Ladybugs - Compound Words - Literacy and Craft

Kids will discover all about ladybugs, their life cycle, and compound words. These differentiated passages are perfect for fluency, comprehension, and close reading. I have included a full writing unit to help your students write the "perfect paragraph" including that tricky sense of closure! The darling art will bring this unit to life, delight your learners, and make your classroom beautiful!

This is an informational text - Science Unit that teaches 1st and 2nd graders all about ladybugs.

What's Included:

Easy Reading Passage

• Shortened passage
• Comprehension questions on the bottom 1/2 of the page
• Highlight answer in the text / looking back into the text
• Answering in a complete sentence

Passage: Challenge Reading for 1st or Perfect for 2nd grade

• Available in 4 different formats
• Different tops to the page for parent signature (homework) and fluency
• Passages with numbers repeated readings / fluency practice
• Passages without numbers (perfect for 1st and second grade)

Close Reading /Comprehension Questions / Quiz Focus on:

1. Looking back into the text (close reading)
2. Order the ladybug life cycle and write at least 4 complete sentences about the life cycle of the ladybug.

Art project

• Copy machine ready, no tracing
• Directions are in words and pictures.
• Perfect for a substitute teacher.

Bulletin Board lettering

• Print or copy directly onto construction paper cut to 8.5X11
• Quick and easy to cut out
• Bulletin Board Lettering Says : "Busy Bees"

Full Writing Unit:

1. Brainstorming pages that I put under the doc cam and complete with the kids
2. Vary your sentences! A brainstorming page of ways for kids to start their sentences.
3. Quick write for easy writing and grading
4. Themed writing pages with multiple line choices.

Full Shared Research Unit:

1. Brainstorming pages- I put them under the doc cam and complete with the kids
2. Vary your sentences! A brainstorming page of ways for kids to start their sentences.
3. Shared Research Quick write for easy writing and grading
4. Themed writing pages with multiple line choices.

This unit is available in 2 Bundles:

Spring Literacy All Year ( April- June Units 512 Happy Customers)

Literacy All Year (Year-long Mega Bundle 650 Happy Customers)

High Praise for Literacy All Year Units:

• "NEVER have I had such a comprehensive unit that is absolutely perfect for ALL my kiddos. The graphic organizers that support the writing... top notch. My kids were writing paragraphs with openings and closings WEEK ONE. I send home the reading practice for homework. I was dumbfounded when my ELS kids... still in early reading behaviors... touched and read the passages top to bottom. Worth EVERY penny. I wish I had bundled!" -Suzan Sudlow

• "First off, thank you for being such an inspirational speaker at the K-1 conference! You inspired me to do more, and your bundles have helped me up my game without making my life harder! Thank you for adding all the pictures and examples." -Natalia C

To See the Whole Literacy All Year Series Click Here. Link stays on TpT and in my store.

I want to say a BIG shout out thank you to Christine for allowing me to adapt her ladybug art. With some awesome tweaks, teachers do not have to trace anything. Plus, now the back and front is filled with their learning so it is a great project to hang from the ceiling or a laundry line.

There is a blog post that you might want to accompany this lesson. It has real photographs of ladybugs, songs, and a movie clip. To go to this "Teach With Me" blog post click {here }.

DJ inkers graphics are used in this product: License # 1112175836

Little Ladybugs: Informational Reading, Writing, Compound Words, and Smart Art by Katie Knight is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.