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Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Overview
This lesson provides an outline for teaching young learners all about the lifce cycle of a butterfly!
Stages of A Butterfly's Life Cycle
Lessons Topic: Stages of A Butterfly's Life Cycle
Grade Range: 1st Grade
Learning Goals & Objectives:
- Students will learn the all four stages of a butterfly's life cycle.
- Egg - Butterfly her lays eggs on a plant.
- Caterpillar (Larva) - Caterpillar hatches from the egg and eat lots of plants so they can grow.
- Chrysalis (Pupa) - The caterpillar hangs upside down and makes a chrysalis.
- Butterfly (adult) - Out of the chrysalis comes an adult butterfly!
- Students will be able to put each stage in the correct sequence (with guidance).
- Students will be able to draw a picture to go with each stage.
Lesson Overview:
(Intro) Start lesson by playing the animated film for "The Very Hungry Catepillar" by Eric Carle on YouTube for students to watch. Then, we will read "The Very Impatient Caterpillar" by Ross Burach.
Explain that there are four stages in a butterfly's life. Then, as class try to identify what the stages are based on what they learned from the video and story (lightly guide students to the correct answers as needed). Draw a diagram on the whiteboard and complete it as you move through each stage. I will split students into pairs and give each pair the four images that represents each stage (attached, and will be cut so that they are seperated) and a separate blank paper. The pairs will be instructed to discuss what they learned about each stage, to put the pictures in the correct sequence that they occur in. Then, I will go by and check to make sure they have it in the correct order. Once this is done, they will glue the pictures in order onto the paper and write at least one scentence to describe each stage. I will also have written some of the vocabulary words from the lesson on the whiteboard to help them write their sentences. For the second activity, the students will be given a paper (attached) that has a box correlating with each stage, they will individually draw their own picture that represents each stage.