Bug Hotel

Bug Hotel

WALT: We are leaning to identify different materials and equipment needed to build a bug hotel.

Materials and Equipment List: 

• Saw
• Drill
• Screws
• Wood
• Hammer 
• Tea tree sticks 
• Metal hooks
• String 

Building My Bug Hotel

We gathered wood from around our house. We found Tea Tree, Japanese Cedar and Macrocarpa which is wood that we have collected from my Nana and Poppa’s farm.

In the top box we have hung herbs using metal hooks and string. We also put an air plant in because it doesn’t need soil to grow,  it only needs water to grow.

In the next box we have a birds nest out of our garden. Don’t worry there were no birds in it when we found it. There is also a Flax flower, Palm tree stick, Magnolia bud, and an off-cut of wood.

And finally the last two boxes have bamboo, shells, flowers, Tea Tree and Pine cones.

I enjoyed building the hotel the most.

I found it challenging trying to find things to put in the hotel.

What is your favourite thing in the hotel and why?

Jurassic Age

Jurassic Age

Question time!

How do you think the dinosaurs feel when they hear the
T-Rex coming? 

Terrified

What do you think the T-Rex is thinking?

Time for lunch

Which of the dinosaurs do you think is the safest?

Pterodactyl - because it is flying in the sky

Can you see any similarities between dinosaurs and animals
that live on the planet today?

Triceratops - Rhinoceros

Long neck dinosaur - Giraffe

Pterodactyl - Bird

How has our world changed since the dinosaurs lived?

Houses, pollution, vehicles, people, and other animals

Sentence challenge!

Circle the article(s) in each sentence below.

The T-Rex came thundering through the bushes.

They heard an almighty roar.

A row of sharp teeth appeared above the treeline.

Sick sentences!

These sentences are ‘sick’ and need help to get better. Can
you help?

The dinosaur drank the water from the lake. It had skin 

and horns. It moved its tail in the air.

The humongous dinosaur drank the water from the fresh clear
lake. It had thick scaly skin and long horns. It whipped its
strong tail in the crispy air.

Story starter!

The dinosaurs all gave a simultaneous roar. It was coming…

Moments before, the lake had been quiet and peaceful. As
the golden sun rose above the shadowy, jagged mountains
on the horizon, creatures came from far and wide to enjoy
their early morning drink from the tranquil pool. All they could
hear was the gentle lapping of water and contented grunts as
thirsts were quenched.

Then they had heard them: footsteps in the distance. Thump…
Thump…Thump…It could mean only one thing: a T-Rex…

Can you continue the story of the dinosaurs?

All of a sudden a T-Rex popped out of the bushes. It started
chasing the dinosaurs with lightning speed. The other
dinosaurs were trembling with fear as they were running for
their lives. All of the dinosaurs got away but the T-Rex didn’t
care because he wanted to be a herbivore anyway. So off he
went to eat some luscious green leaves and all the dinosaurs
were happy.

I enjoyed finishing off the story the most.

I found the sentence challenge challenging. 

What did you enjoy most about this story and why?

Word Find

Word find Template:                               

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Write the words that are hidden in the Word Find here:

Protested Portal

Egg Library

Dinosaur Oven

New Zealand Chocolate Fudge

Tyrannosaurus Rex Kitchen


I enjoyed trying to figure out where to put the words in the table.

I found it challenging trying to find words to use.

What was your favourite part and why?