Grade 2 - Read-Aloud Insets

Insects: Supplemental Guide 237

5B-3

Dear Family Member,

I hope your child is enjoying learning about the fascinating world of insects. Over the

next few days s/he will learn more about how insects communicate with one another.

Your child will also learn about ways insects are both helpful and harmful to our planet.

Below are some suggestions for activities that you may do at home to reinforce what

your child is learning about insects.

1. Insect Scavenger Hunt

Take your child on an insect hunt in the area where you live. Help your child record

where each insect is found. Have your child write one interesting fact about that insect.

Add any insects your child fi nds that are not listed in the spaces at the bottom of the

page. Have fun hunting!

2. What’s a Bug?

Your child will learn that all bugs are insects, but not all insects are bugs. Ask him/

her to explain why. (Bugs are insects that have pointy, beak-like mouths used to poke

and suck plant juice. For example, stinkbugs, bed bugs, and cicadas are true bugs.)

Interestingly, ladybugs are not bugs at all! Try to use the word insect instead of bug when

talking to your child about insects.

3. Examining Insects Closely

If possible, search for short, child-friendly videos about insects on the Internet. Watch

them with your child and discover interesting facts about insects together.

4. Read Aloud Each Day

Try to set aside time each day to read to your child as well as to listen to your child

read to you. Remember to use the recommended trade book list sent with the fi rst family

letter.

Any opportunity your child has to tell you about what s/he is learning at school and to

practice it at home is helpful.