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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Informational Text

Text Structure • Focused on a single topic • Each page presents one simple category of information• Details help the reader identify a sequence of events

Content • Ladybugs’ life cycle• Benefi ts of ladybugs

Themes and Ideas • An insect’s life cycle involves changes in form.• Some insects help gardeners by eating harmful insects.

Language and Literary Features

• Simple, straightforward language • Meaning provided through integration of photos with text.

Sentence Complexity • A mix of short and more complex sentences• Some longer sentences with more than six words

Vocabulary • Color words: red, yellow, orange black • Content words: bug, fl ower, spots, wings, eggs, leaf

Words • One- to two-syllable words; one three-syllable word: ladybug• Repeated use of high-frequency words

Illustrations • Photos that support the textBook and Print Features • Nine pages of text, with photos on every page

• Labels on photos identify content vocabulary.• Sentences stand alone, not run into paragraphs

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Ladybugsby Melissa Seymour

Fountas-Pinnell Level FInformational TextSelection SummaryLadybugs are red, yellow, or orange with black spots. They have six legs and wings. Baby ladybugs are black with light spots. Ladybugs help gardeners by eating harmful bugs. In winter, they hide under rocks and logs.

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Words to Know

Ladybugs by Melissa Seymour

Build BackgroundRead the title to children and identify the insect on the cover as a ladybug. Encourage children to use their knowledge of insects to think about the book. Ask questions such as the following: What do you know about ladybugs? Are they big or small? Do they hurt people or help them?

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions:

: Explain that this book is all about ladybugs and how they grow.Suggested language: Turn to page 2. Where is the ladybug in this picture? The sentence reads: A little round bug is sitting on a flower. Say fl ower. Flower begins with the letter f. Look at the labels. Point to the word fl ower on the label.

Page 3: Remind children that photos give a lot of information. Look at the ladybugs in the photo on this page. What color are they? Ladybugs can be red or yellow or orange. Say yellow. What sound do you hear fi rst in yellow? Find the word yellow.

Page 5: When you look at these photos what do you see? Point to the ladybug’s leg in the fi rst picture. What does the label say? Ladybugs also have wings, so they can fl y. Point to the ladybug’s wings in the other photo.

Now go back to the beginning and read the whole book to fi nd out all about ladybugs.

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ReadAs children read, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that supports their problem solving ability.

Respond to the TextPersonal ResponseAsk children to share their personal responses to the book. Begin by asking what they liked best about the book, or what they found interesting.Suggested language: What did you learn about ladybugs that you didn’t know before?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Ladybugs are red, yellow, or orange, and most have black spots.

• Baby ladybugs hatch out of eggs and are black with light spots. As they grow, they change and look like adult ladybugs.

• Ladybugs help in gardens by eating bugs that hurt plants.

• An insect’s life cycle involves changes in form.

• Some helpful insects help gardeners by eating insects that harm plants.

• Labels in the photos help readers understand what is shown.

• The author makes it easy to understand how ladybugs grow from an egg into an adult bug.

• The author feels that ladybugs are helpful in gardens.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for SupportFluencyInvite children to choose a passage from the text and demonstrate phrased, fl uent oral reading. Remind them to pay attention to punctuation and to pause briefl y for commas and for a longer time at periods.

Phonemic Awareness and Word WorkProvide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:

• Listening Game Remind children that sometimes when two consonant letters come together, they are blended together, such as fl in fl ower and pl in place. Have children listen for words that begin with the same consonant blend. Have them raise their hands if the words begin the same and keep their hands down if they do not. Say pairs of words such as these: spot-spin, bright-bite, fl y-fl ame, from-foam, black-back, plant-park.

• Build Sentences Materials: books, index cards, sentence strips. Have children fi nd pictures of words in books and write each word on an index card. Then have them write sentences using the words.



Writing About ReadingCritical ThinkingRead the directions for children on BLM 24.7 and guide them in answering the questions.

RespondingRead aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.

Target Comprehension SkillSequence of Events

Target Comprehension Skill Remind children that when they read, they can look

for details that tell the order in which things happen. Model how to think about fi rst, next , and last:

Think Aloud

On page 6, I read that a ladybug lays its eggs on the back of a leaf. That’s the fi rst thing that happens to make new ladybugs. Baby ladybugs come from the eggs. That’s the second thing that happens. What’s the next thing that happens in a baby ladybug’s life? It eats bugs until it grows into a big ladybug.

Practice the SkillHave children share an example of another science book in which they told the order in which things happened.

Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the TextRead aloud the following prompt. Have children draw and write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6.

Draw a picture of a different bug that can fl y.

Write about the bug.



Read directions to children.

Think About ItWrite an answer to the question. Responses may vary.

1. Why are people happy to see ladybugs in their gardens?

Ladybugs eat other bugs that hurt

plants in gardens.

Making Connections Think about a bug that you

like. Write some sentences about why you like it.

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English Language LearnersFront-Load Vocabulary Make sure children know the meanings of the content words from the story: garden, round, taste, tiny, spots, legs, wings, eggs.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/ Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: Point to the ladybug on the cover.

Speaker 2: [Points to ladybug]

Speaker 1: What do you see on the ladybug’s back?

Speaker 2: black spots

Speaker 1: How many legs do ladybugs have?

Speaker 2: six

Speaker 1: Where do ladybugs lay their eggs?

Speaker 2: on the back of a leaf

Speaker 1: Why do people like ladybugs?

Speaker 2: Ladybugs help in gardens. They eat bugs that hurt plants.

Speaker 1: What do ladybugs do when winter comes?

Speaker 2: They hide under rocks and logs until spring.



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LadybugsDraw a picture of a different bug that can fly.

Write about the bug.



Think About ItWrite an answer to the question.

1. Why are people happy to see ladybugs in their gardens?

Making Connections Think about a bug that you

like. Write some sentences about why you like it.


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A ladybug’s bright colors

and spots keep it safe.

Animals know ladybugs

do not taste good.

Ladybugs have six legs

for walking.

They also have wings

for flying from place

to place.

A ladybug lays its eggs

on the back of a leaf.

Baby ladybugs will come

from the eggs.

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