Students explore insect features, life cycles, behavior, and roles in nature. Readings about insects such as bees, ants, and praying mantises support comparisons and discussion.
Practice: Vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension, and discussion.
Vocabulary: invertebrate, exoskeleton, metamorphosis, benefit.
Grammar: Use be supposed to + infinitive to describe expectations.
Word study: The prefixes im- and in-, meaning “not,” as in impossible and inactive.
Reading & speaking: Read about insects’ bodies, life cycles, and benefits; describe insects and discuss their role in nature.