The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle is a fun story about a grouchy ladybug and a nice ladybug who decide to eat from the same leaf. However, the Grouchy Ladybug doesn't want to share the aphids and flies away to fight other animals for food. But what happens to the Grouchy Ladybug when he runs into the largest animal in the world?!?
This is a great book for preschoolers to 3rd grade. It's a great tool for helping students understand and tell time. It's also a great book displaying the theme of bullying.
South Carolina State Standards for ELA
Standard K-1 The student will begin to read and comprehend a variety of literary texts in print and nonprint formats.
K-1.2 Use pictures and words to make predictions regarding a story read aloud.
In my kinergarten classroom, I would use this book to discuss character traits. I would ask the students if they felt more connected to the grouchy ladybug or the nice ladybug. We would create a Tchart and have the children come up to the chart and place a ladybug with their name written on it. Then we would compare the columns and talk about why they chose what they did.
Websites
http://fun-in-first.blogspot.com/2011/05/grouchy-ladybug.html *my fave informational teaching websites are from other teacher's blogs!! They're the best!!
http://teachersland.com/eric-carle-week-teaching-activities-for-the-grouchy-ladybug/
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Teachers/Literature/grouch.html
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