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Bug Out!: The World's Creepiest, Crawliest Critters
Level 3. This book features some of the most disgusting, far-out bugs on the planet. Learn how a scorpion uses its poison, discover how the jumping spider hunts, and more!
- GenresScienceNonfiction
48 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2007
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About the author
Ginjer L. Clarke
63 books9 followersGinjer L. Clarke writes fun, fact-filled nonfiction beginning readers about weird, wonderful animals. Her love for strange creatures started early, as the first story she remembers writing in the third grade was “The Strange Animal” about a small, pink-spotted imaginary creature called a Woofa. She loves that her job entails visiting zoos and aquariums, reading lots of books, and even watching TV for research. And she can work at home in her pajamas, which is a lifelong dream!
Ginjer’s books, most of which are part of Grosset & Dunlap’s All Aboard Science Reader series, have sold a combined total of more than 2 million copies worldwide. Her books Freak Out! and Gross Out! were on Publisher’s Weekly’s 2006 and 2007 lists of top 100 best-selling children’s books. Her books have been favorably reviewed in Booklist, Horn Book, School Library Journal, Children’s Literature, and regional newspapers and magazines, and are featured in Scholastic and Bedford Falls Book Fairs. Her book Platypus! (Random House Step into Reading) was awarded the Maryland Library Association’s 2005 Blue Crab Young Reader Award for Nonfiction and was selected by the National Science Teachers Association as recommended classroom reading.
Ginjer is an experienced and lively school, library, and conference presenter, who has appeared at more than 100 elementary schools, regional reading and writing conferences, statewide book festivals, many bookstores and libraries, and even a zoo. She is a graduate of James Madison University and lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, young son, and several silly-looking pets.
Ginjer’s books, most of which are part of Grosset & Dunlap’s All Aboard Science Reader series, have sold a combined total of more than 2 million copies worldwide. Her books Freak Out! and Gross Out! were on Publisher’s Weekly’s 2006 and 2007 lists of top 100 best-selling children’s books. Her books have been favorably reviewed in Booklist, Horn Book, School Library Journal, Children’s Literature, and regional newspapers and magazines, and are featured in Scholastic and Bedford Falls Book Fairs. Her book Platypus! (Random House Step into Reading) was awarded the Maryland Library Association’s 2005 Blue Crab Young Reader Award for Nonfiction and was selected by the National Science Teachers Association as recommended classroom reading.
Ginjer is an experienced and lively school, library, and conference presenter, who has appeared at more than 100 elementary schools, regional reading and writing conferences, statewide book festivals, many bookstores and libraries, and even a zoo. She is a graduate of James Madison University and lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, young son, and several silly-looking pets.
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November 30, 2016
My students loved this book and they learned so much about bugs!
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October 28, 2013Book Title: Bugs by Ginjer L. Clarke
Book Description: This easy to read information text is broken down into mini-chapters to explain how insects are similar to and different from other insects, insects that hurt, insects that help, and insects that hunt.
Focus for my mini-lesson:
• Clarke uses mini-chapters to present the information about bugs so that it is easily read. I would use this text to help guide my students into breaking a main topic down into small topics. With a small topic, it may be easier to write deeper with more detail and description.
• Teach: 1st Grade CCSS Connection –
1.W.2. Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
• We will use the text as a springboard, but also use other texts about insects to build our knowledge. The students will create a booklet about insects. The students will work on one topic at a time. Each mini-chapter will be about a specific topic, such as eating, hiding, hurting, helpful, parts of an insect, etc.
Learning outcomes:
The students will learn how to break down a large topic and write deep about the subtopics.
Book Description: This easy to read information text is broken down into mini-chapters to explain how insects are similar to and different from other insects, insects that hurt, insects that help, and insects that hunt.
Focus for my mini-lesson:
• Clarke uses mini-chapters to present the information about bugs so that it is easily read. I would use this text to help guide my students into breaking a main topic down into small topics. With a small topic, it may be easier to write deeper with more detail and description.
• Teach: 1st Grade CCSS Connection –
1.W.2. Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
• We will use the text as a springboard, but also use other texts about insects to build our knowledge. The students will create a booklet about insects. The students will work on one topic at a time. Each mini-chapter will be about a specific topic, such as eating, hiding, hurting, helpful, parts of an insect, etc.
Learning outcomes:
The students will learn how to break down a large topic and write deep about the subtopics.
June 16, 2013
Bug Out: The World's Creepiest,Crawliest Critters by Ginjer L. Clarke is another in the all abloard science readers. Once again this book is designed with short sentence structure, simple plots and simple dialogue.
Lear about some of our creepy crawlers from jumping spiders and dung bugs to scorpions, this book will be a fun read for all ages. If you have a hard or even a non reader this is a great book and series to try.
Lear about some of our creepy crawlers from jumping spiders and dung bugs to scorpions, this book will be a fun read for all ages. If you have a hard or even a non reader this is a great book and series to try.
February 17, 2012
A great high interest book for struggling 3rd grade readers. The chapters are clearly organized and enabled me to have the boys use them to write from. They loved the unusual creatures, such as the tarantula hawk hornet and giant water strider and had me looking up videos of these critters in action. If you've got non-readers use this book!
April 16, 2011
This book is good for a second or third grade self read. The book is broken up into chapters based on what bugs do. The pictures are created and not photographed. Boys especially will love this book.
October 14, 2010
A great book teachers can use to get boys interested in reading. Lots of gross pictures, too!
September 11, 2015
My favorites were the camouflaged bugs.
October 8, 2018
Summary: This book features some of the most disgusting, far-out bugs on the planet. Learn how a scorpion uses its poison, discover how the jumping spider hunts, and more!
Evaluation: This book did a great job of breaking things down into categories and had lots of diagrams and pictures for the kids to look at throughout the book. It had some bigger words since it was talking about bugs, but this could be read with some help from a teacher at times.
Teaching Idea: This would be a great book to read when talking about bugs and insects in science. This book broke it down into bugs that hurt, bugs that help, bugs that hunt, and bugs that hide. This could then go into how bugs help our environment and what bugs the students need to stay away from and not mess with.
Evaluation: This book did a great job of breaking things down into categories and had lots of diagrams and pictures for the kids to look at throughout the book. It had some bigger words since it was talking about bugs, but this could be read with some help from a teacher at times.
Teaching Idea: This would be a great book to read when talking about bugs and insects in science. This book broke it down into bugs that hurt, bugs that help, bugs that hunt, and bugs that hide. This could then go into how bugs help our environment and what bugs the students need to stay away from and not mess with.
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