36 Insects: Supplemental Guide 2 | What Makes an Insect an Insect?
Exercise Materials Details
Vocabulary Instructional
Activity: SectionsInstructional Master 2B-1 (Parts
of an Insect), drawing paper,
scissors, glueStudents cut out, arrange, and glue
the sections of an insect’s body with
corresponding labels.
Am I an Insect? Image Cards 2–5; Images 2A-4,
2A-5, and 2A-11Students compare and contrast the body
parts of the animals in the images.
Instructional Master 2B-2 (Am I an
Insect?)
Insects Journal Instructional Master 2B-3 (Insects
Journal Page 2)Advance Preparation
Create a Prediction Chart on a large piece of chart paper. Have
students write phrases or short sentences to answer the prediction
question.
Prediction Question: What do all insects have in common?
Name Answer
[include as many rows
as you have students]
Make a copy of Instructional Master 2A-1 for each student. Refer
to it as Response Card 1; it shows the parts of an insect. Students
may refer to the Response Card as you discuss the content of the
lesson.
Make a copy of Instructional Master 2B-2 for each student.
Students will categorize insects and non-insects.
➶ Above and Beyond: Have students write a sentence about how
they know insects are insects and about how they identifi ed the
non-insects.
Make a copy of Instructional Master 2B-3 for each student. This will
be the second page of their Insects Journal. Students will draw and
write about an experience they have had with an insect or insects.
Notes to Teacher
The read-aloud for this lesson is especially long and is likely to
take longer to present than the time allotted. You may wish to
pause after reading the section with image 2A-10.