Kristen Foote

This book is adorable! It is an informational text that discusses the life cycle of fireflies and how they survive. The information is conveyed through the wise general firefly. He discusses each stage of firefly life known as metamorphosis. Each page also includes fun facts about other insects who share similar life cycles. The book identifies the body parts of the firefly and what helps them grow.

Overall, this book is a fun read and great for younger students. It’s engaging and descriptive. I would either have this as a read-aloud before a science lesson about fireflies and insects or on my science bookshelf.… (más)

I think that this book would be good for middle to upper elementary students because it has some really complicated vocabulary behind it. It also is really informative about different fireflies and what each one does or has that is different than others. This book could be really difficult for some students to understand or follow because there is a lot going on in it. However with prompting students should be able to access the text relatively easily. I would use this text in the classroom to teach students the life cycle of fireflies and what it entails. An extended activity for this might be to have students do research about an animal or plant and write a narrative similar to that of this text that is super engaging but with their own animals.… (más)