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Join Rita Rebus and Misty Phy to solve a backyard mystery! What’s causing those blinking lights that dart about in the night sky? The answer will enchant young readers as they learn that the little lights are actually a flying insect. Fireflies are found throughout the world and have influenced legends and myths with their unusual properties. Discover the four parts of the firefly life cycle, why they blink their built in flashlights on and off, how they “breathe” through a particular body structure, and where firefly festivals are held! You’ll learn new vocabulary, conduct a simple experiment, and light up your life with fireflies!
In this issue students will:
- read informational text
- learn structures that aid insects in survival
- understand how fireflies communicate
- calculate simple sums to identify stages of the life cycle
- discover how fireflies are regarded in other countries
- proof read to edit
- use alliteration in writing
- locate adjectives in the newspaper to write a mystery of your own
7 page PDF
