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Insects Literacy Activities

This section includes numerous literacy activities related to insects and spiders. Use the filters on the left side of the page to isolate activities by grade level or format (online or printable).

Cicada Overload 2024 - Reading Comprehension - Printable

Description: This resource includes a reading passage about the mass cicada emergence of 2024 and five multiple choice questions. It is suitable for kids in grades 5 and up. WORD COUNT: 233 LEXILE: 1010

The Ant and the Grasshopper Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This online cloze reading exercise requires students to type the words from the word bank into the correct fields in the paragraph. It gives immediate feedback.

Bees E-book

Description: Brought to you by My Green World, this bees e-book is perfect for kids ages 7-10. It teaches all about the behavior, diet, habits, and importance of bees.

Bees Infographic

Description: Brought to you by My Green World, this beautiful infographic tells why bees are so important for the health of our planet.

Black Widow vs Brown Recluse Compare and Contrast Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes reading passages and five multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH - 477 Words; LEXILE: 1210

Black Widow vs Brown Recluse Compare and Contrast Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes reading passages and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH - 477 Words; LEXILE: 1210

Bioluminescence Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 369 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Bioluminescence Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 369 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Butterflies Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 185 Words; LEXILE: 710

Butterflies Printable Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice questions.

Butterfly Life Cycle - Fact or Fiction Online

Description: This activity requires students to read a short passage about the life cycle of a butterfly. Then, the student must evaluate eight fact or fiction statements. The program gives immediate feedback.

Monarch Butterfly Migration - Fact or Fiction Online

Description: This activity requires students to read a short passage about the migration of Monarch Butterflies. Then, the student must evaluate eight fact or fiction statements. The program gives immediate feedback.

Butterflies Paralaugh - Online

Description: This online activity is the equivalent of a butterfly mad lib. Just enter the nouns, verbs, and adjectives, as directed, to create and print a hilarious butterfly-themed paragraph.

Butterflies Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Crickets Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a short passage and eight multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 260 Words; LEXILE: 710

Crickets Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a short passage and eight multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 260 Words; LEXILE: 710

Crickets Paralaugh - Online

Description: This online activity is the equivalent of a cricket mad lib. Just enter the nouns, verbs, and adjectives, as directed, to create and print a hilarious cricket-themed paragraph.

Dung Beetles - Fact or Fiction Online

Description: This activity requires students to read a short passage about dung beetles. Then, the student must evaluate eight fact or fiction statements. The program gives immediate feedback.

Find a Bug Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This online cloze reading exercise requires students to type the words from the word bank into the correct fields in the paragraph. It gives immediate feedback.

Lyme Disease Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Lyme Disease Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Mosquitoes Cloze Reading

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

The Process of Pollination Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Spiders Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 203 Words; LEXILE: 810

Spiders Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 132 Words; LEXILE: 710

Spiders Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 132 Words; LEXILE: 710

Spiders Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 203 Words; LEXILE: 810

Spiders Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Spiders Sentence Surgeons - Online

Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.

Spiders Interactive Crossword

Description: Students must refer to the spider passage to complete the crossword puzzle. The puzzle gives immediate feedback.

Spiders Reading Comprehension for Google Classroom

Description: This modified google quiz form allows you to collect data and scores using this reading comprehension exercise as part of your google classroom. These are designed for you to customize, add to, subtract from, and change . PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND DO NOT TYPE ON THE ORIGINAL.

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