Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes is an expository text that invites readers to learn about what mosquitoes look like, how mosquitoes bite, how they get blood, and how to stay safe from mosquitoes.

Photographs are labeled. A flow diagram shows how mosquitoes hatch from larvae. An index is included.

Interest words include mosquito, hatch, tubes, needle, itch, and larvae. Some adjectives are used. A drawing activity that asks students to think about other small insects that bite is presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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