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Living Things on Parade
By Mrs. Johnston’s 3rd grade class
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Anole lizard-Isaac
American Bullfrog-Annalisa
Caterpillar-April
Duckweed-Destiny
Egret-Jacob
Fire Ant-Dwight
Gecko-Dan
Hackberry Tree-Grace
Isopod-Breanna
Jackrabbit-Alexa
Katydid-Gabby
Ladybug-Donald
Mantis-Nicholas
Nymph-Justin
Oak Tree-Olivia
Pine Tree-Hannah
Queen Ann’s Lace-Hibah
Rosebush-Alina
Sweet Potatoes-Thomaia
Turtles-Zoe
Urban Garden
Vine-Summor
Walking Stick
TeXas Mosquito-Gerald
Yaupon Berry-Josh
BuZZing Bee-Darius
A is for Anole Lizard.
The Anole Lizard likes to lick lemons.
The Anole Lizard
eats small insects that
live above
ground.They are cold
blooded. It is green on
its skin. It also eats
leaves. It can climb
trees.
B is for Bullfrog.
American Bullfrogs blow big blue balloons.
American Bullfrogs
are yellow and orange.
They only live in rivers,
lakes and, ponds and
slow moving streams of
waters.
C is for caterpillar
The cute caterpillars captured baby
cupid
1 type of
caterpillar in are
habitat species of
caterpillars. The
type is the western
tent caterpillar
sonoron tent fall web
worm.tent
caterpillars have 12
legs. It makes silken
tents
D is for Duckweed
Duckweed is a kind of
plant. You can not eat
it. You can smell it with
your nose.
E is for Egret
Eight egrets each eat eleven
fishes.
Egrets have a yellow beak,
black feet, and white feathers.
Egrets come from North America.
They live in ponds and fresh
water. They eat fish, frogs,
snakes, crayfish, and big insects.
In January the female attracts a
male. The egret croaks or says
cuk, cuk. Their length is about
32 inches. They live till they are
22 years old.
F
is for Fire ant
Five Fire ants fearlessly fight for food.
Fire ants are the size of cookie crumbs but a little bit
Fire ant looking
for food
bigger. If a cookie crumb moves an ant is under it. It has
three body part it is red at the front two body parts it has
one black body part. If you use a magnifying glass you can
see two pairs of two claws on the head two antennas. The
black body part has lots of lines. They have six hairy legs
even it’s hole body is hairy except the eyes, jaws, and
antennas. They are 5 mm long as an teen-age and the
young kind of kid ant 1 or 2 mm long. Fire ants have 4
stages, the first stage is a fire ant’s egg, the second stage is
a small ant the third is a medium ant The fourth stage is a
queen ant. A queen ant can grow wings but they have to
wait until they there wings grow all the way.
G is for Gecko.
The green gecko gobbles great green grass
hopper.
The Texas Banded Gecko lives
In Texas. The Texas Banded
Gecko is the size of your hand.
The Texas Banded Gecko eats
Grass hoppers Ladybugs and all
sorts of insects.
H IS FOR HACKBERRY TREE.
HACKBERRIES HANG OUT IN
THE HOT, HAZEY SUN.
Hackberry Trees are 35
inches long. They have
berries, they are not for
eating.The berries grow
in the spring.The leaves
grow up to 15 inches.
I is for isopod.
The Roly-poly rolled around rapidly.
Roly-poly are
amazing animals. They
have no ears but
antennae. They have
seven legs and simple
eyes. Roly-poly curl up
when they are scared.
They live under the
ground in the dirt . They
feel with their antennae
not with hands. some
might live in the sand.
J is for Jackrabbit.
Jack, the jackrabbit jumped in a
jiffy, joking like he won the jackpot
.
Jackrabbits weight
4-8 pounds.
Jackrabbits are 22
inches. They eat
leaves and grass.
They only have 2
teeth. There
Predator’s are hawks
And snakes . There
Color’ s are black ,
brown , white and
spotted .
K is for Katydids.
Crazy katydids climbed up a coconut
tree.
Katydids are about 2in
and 5cm long.
