Picture Book Science: Bugs and Bugsicles

This is the fourth post in my new blog series, Picture Book Science Lessons.  Each post contains a favorite picture book for teaching science concepts and activity ideas to accompany the book.  This post contains affiliate links. Topics: winter, animal adaptations Literacy: informational text, comparing and contrasting, non-fiction summary Focus: I was never exactly sure what some insects did during winter.  All I knew was that they weren’t bothering me!  Now I know.  This book focuses on where 8 types of insects go in the winter. Title: Bugs and Bugsicles by Amy S. Hansen Anchor Chart As a class, make an anchor chart answering the question, “Where do insects go in the winter?” Compare and Contrast Determine similarities and differences between some of the insects. Insect Trading Cards Each student selects 3 of the insects, draws a picture, and writes about the insect on the card.  There is a pocket included for students to keep them in their notebooks!