in your kindergarten class.
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Ladybugs
Students read The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle, and explore the life cycle of ladybugs and how they interact with our environment.
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Ladybugs
Students listen to the book, The Grouchy Ladybug, and discuss what they know about ladybugs. They observe live ladybugs, write down what they see, and write a short story about ladybugs.