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1、Writing and ArtMake a book about the Goliath beetle.Include five of the most interesting facts you learned.Illustrate your book with drawings or pictures.ScienceDraw a diagram of the life cycle of a Goliath beetle.Label your diagram using information from the book.ConnectionsGoliath Beetles:Goliath

2、Beetles:Giant Insects www.readinga-GIANTS OF THEANIMAL WORLDVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.LEVELED BOOK JLEVELED BOOK JWritten by Danny Reif Goliath Beetles:Giant InsectsA Reading AZ Level J Leveled BookWord Count:297Front cover:Goliath beetles are too big to climb on flowe

3、rs.They climb on trees and other bigger plants instead.Title page:An adult Goliath beetle is almost as big as a human hand.Page 3:Goliath beetles have soft wings for flying.Photo Credits:Front cover:Kazuo Unno/Nature Production/Minden Pictures;cover icon:Elena Belyakova/iStock/Thinkstock;title page,

4、pages 10,12(top left):Biosphoto/Biosphoto/Superstock;page 3:Sinclair Stammers/Science Source;page 5(top):Lightboxx/D;page 5(center):Pablo Yoder/D;page 5(bottom):F.Teigler/Blickwinkel/age fotostock;pages 6,8(top left):Mauro Fermariello/Science Source;page 7(top left):Zhitao Li/D;page 7(center right):

5、Mark Johnson/Westend61/Corbis;page 7(bottom left):Henrikhl/D;page 8(top center):Francisco Martinez-Clavel Martinez/Alamy;page 8(top right,bottom left):Pascal Goetgheluck/Science Source;page 8(bottom right):Marcouliana/D;page 12(top right):Oldrich Jahn;page 12(bottom):Michel Gunther/Science Source;pa

6、ge 13:E.R.Degginger/Science Source;page 14:Bruce Davidson/NPL/Minden Pictures;page 15:fotandy/iStock/ThinkstockWritten by Danny Reifwww.readinga-adultbeetlesenemieslarvaprotectsoilWords to KnowWhat makes the Goliath beetle a unique insect?Focus QuestionGoliath Beetles:Giant InsectsGiants of the Anim

7、al World Level J Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Danny ReifAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Goliath Beetles:Giant Insects CorrelationLEVEL JJ1718Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA34Table of ContentsThe Worlds Biggest Beetle.4What Is a Beetle?.5Little Zebras .8An African Home.9Big Changes.11A Shor

8、t Life .14Conclusion.15Glossary.16The Worlds Biggest BeetleGoliath beetles are the giants of the insect world.Adult Goliaths can be bigger than a songbird.A young Goliath beetle is called a larva.A larva can be even bigger than an adult beetle!How Big Is It?How Big Is It?Goliath beetle larvalength:5

9、 inches (12.7 cm)weight:3.5 ounces(99.2 g)Human handlength:7.44 inches(18.89 cm)width:3.3 inches(8.4 cm)Goliath beetlelength:4.33 inches (10.99 cm)weight:1.7 ounces(48.2 g)Goliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level J34Table of ContentsThe Worlds Biggest Beetle.4What Is a Beetle?.5Little Zebras .8An African

10、 Home.9Big Changes.11A Short Life .14Conclusion.15Glossary.16The Worlds Biggest BeetleGoliath beetles are the giants of the insect world.Adult Goliaths can be bigger than a songbird.A young Goliath beetle is called a larva.A larva can be even bigger than an adult beetle!How Big Is It?How Big Is It?G

11、oliath beetle larvalength:5 inches (12.7 cm)weight:3.5 ounces(99.2 g)Human handlength:7.44 inches(18.89 cm)width:3.3 inches(8.4 cm)Goliath beetlelength:4.33 inches (10.99 cm)weight:1.7 ounces(48.2 g)Goliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level J56What Is a Beetle?All beetles have two sets of wings.The large

12、wings in the back are for flying.The front wings are smaller and harder.They protect the flying wings.Beetles come in all shapes and sizes,but Goliath beetles are the biggest!What Makes a Goliath Beetle an Insect?What Makes a Goliath Beetle an Insect?All insects have wings legs with joints (most hav

