Extensions Have the students role play helping a friend when someone has been mean or does not like them Using cookie dough, make cookie mealworms. Draw a circle on a piece of paper. Mark the center. Mark mealworms with small dots of different colors (magic marker, poster paint or liquid paper). Release the mealworms in the center and cheer them on. Sing the Mealworm song to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel." Words with Special Meanings (for understanding only, not to be tested) Arthropod: animals that have jointed legs and a skeleton on the outside of their bodies (exoskeleton). Friend: A person (or thing) whom one knows well, likes, and trusts. Hypothesis (hypotheses, plural): a tentative explanation for a question that can be tested using experimentation. Larva (plural, larvae): the immature stage of an insect that goes through metamorphosis. A baby insect (egg, larva, pupa). Observe: to look at and pay special attention to what something does, what it looks like, and how it changes. Predict: to guess what you believe will happen. Bibliography Anderson, Hans Christian. The Ugly Duckling. Bernstein, Joanne E. Creepy Crawly Critter Riddles. Niles, IL: A. Whitman, 1986 Carle, Eric. A Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York: Philomel Books, 1969, 1987 Graham, Margaret Bloy. Be Nice to Spiders. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1967 Lionni, Leo. The Biggest House in the World. New York: Pantheon, 1987 Pallotta, Jerry. The Icky Bug Alphabet Book. Illustrated by Ralph Masiello. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 1987 Selsam, Millicent E. and Ron Goor. Backyard Insects. New York: Four Winds Press, 1983 Shapiro, A. and C. Murphy. Squiggly Wiggly's Surprise. Los Angeles: Price & Stern, 1980 Yolen, Jane. Sleeping Ugly. New York: Coward, McCann and Goghegan, 1981 Lesson Intro Set-up Lesson Plans Additions Table of Contents

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