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Teacher Candidate: Grade and Topic: $entor Teacher: Denise Robinson 4th Grade Science Car#en %ea&er Date: January 28, 2014

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UNIT/CHAPTER OBJECTIVE/GENERALIZATION/BIG IDEA: The Li!e Cyc'e o! a butter!'y *'ants and reproduce and trans#it hereditary in!or#ation bet+een enerations,

LESSON OBJECTIVE: Students +i'': 'earn the ter# metamorphosis as it pertains to the insect order, Lepidoptera, reco ni-e sta es in a butter!'y.s 'i!e cyc'e, be in researchin and or ani-in scienti!ic in!or#ation into cate ories /habitats, bodies, prey, and predators0, as1 2uestions that +i'' e3tend and in!or# their research

STANDARDS ADDRESSED: 0404,4,2 Study the 'i!e cyc'e o! a &ariety o! 5utter!'ies,

ISTE Standard(s)

6 7, Research and 8n!or#ation 9'uency: Students app'y di ita' too's to ather, e&a'uate, and use in!or#ation, b, Locate, or ani-e, ana'y-e, e&a'uate, synthesi-e, and ethica''y use in!or#ation !ro# a &ariety o! sources and #edia,

MATERIALS:
Activity worksheets: Butterfly Life Cycle, Butterfly Facts and Questions and Butterfly Life Cycle Quiz Internet Access Website: Children s Butterfly !ite "htt#:$$www%kidsbutterfly%or&$' (ou tube for readin& )ric Carle * A +ery ,un&ry Cater#illar- readin&

BAC%GROUND and RATIONALE: % & C!n' (ts: The students +i'' 'earn the ter#s and sta es o! a butter!'y:s 'i!e cyc'e,
. chrysalis, larva, Lepidoptera, metamorphosis, pupa

A'ad )$' Lan*#a* : %ords that are used to describe parts o! the Li!e Cyc'e o! a butter!'y and se'ected +ords assi ned !ro# the readin ,

Pr +$!#s " ss!ns '!nn 't$!n: The 'esson connects to pre&ious 'essons throu h nature and ho+ thin s ro+, The 'i!e cyc'e +as introduce in enera' and si#p'e 1ey ter#s +here assi ned,

S#,s -# nt " ss!ns '!nn 't$!n: 8n subse2uent 'essons students +i'' ana'y-e di!!erent stories dea'in +ith the cyc'e o! 'i!e +ith ani#a's, hu#ans, and other or anis#s, ;d&ancin , the &ocabu'ary +ord 'ist di!!icu'tness +ith increase as +e'',

N ds .!r d$.. r nt$at d a't$+$t$ s: 8t is i#portant to p'an di!!erentiated acti&ities and assess#ents in order to #eet the needs o! a'' students and di&erse 'earners,

PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:

Intr!d#'t$!n and Pr!' d#r 1, 8ntroduce 1ey &ocabu'ary: chrysalis, larva, Lepidoptera, metamorphosis, pupa. 2. Set boo1#ar1 to the Chi'dren.s 5utter!'y Site /http:<<+++,1idsbutter!'y,or <0, +hich sho+s butter!'y dia ra#s and photo raphs, e3p'ains butter!'y and #oth 'i!e cyc'es, ans+ers 9;=s and pro&ides 'in1s to other butter!'y +ebsites,
3. >a&e students c'ic1 on the co'orin pa e, +hich sho+s the 'i!e cyc'e o! a butter!'y or #oth in dra+in s

and +ritin , ;s they read the descriptions o! each sta e in the 'i!e cyc'e, they shou'd use the 5utter!'y Li!e Cyc'e +or1sheet to dra+ and 'abe' each sta e,
4. Students return to the ho#e pa e o! the Chi'dren.s 5utter!'y Site /http:<<+++,1idsbutter!'y,or <0, Then

c'ic1 on !re2uent'y as1ed 2uestions, Students shou'd start by 'oo1in at the ans+er to the !irst 2uestion, +hich sho+s a dia ra# o! a butter!'y body, ?, @e3t, they #ay c'ic1 on 2uestions that interest the#, then record !acts in the appropriate section on their 5utter!'y 9acts and =uestions +or1sheet, They #ay a'so record 2uestions they ha&e, to be ans+ered by doin !urther research 'ater, (/0 )$n) ", The teacher +ou'd then sp'it the c'ass into roups o! !our, TS% use their !act sheet and acti&ity sheet to +rite a short paper on the one sta e that is assi ned to the roup, )nce co#p'ete the roups +i'' ta1e turns presentin their presentation to their c'ass#ates, (10 )$n), C"!s#r The teacher +i'' recap the 'esson and as1 students 2uestions about the 'esson, /?A10 #in0

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:

