Insects: Supplemental Guide PP | Pausing Point 93
Describe how some insects look like miniature versions of adults
when they are born from eggs
Explain why some insects molt
Describe how some insects go through four distinct stages of
development, including egg, larva, pupa, and adult
Distinguish between social and solitary insects
Describe how all members of a social insect colony come from
one queen
Describe the roles of honeybee workers, drones, and queens
Describe how honeybees communicate with one another
through “dances”
Student Performance Task Assessment
Parts of an Insect (Instructional Master PP-1)
Look at this drawing of an insect. Using the word bank provided,
label fi ve parts of an insect: the abdomen, antenna, head, leg, and
thorax.
Note: Allow for any of the following modifi cations as needed: read
the answer choices aloud to the student; have student point to the
body part as s/he tells you its name; ask student to point to each
body part as you name it.
Activities
Image Review
Show the Flip Book images from any read-aloud again, and have
students retell information from the read-aloud using the images.
Image Card Review
Materials: Image Cards 1–13
In your hand, hold Image Cards 1–13 fanned out like a deck of
cards. Ask a student to choose a card but to not show it to anyone
else in the class. The student must then perform an action or give
a clue about the picture s/he is holding. For example, for a card