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Calling all “Bug”-ologists! Step right up to learn about two killer drillers! These bugs that burrow know how to survive by digging holes to capture their food or provide for their young. Learn about the clever trapdoor spider who acquired his name for astonishing construction skills. A crafty fellow, he burrows into the earth and hides beneath a trapdoor waiting … read what happens next! Meanwhile, the resourceful ichneumon wasp finds an unsuspecting grub minding his own business in the underlayer of a pine tree and then … read what happens next! After exploring this issue, young “bug”-ologists will be hungry to explore the amazing behavior of nature’s most abundant animal group—the insect family.
In this issue students will:
- think like a “bug”-ologist
- learn new content specific vocabulary while reading expository text
- find the right missing word in a buggy “cloze” activity
- practice art sills with symmetry drawing
- create clever for sale ads for insects
- use the newspaper to hung for buggy articles
- contribute ideas to the Bug Hall of Fame
- distinguish fact and opinion
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