Insects: Math, Literacy, and SO Much More! (Aligned to Common Core)

This unit is ALL aligned to Common Core standards. The standards are all included with the activities within the packet.

Included in this Unit:
-Entomologist Craft and My Favorite Bug writing
-Graphic Organizer
-Anchor Charts
-Insect Or Not An Insect? sort and activity with insect fact sheet
-Word Splash Words
-Label it activities (whole group and activity sheets for insect and butterfly)
-Sequencing activity (Butterfly Life Cycle)
-Green house craft
-All About Insects Writing including: Bumblebee craft for the cover, title/author, multiple table of contents to choose from, and 10 different writing pages to choose from

Literacy Centers:
-Hopping Through Words (real/nonsense words)
-Spotted Spelling (sounding out CCVC words)
-Marching Away With Digraphs (final digraphs sh, th, ch)
-Insect Scramble (sentence scramble)
-Buzzing Around the Room (Write the room)
-Butterflies (long /e/ and short /e/ sort)

Math Centers:
-Ants, Ants, Ants Addition (addition to 10)
-Lucky Ladybug Subtraction (subtraction under 10)
-Word Problem Crafts for both addition and subtraction
-Very Hungry Measuring (nonstandard measurement)
-Buzzing Numbers (number order to 20)
-Bumblebee Comparisons (greater than/less than to 20)
-How Many Insects In The Jar? (one-to-one correspondence and ten frames with numbers 11-20)

**Caitlin Clabby**
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