Week #2!!!!  Please remember it's best to use this, and all other curriculums or lesson plans, as a guideline, adapted to your family, your culture, and your students.  Keep in mind I am an American Christian, so my ideas are rooted in that culture.  Feel free to modify according to your own culture and belief system.  Also modify activities and field trips to fit your climate and your locale.  You may not be able to visit a zoo, so be creative and think of something else.  Remember, you know what is best for your child!!! 

Notes on the lesson plan for Week #1:  Under resources, add things like an ant farm, raising ladybugs or butterflies.  You order these kits, and they are mailed to you.  This needs to be planned ahead so you have them on hand for Insect Week.

With all ideas and suggestions, you may have to do some of your own research to find something that will work for you.

Insects:

Day 1:
Math:  MUS lesson(s); Count insect legs; focus on the number 6 this week.
Language Arts:  Explode the Code lesson(s); Read aloud time; Read The Grouchy Ladybug, by Eric Carle.
Science:  Teach the characteristics of insects, focusing on the fact that all insects have 6 legs.  They also lay eggs and are cold-blooded.
History:  Teach the impact of grasshoppers/locusts on pioneer crops.
Art:  Select a pres-school craft or do Draw Write now about insects.
P.E.:  Catch grasshoppers.  Do not catch butterflies because it rubs powder off their wings and causes damage.  Butterflies can be followed though.
Activity:  If you previously ordered an insect kit, set it up today.
Remember, PLAY!





Day 2:
Math:  MUS lesson(s)
Language Arts:  Explode the Code lesson(s); (May substitute a Draw Write Now page); Read The Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle.
Science:  Teach about metamorphosis.  Butterflies are an excellent example.
History: Read the story of Moses and the Ten Plagues (or another story unique to your own culture)
Music:  Sing "The Ants Go Marching," The Ants Go Marching Youtube!
Don't forget to PLAY!






Day 3:
Math:  MUS lesson(s)
Language Arts:  Explode the Code lesson(s), Read aloud time
Science:  Teach about camouflage among insects; work on insect kit if applicable
Geography: Find the land of Moses and the Ten Plagues on a map (or substitute with something specific to  your own culture.)
Art:  Use playdough to create insects, make the shape of a six, etc.; Continue crafts as desired; Draw Write Now
P.E.:  Go outside and turnover rocks and logs, looking for . . .  insects!!  If you live in an area that has poisonous snakes or other dangerous creatures, be sure to stay with your child and perhaps turn the rocks over with a long-handled tool first.
Field Trip:  Go to library and let the student select insect books.  Don't worry if they select something above their level.  They will learn from the pictures, they will learn that reading is something to look forward to, and they will also know they are capable of older level books, because they are already checking them out!
Movie:  National Geographic's Geokids: Camuflage, Cuttlefish and Chameleon
PLAY!!!

Day 4:
Math:  MUS lesson(s)
Language Arts:  Explode the Code lesson(s); Read aloud time and/or Draw Write Now
Science:  Teach about defense mechanisms among insects.
History/Geography:  Teach about Boll Weevils and their effect on cotton crops and locate the areas in the U.S. that grew or grow cotton.
Music:  "The Old Lady That Swallowed a Fly;"
Life Skills:  Discuss pest control safety and how to call poison control; Discuss the importance of cleanliness to prevent infestations.
Don't forget to PLAY!






Day 5:
Math:  MUS lesson(s)
Language Arts:  Explode the Code lesson(s); Read aloud time
Art: Draw Write Now; continue craft project
Activity:  work on insect kit if desired
Life Skills:  Make cookies and put into baggies in groups of six and share with shut-ins or neighbors;  Make pancakes in the shape of a six, or make dollar-sized pancakes and eat in stacks of six.
And of course . . .  PLAY!