The Very Quiet Cricket

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Then, I showed Troy the parts of the body and had him count the legs. He of course knew the head, but the thorax (middle section) and abdomen (end) were new to him. I’m sure it went a little over his head, but I wanted to introduce this concept to him. I’m sure his grandpa will be proud of him for learning this!! Typical of Carle's style, the language is simple, with rhythm, repetition, and alliteration to delight young listeners. Painted collage illustrations are lavish and expressive."-- School Library Journal Make a list of the sentences in this book that Mr. Carle uses to talk about other insects. Notice the verbs he uses to tell how the insects moved. Try substituting other words for them. Which sentences do you like best?

Comments/observations: This books reading level is kindergarten through third grade. I also found that the theme of this book is confidence and being yourself. My emotional readers response to this book was I liked the book and its illustrations and I could see myself putting this book in my own classroom library.The word use is interesting and dramatic and Carle’s inclusion of real sound in a book that has been discussing sound throughout the book expands our concept of what a picture book can and should be. Eric Carle has said that each of his "very" books has a theme and that this one is about love and the search for it. Extend the above chart to be "What We Know", "What We Want to Know" and "How We Can Find Out". Let children select one of the insects for further investigation.

In 2002, Eric and his late wife, Barbara, opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the works of distinguished picture book artists, nationally and internationally acclaimed, are exhibited in three spacious galleries. This post was originally a guest post by Jen from Large Family Frugal Living. It has since been updated to add new resources and remove broken links. Carle's illustrations, as usual, are bright and beautiful and the story is very simple to read. It's no wonder Eric Carle's books are so cherished by young children. The pictures very much tell you that thesis an Eric Carle book and the writing follows the same paths as his other books.A ladybug is unwilling to share the aphids on a leaf and so flies off to challenge bigger and bigger animals to a fight. The fun story has a few repeating words that will have your children reading along with you in no time. Nature/Science

The full color photographs combined with easy to grasp information should make this a good nonfiction extension. Then we used glitter glue to trace the antennas and legs. I read somewhere that it is good for preschoolers to know how to use glitter glue, so we tried that out! Since you have to use fine motor skills of squeezing and following a line at the same time, I helped him out. Maybe down the road he’ll be able to do this by himself. Evaluation of Literary Elements: I think that the repetitive text is very important because it helps children remember it and they can learn a lot from that. In addition, the big, colorful images keeps the children engages throughout the book. Make a chart of the information about insects found in this book. Enter the name, descriptive words and sound the insect makes.Hi, I’m Jen! I’m a homeschool mama of six. I spend my days learning alongside my children, attempting to sew, and striving to honor my husband and Jesus Christ. Join me at Large Family Frugal Livingwhere I write about homeschooling and large family life, share yummy recipes, and hopefully encourage you along the way!” Free Teacher's Guides: A listing of all our teacher's guides. Picture Books, Nonfiction and Fiction. Have an insect sound contest where students use instruments, found materials, body parts and voices to imitate insect sounds.

Play the What-If game about the ideas in this book in which children speculate on as many consequences of each "What-if" as possible. For instance, the first what-if might be "What if all insects became twice as big as they are now?" Consequences might be: they'd need twice as much food so we might loose more crops. It would hurt more if they bit or stung us. The noise they make could become a nuisance. Birds who eat insects would need to eat fewer insects to fill up. We also talked about what it means to be quiet, since it’s a key word in the book. We practiced what it sounds like to be LOUD by shouting and quiet by whispering. In my opinion, it’s always a good thing to practice being quiet. 🙂 Practising the understanding of the storybook by a quiz with multiple-choice answers. Level:intermediate Use cardboard circles or pizza boards to make life cycles for each of the insects selected by children to research. urn:oclc:872610261 Scandate 20111123031219 Scanner scribe12.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen SourcePrint these story sequence cards from Making Learning Fun and watch as your child recreates the story Devise ways of showing the information gained in the investigation such as Venn diagrams, graphs and charts.