Katydids lives eastern
north America.
Katydids eat foliage
trees. Katydids lay
about 25eggs.
L is for Ladybug
Ladybugs lay there babies
under
Leaves. Ladybugs can fly
20 feet
In the air. Ladybugs can be
different
Colors.
M is for praying Mantis.
People pray on the praying
mantis.
It is half an inch
to 12 inches. It can
raise 10 to 400 eggs.
It takes 3 weeks to
6 months to hatch
babies. It’s diet
includes insects and
spiders. It will also
eat frogs, lizards,
and nesting birds.
N is for Nymph.
THE NYPHS NAP IN THE NIGHT.
Nymphs are baby
dragonflies. It has red
eyes its body is black It has
four wings a frog could
catch a nymphs in midair
a dragonfly fights for its
food. A dragonfly lives by
water. A dragonfly has
big eyes.
O is for Oak Tree.
The Pin Oak Tree Plays Piano on
Planes.
The Pin Oak is planted in
wet places. They live in
Texas where it is cool
and hot. The leaf is big
as your middle finger,
and brown as paper.
The tree can grow 70-80
ft. tall.
P is for pine trees.
Put a purple pin
in the pine trees.
The size is 4-6 feet and 60 to
100 in weight. It lives in North
America. It lives in sandy,
light, soil, dry, woods. The pine
tree has red and long pine cones
that's how it gets its name.
Q is for Queen Anne’s Lace.
Lazy Ladybugs lay in Queen
Anne’s Lace.
Queen Anne’s Lace
grows up to 5 ft. tall!
It usually has a red or
purple center. The
colors are white, blue,
and pink. It is found in
Europe and the U.S.A.
R is for roses.
Roses roaming ‘round Rome.
Roses are amazing plants.
There are more than 15
species of roses. Roses can be
found almost anywhere in the
world.Roses are usually found
in dry shady places.Roses are
wonderful.
S is for Sweet Potato
Super Sweet Potatoes were the
style on Superbowl Sunday.
Sweet Potatoes are very good.
Scientists believe that Sweet
Potatoes were here in the
prehistoric times. Sweet
Potatoes are born in the
Morning Glory family.
Sweet Potatoes are nutritious
and delicious. Sweet Potatoes
scientific name is Ipomea Patas.
People usually get mixed up
with the yam and the sweet
potato. The sweet potato looks
short and blocky with tapered
ends. Sweet Potatoes are very
good.
T is for turtle.
A snapping turtle sings oh Susanna.
A snapping turtle can live
more than 100 years old. They
live in water and land and they
eat a lots of fish.
U is for Urban Garden.
The urban garden understands
unique Uncle Uggie.
We have a garden in
our habitat. We grow
lettuce, carrots, and
onions. Also, we grow
herbs in our garden.
We grow sweet
potatoes and we
harvest them in the
fall.
V is for vine.
The trumpet vine tied together.
A trumpet vine has 5
names. Trumpet vine is very
attractive to birds, bees,
and wasps. Trumpet vines
usually live in the woodlands.
Yellow bells look like trumpet
vines. Trumpet vines are
more like mint plants.
W is for Walking Stick.
The walking stick wanted to wiggle and
whine while he whispered wonderful
words.
The walking stick
has a long abdomen
and and thorax. It
can grow to be
almost 6 inches.
They can regenerate
their legs.
X is for TeXas Mosquito.
The marvelous mosquito made macaroni and
cheese.
There are over 3,000
species. Only
mosquito females
drink blood. It can lay
up to 250 eggs at once.
It goes through 4
stages in its life. They
only live 2-3 weeks.
Y is for Yaupon
The Yaupon yelled “yeah” as it
yo-yoed.
The Yaupon tree
grows in moist soils. It
can be found in areas
near rivers and
swamps. The bark is
smooth and young.
The leaves are light.
Z is for buZZing bumblebee.
The bee bring bubblegum to the babies.
Bumblebees live
underground . A bumblebee’s
size is 1\2 to 3\4 inches. A
queen could have 515 babies
each year.
Bibliography
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