2!r)at$+ Ass ss) nt (s) the teacher obser&es the students as they success!u''y co#p'ete their assi n#ent +hi'e bein acti&e'y en a ed, The #resentation of what they ve learned to a s/all &rou# will
#rovide evidence of /astery%

S#))at$+ Ass ss) nt: deter#ines #astery o! the obBecti&e inc'udin the co#prehension o! +ords, readin and the assi n#ent that +as assi ned, The in!or#ation recorded on their +or1sheet and the score the recei&e on the 5utter!'y Li!e Cyc'e 2ui- +i'' pro&ide e&idence o! #astery and +i'' a'so sho+ +hich students need to ha&e a #ore #odi!ied 'esson,

MODI2ICATIONS: 9or students +ho has success!u''y #astered the obBecti&e, the students shou'd recreate a +ord 'ist and sentences to describe +hat they 'earned !or the day and +hat 'i!e cyc'e +ou'd they 'i1e to recreate or study,

9or students +ho stru 'ed +ith the #astery o! the obBecti&e, the students +ou'd be i&en the +ord 'ist/inc'udin de!initions0 to et a c'earer understandin o! the tas1 assi ned, Students shou'd reta1e the 2uiand +or1 +ith students +ho ha&e #astered the obBecti&e i&en,

Picture the Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Stages

Picture of Stages

Why picture was chosen

This picture shows the butterfly in the egg stage.

Egg

This shows the egg has formed into a caterpillar. Shows growth and a step towards growing into a butterfly.

Caterpillar

This shows the caterpillar in the third stage of the life cycle.

Pupa

This shows an adult butterfly that has went through the life cycle.

Adult Butterfly

Rubric !or Gradin

Criteria

1 /5e'o+ ;&era e0

2 /;&era e0 Student atte#pted to recreate the 'i!e cyc'e and co#p'eted it +ith ?0A4?D accuracy,

7 /;bo&e ;&era e0 Student atte#pted to recreate the 'i!e cyc'e and co#p'eted it +ith 4?A100D accuracy,

1, Cisua' assi n#ents

Student atte#pted to recreate the 'i!e cyc'e and co#p'eted it +ith ?0D or be'o+

accuracy,

2, Co#prehension o! The Li!e Cyc'e o! 5utter!'y

The student had di!!icu'ty dra+in conc'usion !ro# the resu'ts o! the =ui-, Did not +or1 +e'' +ith their roups and did not co#p'ete the acti&ity,

The student dre+ so#e conc'usions !ro# the resu'ts o! the =ui-, %or1ed +ith their roups to co#p'ete the e3peri#ent,

The students dre+ conc'usions !ro# the resu'ts o! the =ui-,

7, Group *articipation

%or1ed +e'' +ith their roups to co#p'ete the i&en acti&ity,

Name:___________________________________________________ Date:_____________________

Butterfly Facts and Questions

Directions: Go to the frequently asked questions page on the Children s !utterfly "ite. #hen you click on a question$ it %ill scroll you do%n to the ans%er. &ou may also use the scroll 'ar to go up and do%n through the questions and ans%ers. (ry to find at least t%o facts for each of the information 'o)es 'elo%$ then ask t%o of your o%n 'utterfly questions. *a'itat +%here they li,e. __________________________________________________________ . __________________________________________________________ !odies +ho% caterpillars and 'utterflies look. __________________________________________________________ . __________________________________________________________ /rey and /redators +%hat they eat and %hat eats them. __________________________________________________________ . __________________________________________________________ 0uestions 1 ha,e: . __________________________________________________________ . __________________________________________________________

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Butterfly Life Cycle

Directions: 2sing the coloring page on the Children s !utterfly "ite$ read a'out the 4 stages in the metamorphosis of 'utterflies. Dra% each stage in the circles 'elo% and la'el the stages. 3fter re4reading the %e' site information$ %rite one fact a'out each stage in the 'utterfly life cycle.

"tage: ____________________________ 5act: _____________________________________________________

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Butterfly Life Cycle Quiz

6. 7etamorphosis means the process of8 9 !eing 'orn Changing (urning colors :ating lea,es 2. !utterflies and moths are in %hat insect family9 ;epidoptera *ymenoptera Coleoptera <rthoptera 3. 3nother %ord for lar,a is8 9 !utterfly 7oth Caterpillar #orm 4. #hat do caterpillars eat9 5ood their mother 'rings ;ea,es from a host plant Grass Nectar from flo%ers =. #hen a 'utterfly is in the pupa stage$ the case around it is called a8 9 Cocoon "hell Chrysalis !ud >. *o% many %ing parts do 'utterflies ha,e9 2> 4? @. ;ike all insects$ 'utterflies ha,e ho% many legs9 2> 4? ?. (he 'utterfly uses %hat part of its 'ody like a stra% to sip flo%er nectar9 /ro'oscis 3ntenna 3'domen (hora) #rite 2 things you learned a'out caterpillars or 'utterflies: . _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

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