Robin Carter
November 25, 2012
Subject Area: Science
Grade Level:
Content/Topic: Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Time: 45 min
Desired Results
Lesson Background:
Within this lesson, students will learn about the life cycle of a butterfly relating to the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The students will have already read the book during group reading with the teacher for their literacy lesson, but it will be read again to active background knowledge before this activity.
Curriculum Standards: This lesson directly connects with standard 3.1.K.A3: Observe, compare, and describe stages of life cycles for plants and/or animals. It also relates to national standards for k-4 dance standard one, which states that students must identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills in performing dance.
Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to identify the life cycle of a butterfly in order and they should also be able to put it in order on their own.
The students should also be able to make up a dance / movements illustrating the life cycle of the butterfly.
Procedure (LEARNING PLAN):
Rationale:
In the Very Hungry Caterpillar, it shows how the caterpillar was born from an egg and how it eventually makes a cocoonand emereges as a butterfly. The students have been learning about different plants and animals and previous science units, so tying in the life cycle of a butterfly from the story is a easy and fun way to teach the kids about the life cycle of a butterfly.
Materials and Technology:
Materials: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, chart paper
Step-By-Step Procedure:
In the beginning of the lesson, which is the start of this unit for the week, the teacher will begin by asking the students what they know about butterflies and how they think they are born.
1. A conversation/ discussion will be started about what think happens when a butterfly is born. Is it a butterfly it's whole life or was it something else before? The teacher will ask the students to think back to the story to see if they can remember any details about how the caterpillar turned into a butterfly.
2. T he teacher will re-read the story and point out the important stages of the life cycle of a butterfly while modeling and reading.
3. The teacher will then have chart paper in front of the class and explain and draw what the life cycle of a butterfly is for the class to see what he/or she is doing.
1. Eggs
2. Caterpillar
3. Chrysillis
4. Butterfly
4. The teacher will then take down that chart paper and ask the students to tell her the life cycle of the butterfly so she can write it down to see if they can recall the process.
5. After the group discussion and learning about the life cycle, students will be broken up into groups to make up their own dance/movements that interpret that life cycle of the butterfly.
6. The students will show the class in their groups the dance that they have made up to illustrate the life cycle of a butterfly
November 25, 2012
Subject Area: Science
Grade Level:
Content/Topic: Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Time: 45 min
Desired Results
Lesson Background:
Within this lesson, students will learn about the life cycle of a butterfly relating to the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The students will have already read the book during group reading with the teacher for their literacy lesson, but it will be read again to active background knowledge before this activity.
Curriculum Standards: This lesson directly connects with standard 3.1.K.A3: Observe, compare, and describe stages of life cycles for plants and/or animals. It also relates to national standards for k-4 dance standard one, which states that students must identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills in performing dance.
Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to identify the life cycle of a butterfly in order and they should also be able to put it in order on their own.
The students should also be able to make up a dance / movements illustrating the life cycle of the butterfly.
Procedure (LEARNING PLAN):
Rationale:
In the Very Hungry Caterpillar, it shows how the caterpillar was born from an egg and how it eventually makes a cocoonand emereges as a butterfly. The students have been learning about different plants and animals and previous science units, so tying in the life cycle of a butterfly from the story is a easy and fun way to teach the kids about the life cycle of a butterfly.
Materials and Technology:
Materials: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, chart paper
Step-By-Step Procedure:
In the beginning of the lesson, which is the start of this unit for the week, the teacher will begin by asking the students what they know about butterflies and how they think they are born.
1. A conversation/ discussion will be started about what think happens when a butterfly is born. Is it a butterfly it's whole life or was it something else before? The teacher will ask the students to think back to the story to see if they can remember any details about how the caterpillar turned into a butterfly.
2. T he teacher will re-read the story and point out the important stages of the life cycle of a butterfly while modeling and reading.
3. The teacher will then have chart paper in front of the class and explain and draw what the life cycle of a butterfly is for the class to see what he/or she is doing.
1. Eggs
2. Caterpillar
3. Chrysillis
4. Butterfly
4. The teacher will then take down that chart paper and ask the students to tell her the life cycle of the butterfly so she can write it down to see if they can recall the process.
5. After the group discussion and learning about the life cycle, students will be broken up into groups to make up their own dance/movements that interpret that life cycle of the butterfly.
6. The students will show the class in their groups the dance that they have made up to illustrate the life cycle of a butterfly