Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs & Other Ughs

by Anthony D. Fredericks, Jennifer DiRubbio (Illustrator)

In Under One Bugs, Slugs, and Other Ughs , vibrant illustrations and rhyming text offer readers an experience exploring under a rock and a chance to learn of its ecology. Children will gain an appreciation for the world under a rock―that hides a whole crowd on a summer's day. A whole community of insects and other creatures lives under rocks-worms and ants, spiders and slugs, crickets and beetles. Dr. Fredericks focuses on the whole "community" of neighbors where the ground beneath a big old rock is home to them all. Backmatter Field notes with further information on the animals in this book. A perfect book

Genres: Science, Picture Books, Teaching, Nature, Animals, Childrens, Poetry

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

Reviews

[Kalynne]

Storytime 17 kids ages 4-5
Book one (3-4 minutes): Bugs are Insects by Anne Rockwell (abbreviate)

Song/rhyme/game one (3-4 minutes): The Roly Poly Roll by Super Simple Songs

Book two (3-4 minutes): Bugs on the Bus by Paul Orshoski

Song/rhyme/game two (3-4 minutes): with shaker eggs to be the ladybug

Ladybug, ladybug, fly out of the rose,
And land right on my little nose.
Ladybug, ladybug, fly out of the farm,
And land right on my little _____.
Ladybug, ladybug, fly out of the tree,
And land right on my little _____.
Ladybug, ladybug, fly out of your bed,
And land right on my little _____.
Ladybug, ladybug, fly off of the boulder,
And land right on my little _____.
Ladybug, ladybug, fly out of the jelly,
And land right on my little _____.

Book three (3-4 minutes): Under One Rock: bugs, Slugs, and other Ughs by Anthony D. Fredericks

Song/ rhyme/ game three (3-4 minutes): with two scarves for wings

I’m a little beetle and I wiggle all day.
If you get too close to me, I’ll fly away!
I’m a little bumblebee and I wiggle all day.
If you get too close to me, I’ll fly away!
I’m a little ladybug and I wiggle all day.
If you get too close to me, I’ll fly away!
I’m a little grasshopper and I wiggle all day.
If you get too close to me, I’ll fly away!
I’m a little butterfly and I wiggle all day.
If you get too close to me, I’ll fly away!

Book Four (3-4 minutes): Diary of a Worm by

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[Debra · Rating 2 out of 5]

I rejected this for a unit study on slugs because I thought it a little too young and sing-song for the age group I was targeting. After mulling it over, I think I will give this a go with my young grand-daughter and see what she thinks. The rhythm of the book would please her, I am not sure if she will enjoy what is under the rocks, but his summer should be a fun time to turn over some rocks, get muddy and see what she thinks.

[Monica Hocking · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love the fantastic facts!

[The Book Box]

My teacher read this to the class on Zoom for Earth Day.

[Marianne Tabner · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice introduction that a little boy discovers what creatures lives under one rock in a forest. Very cleverly written in a cumulative format!

[Helena Akuany · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun and educational introduction to the tiny creatures living under rocks, with engaging illustrations.

[Megan Phillips · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book discusses what bugs do. For example, it teaches more about slugs and the other creatures in a way that is easy for children to understand.

This book has rhyming lines that students could look through the book and see how many rhyming words they could find. They could also recognize where the rhyming words are located in the story by going through the story and comparing rhyming and non-rhyming lines.

The students could also attend to print detail and find familiar words in the text.

This book is a science content because it includes content related material. It is also under the literature/poetry category as well because it is a poetry book.

This book could be used in a 5E lesson about bugs. This could be used in the explain portion of the lesson.

I would recommend this book for any age of elementary school because it could still be reasonably appropriate for any grade. Just more would be explained to the older grades than the younger ones.

[Maria Burel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I first came across Anthony D. Fredericks' non-fiction texts as a classroom teacher. He has written a whole series of non-fiction picture books that explore habitats such as soil, ponds, and tidepools. Each book is packed with information on species within the habitat, presented in a rhythmica, cumulative text (think: "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" or "The House that Jack Built"). My preschooler enjoys both the predictability and the repetition of the text, and the bright, colorful illustrations.

[Sheniqua · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing illustrations and wordplay! This book focuses on spiders, ants, slugs, and other creatures throughout the world that work together to coexist in the same habitat. This would be a great read aloud especially because of the rhyming, repetition, and wonderful illustrations.This book can used to talk about different habitats and to talk about the basic needs of plants and animals for first grade. This book can be used for math to discuss the different patterns about the bugs' habitats.

[Wendy Jones]

This book could be a content book or a poetry book. It has some information about bugs that live under rocks an in soil. It also is written like a poem with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme. I would use this book with any elementary age. I think the young ones would be really interested in it, but the older ones could learn more from it and go beyond the story to do research on some of these insects.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great book for students to discover what are living things live under a rock. The story brings out a reader's curiosity and the illusrations are so realistic that children can not resist to looking at the pictures along with the story. It is definately one of my favorite science books.

[Janice Redding · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not only a great book to discuss bugs and insects and rocks, it is a science book that is good to implement a language arts lesson. It is great for attending to print detail, rhyming, and repetition. It has awesome pictures and include information about different animals in the back of the book.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Essentially, this was built from the framework of The House That Jack Built, as are many children's books, but it was a very well-done example of that variety of book. The field notes appendix at the end was my favorite part..

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book talks about bugs and insects that are found outside. Rhyming is used to engage students and hold their attention, and this book could also be used when teaching a lesson on attending to print detail.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.50 Stars I love the pictures in the books and poetry and even the bug aspect was intriguing. Very fun nonfiction narrative book (Yes I am a sucker for non fiction narrative . Read this as a story are use it for a science lesson...it all works!!

[Hatka Kecalovic · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is Under One Rock by Anthony Fredericks. This book can be used in Kindergarten to 2 grade classrooms. This book can be used for lessons on rocks and animals.

[Nancy Vu · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a story about a boy and a rock. He studies the rock and the animals that lives near the rock. They talk about the soil needed for insects to live. Grades 1-2.

[Jayetta Carter-mcfarlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book to include in a lessom plan designed to teach elementary school children to attend to print detail. This book has sight words that contain the letters b and/or d.

[Noel Echols]

This book could be used to cover many different types of insects that lead into talking about how these insects could be beneficial. Life science: 5th

[Alana Arlequin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great book to integrate science and literature. There is rhyming and repitition in this book as well as science content.