13、e six legs)three main body parts an outside skeleton Antennae help beetles sense things around them.Hard wings protect the soft flying wings.Male Goliath beetles have horns to fight.Sharp claws help them climb.Rhinoceros beetleHercules beetleGoliath beetleGoliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level J56What

14、Is a Beetle?All beetles have two sets of wings.The large wings in the back are for flying.The front wings are smaller and harder.They protect the flying wings.Beetles come in all shapes and sizes,but Goliath beetles are the biggest!What Makes a Goliath Beetle an Insect?What Makes a Goliath Beetle an

15、 Insect?All insects have wings legs with joints (most have six legs)three main body parts an outside skeleton Antennae help beetles sense things around them.Hard wings protect the soft flying wings.Male Goliath beetles have horns to fight.Sharp claws help them climb.Rhinoceros beetleHercules beetleG

16、oliath beetleGoliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level J78Beetles have mouths that help them chew.Some insects,like butterflies,have mouths like straws.Other insects have mouths like needles.Little ZebrasMost Goliath beetles have black stripes.Some beetles are plain brown.No two beetles are the same.Peopl

17、e once called Goliath beetles“zebra beetles”because of their stripes.Beetles,butterflies,and mosquitoes all get their food in different ways.beetlemosquitobutterflyGoliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level JSix Types of Goliath BeetlesSix Types of Goliath Beetles78Beetles have mouths that help them chew.S

18、ome insects,like butterflies,have mouths like straws.Other insects have mouths like needles.Little ZebrasMost Goliath beetles have black stripes.Some beetles are plain brown.No two beetles are the same.People once called Goliath beetles“zebra beetles”because of their stripes.Beetles,butterflies,and

19、mosquitoes all get their food in different ways.beetlemosquitobutterflyGoliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level JSix Types of Goliath BeetlesSix Types of Goliath Beetles910An African HomeGoliath beetles live in forests and grassy parts of Africa.Female Goliath beetles do not have horns.Only males have ho

20、rns.They are only seen during the rainy time of year.Thats when there is plenty of fruit for them to eat.Male Goliath beetles fight other males over feeding places.Male beetles may get mates by having good feeding places.femalemaleEquatorATLANTIC OCEANINDIAN OCEANAFRICAGoliath beetle rangeWhere Goli

21、ath Beetles LiveWhere Goliath Beetles LiveGoliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level J910An African HomeGoliath beetles live in forests and grassy parts of Africa.Female Goliath beetles do not have horns.Only males have horns.They are only seen during the rainy time of year.Thats when there is plenty of fr

22、uit for them to eat.Male Goliath beetles fight other males over feeding places.Male beetles may get mates by having good feeding places.femalemaleEquatorATLANTIC OCEANINDIAN OCEANAFRICAGoliath beetle rangeWhere Goliath Beetles LiveWhere Goliath Beetles LiveGoliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level J1112La

23、rvae can be as long as your hand.They are as heavy as five mice!As soon as the rain ends,the larvae go deep into the ground.They cover themselves with a thin coat of sand.This Goliath larva eats as much as it can under a tree stump.(top left)This is what a beetle looks like just before it becomes an

24、 adult.(top right)This is an adult Goliath beetle.(right)Big ChangesFemale Goliath beetles put their eggs in a deep hole.Larvae hatch about two weeks later.The larvae eat dead plants in the soil and grow fast.Goliath Beetle Life CycleBeetles go through many changes to become an adult.EggsLarva 1Larv

25、a 2Larva 3Wings and legs growAdultlarvawings and legs growadultGoliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level J1112Larvae can be as long as your hand.They are as heavy as five mice!As soon as the rain ends,the larvae go deep into the ground.They cover themselves with a thin coat of sand.This Goliath larva eats

26、 as much as it can under a tree stump.(top left)This is what a beetle looks like just before it becomes an adult.(top right)This is an adult Goliath beetle.(right)Big ChangesFemale Goliath beetles put their eggs in a deep hole.Larvae hatch about two weeks later.The larvae eat dead plants in the soil

27、 and grow fast.Goliath Beetle Life CycleBeetles go through many changes to become an adult.EggsLarva 1Larva 2Larva 3Wings and legs growAdultlarvawings and legs growadultGoliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level J1314Larvae change into adult beetles inside the coat of sand.Adults come out when the rain beg

