Part 1 of this 3-page 1st grade sheet has five insect body parts on the left (antennae, eyes, legs, wings, mouth) and five jobs in a different order on the right (smell and feel, see, walk and climb, fly, eat). Students draw a line from each part to its job. Part 2 asks students to fill four sentences from a word bank of six, three, thorax and antennae, such as The legs join the thorax. An answers page lists every match.
“Match insect body parts to what they do.”
Page 1 pairs antennae, eyes, legs, wings and mouth with five jobs.
“Recall that an insect has six legs and three body parts.”
Sentences 1 and 2 on page 2 take six and three.
“Name the thorax as the part the legs join, and the antennae as the part insects feel with.”
Sentences 3 and 4 on page 2.
Five numbered body parts and five lettered jobs in a different order. Students draw a line from each part to its job.
A word bank of six, three, thorax and antennae and four sentences to finish, about legs, body parts, the thorax and how insects feel.
Each part with its job, then six, three, thorax and antennae for the four sentences.
Act it out
Call out a job such as fly or walk and climb, and have students wave the matching body part. Then hand out the page.
Put a diagram up first
Show an insect diagram on the board before part 2. Students can point to the thorax when they fill in sentence 3.
Partner check
Partners compare their lines on page 1 and talk through any difference before you share the answers.
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