Doreen Cronin has hit a home run with this trilogy! These captivating books bring a touch of humor and insect facts in a diary style format. My students always enjoy listening to these books and they lend themselves to an art project.
With summer approaching, we discussed ways we could turn off technology and connect with nature. Collecting bugs is a great way to observe the insect world and have some fun getting messy by flipping rocks, digging in the dirt or busting out a butterfly net to catch some flying creatures. With that in mind, we designed bug jars and filled with with thumb print bugs.
Each color represents a different bug which needed to have a minimum of four bug details:
wings
legs
eyes
stinger
antenna
stripes
dots
hair
claw/pincher
The final piece to make this project complete is a math word problem. I designed a template for students to use which made editing and proof reading a real breeze for this projects.
In my bug jar I have ______________ ______________ bugs,
______________ ______________ bugs and
______________ ______________ bugs.
How many bugs do I have all together?
______________ + ______________ + ______________ = ______________ bugs
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