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Watch a Video Teachers: Students can read the questions before they watch the video. That way, they’ll know what to pay attention to while watching!
Video: “The Life of a Butterfly”
Issue: Butterflies Are Back!SL.2.3 Video comprehension
1. Why do caterpillars have to eat so much as soon as they hatch?
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2. What happens inside a chrysalis?
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3. What is the first step in a butterfly’s life cycle?
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4. Draw a picture of the first step in a butterfly’s life cycle.
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Read and ThinkRead your issue of Scholastic News. As you read, stop and answer the questions below.
1. Start reading the article. at “Winter in a Tree.”
Why do monarch butterflies have to migrate in the autumn?
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2. Read “Winter in a Tree.” Then
Where do the monarchs rest during the winter?
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3. Read “Flying North.” Then
What makes milkweed plants a good place for monarchs to lay eggs?(Hint: What happens when the eggs hatch?)
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4. Where do the adult butterflies spend their summers?
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RI.2.1 Key details
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Butterfly DiagramUse the diagram to answer the questions.
Now color the diagram. You can color it to look like a monarch butterfly. Or make it any colors you like!
Issue: Butterflies Are Back!
1. Which body part can it use to smell?
O mouth O antennas O legs
2. How many legs does a butterfly have?
O two O six O eight
3. What does it do with its mouth?
O drinks nectar O flies O smells
4. Which body part is shaped like a straw?
O wing O head O mouth
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Reading a diagramSCIENCE FOCUS
AntennasIt uses its antennas
to smell things.
MouthIts mouth is
shaped like a straw. It drinks
nectar from flowers.
WingsIt uses its big,
wide wings to fly.
LegsIt has six legs. It can use its front
legs to taste.
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RI.2.4 Vocabulary
Word WorkAnswer the questions about vocabulary words from your issue of Scholastic News.
1. Every year, monarch butterflies migrate. Which sentence below tells about other animals migrating?
O Black bears stay in a den all winter.
O Squirrels stay where the weather is cold all winter.
O Geese fly far away to a warmer place in the winter.
2. When caterpillars go through a metamorphosis, what do they do?
O fly to Mexico
O change into adult butterflies
O lay eggs on milkweed
3. Draw a caterpillar on this milkweed leaf.
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Draw a caterpillar on this milkweed leaf.
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Reading Checkpoint:
Butterflies Are Back!Fill in the circle for each correct answer.
1. What is this article mostly about? [main idea]
A what a monarch butterfly eatsB a monarch butterfly’s favorite
plantsC how monarch butterflies
migrate
2. Where do monarch butterflies lay their eggs? [key details]
A on milkweed plantsB on trees in MexicoC on dandelions
3. Look at the map on page 3. What do the orange arrows show you? [nonfiction text features]
A how monarch butterflies find food
B the autumn path of monarch butterflies
C the path monarchs take when they fly north
4. What happens when you migrate? [vocabulary]
A You move a long distance.B You turn up the heat.C You take a vacation.
5. Why do you think Mexico makes a good winter home for the monarchs? [making inferences]
A The butterflies are warmer there.
B The butterflies are really cold there.
C A lot of milkweed plants grow there.
Skills AssessmentIssue: Butterflies Are Back!