The Amazing Bug Trap

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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Purple (Levels 19-20)
Year: Two
Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
Theme/Topic: Animals birds and insects, Invention, Neighbourhood, Problem solving
Genre: General narrative
Strategy/Skills: Making predictions, Determining cause and effect, Determining main ideas
Page Count: 12
Reading Level: 19
Item Code: 200971
High Frequency Words: been, gave, made, read, their, those, very, work
Curriculum Codes: ACELA1470, ACELA1824, ACELA1825, ACELY1668, ACELY1669, ACELY1670

Reader Description

Mr Harris's cabbages are being eaten by earwigs. How will Maria and Tom help him catch the earwigs?

After you have completed the Reader

To catch the earwigs that are eating the cabbages, Maria and Tom invent a bug trap that uses light sticks. What other natural ways could they have tried to catch the earwigs? Use library books or the Internet to do your research. Write a short report about what you found.

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