Post on 19-Jan-2016
Butterfly
By: Catherine Varner
Introduction
How do they become butterflies? How do they open their chrysalis? What do they eat? Where do they live? Do they hibernate? How do they make their cocoon? What do they do when it’s cold?
Task
Students will be able to identify:– The life cycle of a butterfly– Where it lives– How it changes throughout its life– What it eats– How it survives– New vocabulary words
Process
Complete KWL chart on butterflies Read a few non fiction texts Discuss new vocabulary words Read anthology Reference KWL
– Questions not answered?
Process
Read poemI started as a tiny egg
Upon a leaf of green And now I stay upon the leaf
So I will not be seen Soon I'll build a chrysalis
Upon a limb up high I'll stay a while and then come out
And be a butterfly
Process
Watch video clip– http://www.pmsd.k12.pa.
us/showcase/butterfly/video.html
Explore photo galleryhttp://butterflywebsite.com/gallery/index.cfm#hai
Process
Explore websites– http://www.thebutterflysite.com/life-cycle.shtml– http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/
monarch_butterfly.htm – http://mdc.mo.gov/kids/out-in/2004/08/1.htm– http://www.smm.org/sln/monarchs/jenna/
jenna3.html
Conclusion
Complete activity on Kidspiration
Share the new information with a friend
Shared writing model to prepare for reading research