About this book
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3
Lexile Measure: 560L
Guided Reading Level: J
Age: Age 6, Age 7, Age 5
Genre: Comedy and Humor
Subject: Friends and Friendship, Manners and Conduct
Curriculum Crossovers:
- On strips of paper, measure off the size of some of the animals that Grouchy Ladybug encounters. Have the children draw a picture of the animal on the appropriate length strip, then find items in the class that are near the size of each animal.
Firefly
15 mm
Aphid
8 mm
Ladybug
8 mm
Yellow jacket
25 mm
Stay Beetle
4 cm
Praying Mantis
10 cm
House Sparrow
15 cm
Lobster
50 cm
Skunk
45 cm
- Write a class story using the different words that describe Grouchy Ladybug meeting the different animals: flew, met, saw, came across, bumped, spotted, happened upon, ran into, and encountered.
- Encourage the children to move like the animals in the book. Ask the children to describe how they feel when they move like different animals.
- Subjects:Literature Appreciation, Literary Response, Writing Prompts, Early Writing, Insects
- Skills:Writing