28、ins again.A Short LifeIn zoos,Goliath beetles live to be about eight months old.In the wild,Goliath beetles must find food and escape enemies.They may only live for a few months.Beetles fly quickly and can be hard to catch.A Goliath beetle climbs a tree in a rainforest.Goliath Beetles:Giant Insects

29、Level J1314Larvae change into adult beetles inside the coat of sand.Adults come out when the rain begins again.A Short LifeIn zoos,Goliath beetles live to be about eight months old.In the wild,Goliath beetles must find food and escape enemies.They may only live for a few months.Beetles fly quickly a

30、nd can be hard to catch.A Goliath beetle climbs a tree in a rainforest.Goliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level J1516ConclusionPeople have been studying Goliath beetles for hundreds of years.They are rare and interesting to see.Goliath beetles are amazing insects!Glossaryadult(n.)the stage in which a per

31、son or other animal is fully grown(p.4)beetles(n.)kinds of insects with hard shells(p.4)enemies(n.)living things that hate or hurt other living things(p.14)larva(n.)the young form of an animal that goes through major body changes before it looks like an adult of its kind(p.4)protect(v.)to guard or d

32、efend from harm or danger(p.5)soil(n.)the top layer of the ground in which plants grow;dirt(p.11)A green female Goliath climbs on a branch in Africa.Goliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level J1516ConclusionPeople have been studying Goliath beetles for hundreds of years.They are rare and interesting to see

33、.Goliath beetles are amazing insects!Glossaryadult(n.)the stage in which a person or other animal is fully grown(p.4)beetles(n.)kinds of insects with hard shells(p.4)enemies(n.)living things that hate or hurt other living things(p.14)larva(n.)the young form of an animal that goes through major body

34、changes before it looks like an adult of its kind(p.4)protect(v.)to guard or defend from harm or danger(p.5)soil(n.)the top layer of the ground in which plants grow;dirt(p.11)A green female Goliath climbs on a branch in Africa.Goliath Beetles:Giant Insects Level JFront cover:Goliath beetles are too

35、big to climb on flowers.They climb on trees and other bigger plants instead.Title page:An adult Goliath beetle is almost as big as a human hand.Page 3:Goliath beetles have soft wings for flying.Photo Credits:Front cover:Kazuo Unno/Nature Production/Minden Pictures;cover icon:Elena Belyakova/iStock/T

36、hinkstock;title page,pages 10,12(top left):Biosphoto/Biosphoto/Superstock;page 3:Sinclair Stammers/Science Source;page 5(top):Lightboxx/D;page 5(center):Pablo Yoder/D;page 5(bottom):F.Teigler/Blickwinkel/age fotostock;pages 6,8(top left):Mauro Fermariello/Science Source;page 7(top left):Zhitao Li/D;

37、page 7(center right):Mark Johnson/Westend61/Corbis;page 7(bottom left):Henrikhl/D;page 8(top center):Francisco Martinez-Clavel Martinez/Alamy;page 8(top right,bottom left):Pascal Goetgheluck/Science Source;page 8(bottom right):Marcouliana/D;page 12(top right):Oldrich Jahn;page 12(bottom):Michel Gunt

38、her/Science Source;page 13:E.R.Degginger/Science Source;page 14:Bruce Davidson/NPL/Minden Pictures;page 15:fotandy/iStock/ThinkstockWritten by Danny Reifwww.readinga-adultbeetlesenemieslarvaprotectsoilWords to KnowWhat makes the Goliath beetle a unique insect?Focus QuestionGoliath Beetles:Giant Inse

39、ctsGiants of the Animal World Level J Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Danny ReifAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Goliath Beetles:Giant Insects CorrelationLEVEL JJ1718Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAWriting and ArtMake a book about the Goliath beetle.Include five of the most interesting facts yo

40、u learned.Illustrate your book with drawings or pictures.ScienceDraw a diagram of the life cycle of a Goliath beetle.Label your diagram using information from the book.ConnectionsGoliath Beetles:Goliath Beetles:Giant Insects www.readinga-GIANTS OF THEANIMAL WORLDVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.LEVELED BOOK JLEVELED BOOK JWritten by Danny Reif Goliath Beetles:Giant InsectsA Reading AZ Level J Leveled BookWord Count:297Grade 1 Book 54