Introduction
The Butterfly Cycle
Task
You are about to embark on an scientific journey of the development of the butterfly. Do you want to see how they are made. This is a story by Kelly Lazaro. The title is called: The story of the Beautiful Butterfly! Are you ready to see how they got here? As you read the book Beautiful Butterfly! you must keep notes and drawings in your journal. Your job is to research the the stages you notice in the book. Your journal will be documentation of your research. Click on the link below:
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/14743162/The-Story-of-the-Beautiful-Butterfly#
Process
Read to page 8 and answer the questions in your journal. Answer the following questions.
Questions
Part One(Pages 1 -8)
1. What is the butterfly’s name?
2. What did it want to find out?
3. Where did it fly to first?
4. Who did it meet?5.What was the animal’s name?
6. Was the animal able to help the
Butterfly?
7. What did the animal tell the Butterfly to do?
8. What area did she fly through?
9. What did she see?
10. Did she stop through the night?
*Draw a picture……………. (Journal)
Part Two (Page 9-20)
Who told the butterfly to let herself in?
What did the butterfly ask?
Name the fairy and what did the fairy do?
What happened First? Second? Third? Fourth? (Name the stages)
What happened to the Butterflies mother?
What happened at the end of the story?
Who is the Author? What does an author do?
**Draw the four stages of the Butterflies life cycle.
**Underline any new words learned/Define in joural (at least 5 words)
Evaluation
Web quest Rubric
The Story of the Beautiful Butterfly
Journal
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4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Points |
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Narrative Responses |
Answers questions clearly.
Writes in complete sentences without grammatical errors. Creative and original thoughts
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Answers questions. Has minor errors in sentence structure and grammar, but they do not interfere with readability. Some creativity |
Does not answer all questions. Has quite a few sentence and grammatical errors. Lacks originality |
Does not answer questions. Errors are numerous and distract from readability. |
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Drawings |
drawings are neat in visual appearance and relevant to the work |
few errors and drawings are fairly neat in appearance and relevant to the work |
drawings are not neat in visual and fairly relevant to the work |
drawings are sloppily done and lack relevance to the work |
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Book Reading |
Participated fully in book reading and passed reading questions correctly |
Participated in book reading and nearly passed all questions |
Did not actively participate in reading but passed |
Did not participate in book reading and failed to answer questions |
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Word comprehension |
Understood words throughout book reading |
Comprehended most of the words in the book |
Partially read words from the book with errors |
Did not read or understood any words from the story |
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Total Points |
Conclusion
I hope you have learned a great deal about the life cycle of a butterfly. You have done a great job! There are many books in the library that can help you. You can also ask your teacher for additional information.
Congratulations on a job well done!
Credits
The image of the book "The story of the beautiful Butterfly" comes from Story Jumper
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/14743162/The-Story-of-the-Beautiful-Butterfly#
Teacher Page
by Lilly Graham, McKinley Elementary
A literature webquest designed for 2nd graders.
Teacher Introduction
This lesson was designed for 2nd graders who are looking for a sequence ratifacation. In the 2nd grade California State standards students learn about insects. An extension of this is learning about "Comparing life cycles of different animals such as, but not limited to, mealworms, ladybugs, crickets, guppies or frogs: comparisons. The Story Jumper books are a great way to introduce students to new stories in a fictional and nonfictional settings. This webquest incorporates creativity and literature in a fun way for students.
Common Core Standard
Life Science: Structures and Functions of Living Organisms
2.L.1.1 Understand animal life cycles
Summarize the life cycle of animals including:
- · Birth
- · Developing into an adult
- · Reproducing
- · Aging and death