The Grouchy Ladybug
By: Eric Carle
This story is about a grouchy ladybug who wants to fight another ladybug over some aphids. The grouchy ladybug decides that the other ladybug isn’t big enough to fight so he travels all around in search of an animal worth fighting. In the end the grouchy ladybug meets the huge blue whale, who slaps the grouchy ladybug, and sends him flaying back to where the other ladybug was at. The grouchy ladybug then realizes that he needs to be nice and share the aphids.
This book is a fantastic book to have in the classroom. It explores the concepts of time, shapes, size and manners. There are so many activities that you can do with this book. One of the activities that I would do in my classroom is that I would have the students make a ladybug clock. This would help the students practice how to tell time and they could also follow along with the book and the time in it. We could also do a unit on feelings and talk about how the other ladybug feels or how the other animals feel.
Araceli, your right this is a good book. I never thought about using a a ladybug clock tohave the students fallow the time of the story. That would teach the concept of twenty four hours in a day. Eric Carle is an amazing artist and writer. Young children respond to his books with great excitement. I also like the idea about teaching students about feelings. It doesn't matter what age a student is it is hard to deal with being angry. Thanks for sharing these amazing idea's.
ReplyDeleteI also love the idea of the lady bug clock! I think having the students work with the clock while you read aloud would be very effective. It would let them have a hands on experience to really absorb the information.
ReplyDeleteIn addition, the illustrations are beautiful! Eric Carl books are always a favorite of mine.