Hello Students and Parents,

I hope you are all happy and healthy!

Thank you to all the parents that sent videos and/or pictures of their child’s work.  I greatly appreciate it.

This week we are continuing to learn about bugs.  Today we will learn about a bug called a cricket.  A cricket is like a grasshopper but it has longer antennae.

First, I will go over some vocabulary and then I will read the book, The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle.

For your homework,  I would like you to find a bug.  Sometimes you can find a bug in your home (like a spider or a fly) or you could go into a park or your yard and look for bugs.  Then I would like you to investigate it.  Investigate means look at very carefully and notice things.  I would like you to find out how many legs it has, how many body parts it has and how many antennae is has (it might not have any!).  Please try not to hurt the insect.  Just look at it.  Insects are important creatures on Earth.

Here is the Insect Investigation sheet that you have to fill out:

insect investigation

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s Insect Investigation example of a crane fly.  (A crane fly is like a really big fly with long legs.)

Insect investigation Mrs. Favaro

If you don’t have a printer, just make your own Insect Investigation sheet.

Please send me a picture and/or video of your homework.

Take care and stay healthy, everyone!