Jack’s Insects Narration & Nature Study Notebook

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Now your student can expand on what he learns from Jack’s Insects. Additional learning opportunities with leading narration questions, prescreened websites and recommended reading, nature study tips, and lots of room to record findings all organized in one attractive notebook. (Grades 4–6)

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SKU: VAR-jacksnnn Category: Science Tag: Grade 5

Product Description

Make your child’s adventure with Jack and Maggie even more exciting!

Now you can expand on the adventures described in the living science book Jack’s Insects. In this comprehensive Narration & Nature Study Notebook you will find leading narration questions, pre-screened websites and book suggestions, plus lots of nature study ideas that correspond with the chapters in Jack’s Insects.

Book List for Jack’s Insects Narration and Nature Study Notebook

Click on the Book List tab to see a full list of the resources needed for these lesson plans.

In this self-directed study, your child will

Recall more details about each episode.—The leading narration questions encourage the student to give a full retelling of what took place in each chapter of Jack’s Insects.
Learn more about the insects in the book.—We recommend several interesting and pre-screened websites and books to encourage your student to develop his own relation with each insect he reads about.
Discover the insects in his own neighborhood.—A handy master insect list, insect-watching and drawing tips, and plenty of drawing pages make this notebook a great tool for corresponding nature study.
Work at his own pace.—Flexible lessons allow your student to read, narrate, research, and discover more about Jack’s Insects during one term or a full year. It’s your choice.
Create a personal record of his science studies.—With the Jack’s Insects Narration & Nature Study Notebook, your student’s narrations, research, and nature study notes are all collected and organized in an attractive notebook to treasure for years to come.

Book List for Jack’s Insects Narration and Nature Study Notebook

[SCM]Jack’s Insects by Edmund Selous
Field guides for insects and butterflies. Our favorites include
- National Wildlife Federation: Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America by Arthur V. Evans
- Princeton Field Guides: Caterpillars of Eastern North America by David L. Wagner
Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird-watching, Shore Walking with Jim Arnosky (optional nature study reference book but highly recommended)
Insect Investigators: Entomologists (Scientists at Work) by Richard Spilsbury
The Life Cycles of Butterflies: From Egg to Maturity, a Visual Guide to 23 Common Garden Butterflies by Judy Burris and Wayne Richards
An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly by Laurence Pringle (optional; out of print)
Jungle Bugs: Masters of Camouflage and Mimicry by Bruce Purser
Praying Mantises: Hungry Insect Heroes (Insect World) by Sandra Markle
Social Life in the Insect World by Jean Henri Fabre
Locusts: Insects on the Move by Sandra Markle
The Fiddlehoppers: Crickets, Katydids, and Locusts by Phyllis Perry
Bible
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Grasshoppers and Crickets of North America by Sara Swan Miller
Cicadas!: Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle
Animal Lives: Bees and Wasps (Qeb Animal Lives) by Sally Morgan
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Jean Henri Fabre
Fireflies (Bugs Bugs Bugs) by Margaret Hall
Spiders by Seymour Simon
Bramble-Bees and Others by Jean Henri Fabre

[SCM]: Available from SCM.

Additional Information

Weight	0.7 lbs
Dimensions	11 × 8.5 × 0.625 in
Author	Karen Smith
Pages	106
Binding	E-book, Spiral
Grade	Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Charter-Friendly	No

Check out these ideas, links, and tips that correspond to the insects introduced in Jack’s Insects. Use them to enhance your study.

5 reviews for Jack’s Insects Narration & Nature Study Notebook

missceegee – July 19, 2012
This looks FABULOUS! Makes me look forward to reading Jack’s Insects with my younger kids all the more.
simple home – July 20, 2012
This is great! I am planning to have my daughter read Jack’s Insects independently this year. The description says this is self-directed study, so I am assuming my 9 year old can use this like a workbook to compliment her readings?
- Sonya Shafer – July 22, 2012
  The notebook was written as a self-directed supplement, yes. I would recommend you download the free sample and see if it would be a good fit for your daughter for independent work.
Michelle – October 12, 2012
What about using this with older children??? What are your thoughts?
- Sonya Shafer – October 15, 2012
  It all depends on your goal, Michelle. If your older child would be interested in this study, by all means use it. I don’t think, however, that it would be enough to count as a high school science credit. So if you’re not worried about credit hours at this point, enjoy!
Rated 5 out of 5
tgorton – September 7, 2016
I looked up most of the additional books listed for each lesson at my local library and they do not have any of the titles e.g. Insect Investigators by Spilsbury. Do you have any suggestions on other resources that I can use for these lessons for my 5th grader? Thank you.
- Sonya Shafer – September 7, 2016
  You might check to see if your library can do inter-library loans and request books from other libraries; you could also see if you can find any of the books used online for a small amount; or feel free to just look in your library for other books that cover the same type of insect mentioned in the lesson and use those instead.
Rated 3 out of 5
Dederyoung1 – February 28, 2019
Is this book for the whole year?
- Sonya Shafer – March 1, 2019
  Yes, the book is designed for a full year of science two days per week. You will find a suggested schedule inside that will guide your student through the year, outlining which portions of Jack’s Insects to read and which portions of the notebook to complete each week.