Introduction
Hello boys and girls! Today, you will be scientists learning all about the life cycle of a butterfly. How does a caterpillar turn into a beautiful butterfly?
Task
Remember to pay careful attention as you are learning! At the end, you will write a non-fiction book telling three facts that you learned about how a caterpillar turn into a butterfly. You will also make a title page and create three illustration to match your facts.
Process
You will work with your computer partner to visit the three websites below. If you are having trouble reading the words, make sure you use Read and Write Gold to help!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rvGUevGxDk
http://www.turtlediary.com/kindergarten-games/science-games/butterfly-life-cycle.html
http://www.thebutterflysite.com/life-cycle.shtml
Use the things you learned on these websites to write a non-fiction book. There are books on the counter with a green cover page for your title and three pages ready for you to write facts with matching illustrations.
Evaluation
| 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| title | did not have a title page | had a title page, but title was off topic | title page with title matching text |
| three facts | did not include three facts | included less than three facts | included three facts |
| illustrations | did not include illustrations |
included less than three illustrations or illustrations did not match the facts |
included three illustrations that matched the facts |
Conclusion
I hope that you had fun learning about how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly! Guess what? We will be getting caterpillars for our classroom next week! They will be butterflies before you know it!
You will all have the chance to share your books with the class, so make sure you do your very best!