Earthworms in Your Backyard Garden Wigglers Earthworms in Your Backyard

Gallery Walk…possible pictures Worms in the rain Worms in the soil Bird eating a worm Worm on a fishing rod Worm eating a leaf Worms life cycle Worm in their casting Birth of a worm

KWL Promethien Board Activity Begin with K (students will write what they already know. Page 2 W (students will leave a question that they want to know about earthworms). Page 3 L (students will share what they’ve learned after we read the text)

Academic Content Language Chart Academic Language in Content Beginning Definition Expanded Definition Our Class Definition Worm castings might sound gross but they are actually important in making healthy soil Around the middle part of an earthworm is a think ring called the clitellum Gizzard

Read Text Aloud

KWL chart continued…..pg 3 (students will complete the learned section of the KWL chart

Vocabulary Jigsaw for Earthworms   Begins with A Has 2 Syllables Ends with s Clue- Another word for poop Begins with c Has 3 Syllables Ends with e Clue- Used to make Cocoons Begins with G Ends with d Clue- The place were food in found in the worm

Vocabulary Jigsaw cont….. Begins with M Has 2 Syllables Ends with g Clue- Male and Female join together with their body Begins with A Ends with s Clue- What plants and animals need to stay healthy   Begins with S Ends with e Clue- Male and female body parts

Vocabulary Jigsaw cont….   Begins with S Has 2 Syllables Ends with s Clue- Ringed parts that make up the earthworms body Ends with e Clue- Invisible bristles on earthworm’s body that helps it to move. Answer Key for vocab jigsaw words castings, clitellum, gizzard, mating, nutrients, reproductive organs, segments, setae

Graphic Organizer Use 4 point graphic organizer and identify the 4 main body parts of the Earthworm