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During our unit on insects, we started an author study of Eric Carle and read his books about insects (The Grouchy
Ladybug, The Very Quiet Cricket, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider).
We are studying problem/solution stories during Writing Workshop, so we combined the two ideas and wrote a story about
an insect that had a problem and a solution.
We also studied the illustrations in the Eric Carle books and found that he made them by painting tissue paper and cutting
and gluing it into a collage. We saw his short videos on his website, and decided to try it for ourselves. We
spent two days painting and writing, and another two days finishing our stories and cutting our pieces to assemble into the
shape of our insects. The results looked great! Check out our stories below.
(Pictures will be added soon)
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The Very Brave Dragonfly
By Devan
A dragonfly woc up. He
so the sac wuz cile pel. But the dragonfly stopt him. He tuc the sac egz. He ma a dl. “Stop cile pepl and I wil giv yoo bc y egg.” The
sac stopt.
(A dragonfly woke up. He saw the snake was killing people.
But the dragonfly stopped him. He took the snake's eggs. He made a deal. "Stop killing people and I will
give you back your egg." The snake stopped)
The Very Scared Ladybug
By Rachel
wue upon a tim a lady bug namd Lady wuzz gowen to git stet on but
a uther lady bug savd hr. He pld hr alt of the show and thy got mired. The end.
(Once upon a time a ladybug named Lady was going to get stepped
on, but another ladybug saved her. He pulled her out of the shoe and they got married. The end.)
The Very Fast Wasp
By Aaron
Aaron the wasp omost got etin biy a prain matis. he stug and goo hi and got uway.
(Aaron the wasp almost got eaten by a praying mantis.
He stung and goed high and got away.)
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The Very Stuck Ladybug
By Lacey
One day a ladybug namd Sally foul into a tee and got stuk. A brt got hr ot. He got hr wif his bec. He put hr on the grarn.
(One day a ladybug
named Sally flew into a tree and got stuck. A bird got her out. He got her with his beak. He put her on
the ground.)
The Very Smart Praying Mantis
By Kyah
A long tim ogo the wasp wus triying to sting the peiple and the
other bugs to. “I said stop. Do
you rillise wut your doing” said the praying mantis. “Its bad to
sting peiple cood diye and get hrte.” He thot a bowt it. He said “Ok” said sory and flooe off.
(A long time ago the wasp was trying to sting the people and
the other bugs too. "I said stop. Do you realize what you're doing?" said the praying mantis. "It's bad
to sting. People could die and get hurt." He thought about it. He said "Ok", said sorry and flew off.
The Very Crawly Ladybug
By Skyler
My ladybug’s name is Kyah.
Kyah was crawling on my legs when I was sitting in the grass at home. I
caught Kyah and put her in a cage. I gave her some water.
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The Very Stuck Butterfly
By America
One supun a tam cer wus a butterfly nam Elizabeth.
She got stuk on sdeke sduf on a tre. She flap she wezs rele hard and she
got oet uf the stege stuf.
(Once upon a time there was a butterfly named
Elizabeth. She got stuck on sticky stuff on a tree. She flapped her wings really hard and she got out of the sticky
stuff.)
The Very Broken Wasp
By Anthony
A wasp nam Dbone he wuz ching to seg but he misst. He few and bok hiz segr. He god anu segr and he sotd sen.
(A wasp named D-Bone he was trying to sting but he missed.
He fell and broke his stinger. He growed another stinger and he started stinging.)
The Very Sticky Butterfly
By Shantaija
A butterfly namd Shawna got stuk in netr. She kut fly at. a grl name Shantaija put a pisowl in sum netru. Shawna got the pisoll and Shantaija plldu her atu.
(A butterfly named Shawna got stuck in nectar. She couldn't
fly out. A girl named Shantaija put a pencil in some nectar. Shawna got the pencil and Shantaija pulled her out.)
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