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PT1 n Mini-BeastsLower Primary

by Peter Clutterbuck

Mini-B easts

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ClassifyingLook closely at all the pictures. Cut them out and see how many ways youcan group them. For example, those with wings and those without wings.

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SymmetryDraw the missing part of the butterfly.

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HomesDraw lines to match each creature to its home.

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CamouflageSome small animals hide from their enemies by pretending they areleaves, twigs or flowers.

Can you find the 8 hidden insects in this picture? Circle them.

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Life CyclesCut out the pictures. Paste them in the correct order.

BLM 5

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What Am I?Cut out the pictures. Paste each one in the correct box.

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I collect pollen from flowers.The name of my home is a hive.People take and eat the honeyI make.

I am a ______________________

I live in a rockpool. I have a hardshell to protect my body. I alsohave nippers to catch my food.

I am a ______________________

My young are called tadpoles.I can live in water and alsoon land. I like to eat insects andsmall fish.

I am a ______________________

My babies are called maggots.I like to eat household scraps.I can easily spread disease.

I am a ______________________

fly

bee crab frog

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Make a SpiderCut out the legs and stick them on the spider.

Fold the legs on the dotted lines.

BLM 7

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Which is Which?Colour the boxes that contain the names of the mini-beasts in the picture.

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butterfly ant worm beetle

mosquito grasshopper slug crab

spider dragonfly snail bee

tadpole ladybird moth centipede

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ClozeUse a word from the box to fill each space.

BLM 9

four egg fruit sting three

nests grubs six flowers blue

Wasps are insects. They have _____________ body partsand _________ legs. Most wasps have long thin bodiesand ______________ wings.

They are black or dark _______________ with colouredrings around their bodies.

Wasps protect themselves with a _______________. Theycan sting someone many times. The sting is very painful.

Wasps eat sweet things. They suck the nectar from_____________ and the juice from ________________.

Some wasps build their _______________ under theground, while others build them in trees or even in houses.

An _______________ is laid in each cell of the nest andafter about six days the eggs hatch into ________________.The grubs live on the insects killed by the queen.

After two weeks the grubs spin cocoons. In ten days adultwasps emerge.

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Word PuzzleUsing the mini-beast words below, find the answers to the clues and

complete the word puzzle. By completing the puzzle you will discover thename of a well known mini-beast in the box. What is it?

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queen snail honey jamworm butterfly spider ant

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6.

7.

8.

1. Something sweet ants like to eat.

2. A sweet food bees make.

3. A small animal with a shell.

4. The _____________ bee or ant lays the eggs.

5. A small animal that has large, pretty wings.

6. An animal that catches its prey in a web.

7. A small, hardworking insect.

8. A small, long animal that burrows in the soil.

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Spot the differenceLook at the mini-beasts in each row. Circle the one that is different.

BLM 11

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Drawing SnailsLook at the picture of a snail. In the second square, draw what it would

look like if you were looking at it from the front. In the third square, drawwhat it would look like from behind. In the last square, draw what it would

look like from above.

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1. Side

3. Behind

2. Front

3. Above

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Fill InLook at each creature. Fill in the spaces.

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Numberof legs

Wings?Yes or No

Shell?Yes or No

What doesit eat?

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Join UpJoin the dots to complete the mini-beast. Colour the picture.

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What mini-beast have you drawn?__________________________________

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SoundsRead the story.

Animals can make sounds. Different animals can makedifferent sounds, but they all must make some part of

their body vibrate.

Bees make a buzzing sound because their wings moveup and down very fast.

Bull frogs croak by puffing up their throats likeballoons.

Crickets make sounds by rubbing their wings together.

Animals have ears too. A grasshopper has ears in itsbody. A cricket has ears in its legs. A frog has very

small ears.

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Circle the correct word.

1. Bees buzz because their (legs, wings) move up and down quickly.

2. A cricket makes a sound by rubbing its (legs, wings) together.

3. A frog has very (large, small) ears.

4. A cricket has ears in its (wings, legs).

5. Bull frogs croak by puffing up their (throat, eyes).

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Writing LettersRead this letter.

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Dear children,

I have a big problem and hope you will help me.

Yesterday I found a large piece of delicious breadthat I was taking back to the hole to feed my babies.I was just hauling it over a lettuce leaf when I saw afriend with a hurt leg. I put the bread down andstopped to help him. When I came back, my deliciouspiece of bread was gone. I asked Sammy Sparrow,Claude Cockroach and Sid Snail but they all justlaughed and said they hadn’t seen it. Even MeredithMouse said she hadn’t seen it.

What do you think has happened to my piece ofbread? Please tell me.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Ant

On the back of the sheet, write a letter back to Andrew saying what youthink might have happened to the bread.

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Missing NumbersAdd the missing numbers in the caterpillars.

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4

7 9

18 17 16

6 9 15

15 21

6 8

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What Is That Word?Add a small word from the box to make the name of each mini-beast.

Write it in the space below the picture.

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grass cock nailfly cent was

quit pole rick

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7.

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8.

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9.

________roach s_________ ________p

butter________ ________ipede ________hopper

mos________o tad_________ c________et