Minibeasts+-+teachers

Big Book Activities

__Caterpillar, Caterpillar Diary, How a Butterfly Farm Works__ __Return to top__ > Fuzzy little caterpillar > Crawling, crawling, on the ground. > Fuzzy little caterpillar > Nowhere, nowhere to be found. > >  Though we've looked and looked > And hunted everywhere around! > When the little caterpillar > Found his furry coat too tight, > >  Then a snug cocoon he made him > Spun of silk so soft and light. > Rolled himself away within it -- > Slept there day and night.
 * Draw a flow diagram showing the process either on paper or on the computer.
 * Look at the fascinating facts on the back cover of How a butterfly farm works. Go to the butterfly sites in Splashpool and find some more fascinating facts. Try []
 * Turn the text into a diary in the first person (modelled on Diary of a worm)
 * Caterpillar is illustrated. The other books have photos. Complete a PMI of the pictures in Caterpillars. Now complete on for one of the other two books.
 * The Caterpillar - illustrate each pair of lines (you could do this with a partner and halve the work!

__Leaping Frogs, Lifecycle of a Frog, Big Changes for Tiny Tadpole__ __Return to top__ • Following directions to make an origami jumping frog http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/origami/frog/ (Splashpool - frogs link) • Following directions to make a frog life cycle wheel http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/lifecyclefrogactiv.htm (Splashpool - frogs link) • Life Cycle of a frog – Children assemble a chart by reading and pasting life’s stages in order • Create a ‘mini book’ of facts about a frog • Comprehension task – answering questions about frogs (where they live, how they breathe) • ICT: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Spring/TadpolesDevelop.aspx?age=ks2 (Splashpool, frogs link - Top Marks) • ICT: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/212/deploy/interface.html Life cycle of a frog (splash pool, frogs link, Harcourt School) • Fiction text – Looking at the features of this repetitive text – make connections with other similar texts • Maybe get children to work on an innovation on this text • Word Study focus – adding endings to words ed, ing, er, s

__How Spiders Catch their Food, Spinning a Web, Spiders and their Webs__ __Return to top__
 * Main Idea and Supporting Text – Chn place information together to make a book on spiders. How Spiders Catch their Food)
 * Summarising Text & Key Words – Cloze exercise (Spiders ands their Webs)
 * Main Idea and Supporting Text - Comprehension (Spinning a web)

__Busy as a Bee__ __Return to top__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Procedural Activity to make a bee hive.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Making a book mark with bee facts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">ICT Create a bee using “Create an Insect” – Splashpool – Mini Beasts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Word Search
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Parts of an Insect
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cloze Exercise

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">__The New Butterfly, A Butterfly is Born, The Life of a Butterfly__ __Return to top__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Take a copy of the mystery facts. Match the questions to the answers. [[file:Butterfly facts.doc]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Draw the life cycle. If it’s nearing the end of term, compare this lifecycle to that of another mini beast.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Draw a timeline from egg to butterfly using all three books to assist
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Look at the enemies section. Make a diagram or chart showing how these change during the stages of life
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Answer the question on the Minibeasts blog

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">__Ants, The World of Ants, Snails and Slugs__ __Return to top__


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Snail body parts – label the snail and write 3 facts about
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">ICT – research snails and slugs and fill in data chart = What family are they from? Where do they come from? What does slime do? When are they the most active? How do they breathe? How do they move? What do they eat? Who are there enemies? How are snails and slugs different?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ants Never Say Can’t – read poem and answer questions using key words
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ant labelled diagram – write ant facts on pictures
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cloze activity – make Ant book

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">__Tadpole Diary, Tadpoles, How do Frogs Grow?__ __Return to top__


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Sequence lifecycle of a tadpole (Based on Tadpole Diary) Illustrate
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Frog cloze activity
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Venn Diagram about frogs and tadpoles
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Write a frog story or poem
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Craft - Make frog
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">ICT- explore activities on Splashpool
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Create a lifecycle on 2Create a superstory, Paint, Word

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">__Earthworms, The Worm Farm__ __Return to top__


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Summarising Text & Key Word in Earthworms – Children glue kinder circles together to make a worm. They write a worm fact from the text on each circle.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Main Idea and Supporting Text – Children match “WORM” words with their meanings and illustrate.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Understanding Diagrams and Pictures – Children look at pictures of worms at different stages of their lives. They place the diagrams in a circle and draw in arrows to show the life cycle of a worm.Splashpool – Level 2 – Interactive – Minibeasts – Worm World – All about Earthworms
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Understanding Diagrams and Pictures – Chn have a square brown card. They draw all the foods that worms help to grow. Chn label diagram.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Splashpool – Level 2 – Interactive – Minibeasts – Worm World – Worms as Recyclers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Main Idea and Supporting Text – Children answer comprehension questions about the story.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Predict what will happen - What if Key: What if a worm disease killed off all the worms.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">__Mighty Minibeasts, Insects__ __Return to top__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Alexander Beetle Poem – In groups select a narrator to read poem while other children perform [[file:Alexander Beetle.doc]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Big Beetle – Write beetle facts and key words. Decorate.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bugs crossword
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Beetle game
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">ICT – Splashpool – Create an insect (In the interactives column)

=<span style="color: #247b1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sites for teachers = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Test it first - not 100% sure it works || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Various links || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Plan a field trip] || * [|Bugs 3D movie trailer] ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Millipedes-CSIRO]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Sneaky Snail Trap - CSIRO] || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Pete's PowerPoint Station]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[[file:minibeast posters.pdf]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Webquests
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Butterfly Life Cycle]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Butterfly appearance]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Butterfly Body Parts]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Butterfly Life Cycle] ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Travel Bugs] || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Virtual Insects] || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Bugs in 2 and 3D]
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|WA Education Dept]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[[file:Camouflage PP.pptx]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[[file:minibeasts data chart.pdf]] ||  ||

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 * =<span style="color: #247b1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Poems = || =<span style="color: #247b1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Songs = ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|The Spider and the Fly]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|There was an old lady who swallowed a fly]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|The Praying Mantis]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Bug Chant]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Butterflies and caterpillars]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Various bugs] and [|another mix]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Stories Rhymes and Poems]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Various ant poems] Lokk for Anthill
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Various poems] Look for A Fly's Eye View || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Icky Icky Insects]and the [|words]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Various]- some good soime not. If you find a good one, put in the direct link
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Ugly Big Ball Lyrics] and[|Animated version] - very clever
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Alexander Beetle] / [|Forgiven - A. A. Milne]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|The Ants Go Marching] || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|listen]to Melanie Safka sing it (very olden days!)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|A cute movie version] ||