The Very Quiet Cricket

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The pictures very much tell you that thesis an Eric Carle book and the writing follows the same paths as his other books.

urn:oclc:872610261 Scandate 20111123031219 Scanner scribe12.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Source 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. Hey there! I’m Jodi. I am a National Board Certified teacher with 17 years of experience in the classroom.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. 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. 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 chart of the information about insects found in this book. Enter the name, descriptive words and sound the insect makes. Place the above circles on a large wall or bulletin board. Let children choose lengths of colored yarn or ribbon and connect any insects where they can state the reasons for similarity: habitat, habits, color, shape, noise, food, etc.

Eric Carle’s classic story of finding your “voice” is newly joining the premier reader line, Step into Reading! Look at some of the related books below to see some of the techniques and media illustrators use to create insects. Use some of them to create your own pictures. An orchestra performance is nearly spoiled by a bee. The sound of the bee is highlighted in the story. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2010-02-23 19:11:53 Boxid IA108816 Boxid_2 BL11203T Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor

Print these story sequence cards from Making Learning Fun and watch as your child recreates the story 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.