German Insects Worksheet Packet

All 3 worksheets can be used with grades 2 to 4, depending on the ability of the students. My students responded well to both the identification of insects and the wordsearch. We didn't use the word scramble this time. The instructions were clear as were the drawings. All worksheets were well set out and presented. However, in regard to the "German Insects" (identification) I did make some adjustments. It is very important for students learning German, that all times - all nouns are shown as beginning with a capital letter e.g. libelle (dragonfly) should have been "Libelle". In addition, it is equally important that the students learn the gender of each noun at the same time. Hence, I changed the names of all the insects by replacing the first letter with a capital and adding the gender above or next to the word (noun) e.g. die Libelle. In the case of the word scramble the capital letter of the word should have been amongst the letters and in the case of the wordsearch the vocabulary complete with the correct gender should have been included. I provided my students with a separate vocabulary list, which included a more extensive list of insects (complete with genders and the English translations) to assist them in completing it. Any worksheets produced by teachers and any other person/company should be presented accurately and model the correct written language. This assists, reinforces and encourages students to write, read and speak correctly and not make mistakes e.g as sadly misrepresented in the worksheet mentioned above.