

These choices ideally will be books that don’t seem babyish and are engaging but at an easier reading level.īest of all, we can hope that the books are so interesting that the upper grader actually wants to spend time reading that book, and then the next…and the next…! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. The idea though is to have a big enough variety of books that you’re able to provide choices to the child. Of course, every student is different, and what appeals to one may not appeal to another. One of the ways to help struggling readers is to have lots of high interest- low readability books available to them. After a level is won, you will be rewarded with a victory celebration.When upper elementary kids struggle with reading, as teachers, we want to do everything possible to help these reluctant readers improve their reading skills and to see reading as an enjoyable activity. After each level you will have the option of inspecting the battlefield or depending upon whether you won or not, moving onward or repeating the battle. All levels have a time limit in which the puzzle must be solved. The objective in each level is to defeat all the enemy bugs or to conquer the food objective. There are 22 different bug types and the levels on which the battle take place are constructed from 6 separate sets (Worlds). Become ''Napoleant'' of the insect world to take on the hardest levels.

Later levels progress from easy to very difficult. Early levels are ''boot camp'' tutorials. Will your armada of spiders cross the cola lake in time to save the flag? Will the suicide run of a kamikazee mosquito take out the praying mantis? At what price will victory be achieved?Įach level starts with a tongue-in-cheek battle scene showing your troops lined up against the enemy troops. You - and your battle strategy must guide your troops to glory. Standing in their way are legions of enemy troops, armed to the teeth. A game of military strategy where insect troops rage across tabletops and storm junk food targets. With monumental effort, these warriors raise the flag above the carnage in the pepperoni.

Antennae strain and agony etches lines of pain into the faces of the cockroaches. The alluring odour of last week's pizza lies heavy in the air.
