Grade 2 - Read-Aloud Insets

Insects: Supplemental Guide DR | Domain Review 167

 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”

 Describe the social behavior of ants and ant colonies

 Describe the roles of worker ants, males, and queens

 Compare and contrast grasshoppers and crickets

 Identify ways in which insects can be helpful to people

 Identify ways in which insects can be harmful to people

Activities

Image Review

Show the Flip Book images from any read-aloud, and have

students retell the information from the read-aloud using the

images.

Image Card Review

Materials: Image Cards 1–19

In your hand, hold Image Cards 1–19 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

the ladybug, a student may pretend to eat other insects or act

out fl ying around with two pairs of wings. The rest of the class

will guess what insect or object is being described. Proceed to

another card when the correct answer has been given.

Riddles for Core Content

Ask students riddles such as the following to review core content:

• I am the process by which most newborn insects change into
  their adult forms. What am I called? (metamorphosis)