LadyBugs and Other Insects: Scholastic First Discoveries Book

This book mostly talks about ladybugs and their life cycle. It goes into some detail about what a ladybug looks like and what each part of the ladybug is called as well as where ladybugs live and what they eat. This book has great illustrations. The book also goes into a few other types of insects including beetles and grasshoppers, but there is not as much detail as there is for the ladybug. At the end of the book, questions are provided to be answered.

I would use this book in a third grade classroom. I would use this book as a read aloud and we would compare a ladybug to a spider. Are they both insects? What makes each one unique? We would discuss this first, and then I would have students complete a venn diagram comparing and contrasting a ladybug to a spider.