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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers K
Students describe and state the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle lesson plan, students copy words and pictures from the life cycle and then identify each stage.
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Life Cycle Of A Frog

For Teachers K
Students use books and an art activity to study the stages of a frog's life cycle. After listening to a book about frogs, students engage in a fun art activity. When finished, students work is displayed as a pond on the bulletin board.
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Butterflies

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students will explore the life cycle of the Painted Lady butterfly by raising their own. They will incorporate math, science, and language arts as they graph, pattern, journal, observe, and artistically create.
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The Grouchy Ladybug By Eric Carle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a unit about ladybugs based on Eric Carle's, The Grouchy Ladybug. They complete comprehension questions, categorization activities, Venn diagrams, and choral readings of Susan M. Paprocki', Little Red Bug. As they...
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Munchy Math

For Teachers K - 1st
Students manipulate computer mouse to place the cursor on a numeral to match the correct number of foods, using Kidspiration.
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Paste Paper

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students watch the teacher demonstrate the process of making paste paper. They create their own wheat paste papers following the example of the teacher. Students make several pieces of paste paper, and use them to make collages.
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The Very Busy Spider-Pattern

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore two- and three-dimensional shapes.  In this very busy spider lesson, students read the story and then create a spider web pattern of their own. The webs must use a symmetrical pattern.  Additional activities for patterns...
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Activity
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Collage Butterflies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make their own butterfly on contact paper. In this art lesson, students cut or tear small pieces of tissue paper to put on their butterfly. Students place another piece of contact paper over the tissue paper pieces and cut the...
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Independent Investigation

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students classify objects. In this math lesson, students sort and classify objects based on their characteristics. Students identify characteristics of objects.
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Worksheet
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Pronoun Agreement

For Students 5th - 6th
Your scholars check 20 sentences singular/plural pronoun agreement. Example: "If everyone used turn signals, they would find that their daily commute..." Three pronouns in each sentence are underlined and labeled A, B, or C. If any of...
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Halloween Math Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice their multiplication and division by creating a Witches Brew.  In this holiday math lesson, students utilize Halloween style ingredients to create a fun edible treat for themselves.  Students practice their measuring...
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Lifecycle of Painted Lady Butterflies

For Teachers K
Students make a chart of the life cycle of the painted lady butterflies that the class observes over a period of several days.
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Butterflies and Frogs

For Teachers K
Students identify patterns found in nature.
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I Like Bugs!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Pupils explore the story I Like Bugs! In this language arts lesson, students sort bugs from the story into the correct category. Pupils draw pictures of bugs and create a retelling booklet.
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Valley of the Butterflies

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore why butterfly populations in Idaho's Lapwai Valley have decreased.
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Word Wizards: Students Making Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters
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Picture This

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, techniques, tools, and processes to communicate an idea or concept based on research, environment, personal experience, observation, or imagination.
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Read, Read, Read !

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform repeated readings of the same text to increase their reading fluency and expression. They practice reading sentences from the board aloud to practice fluency. They read "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" as a class.
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Going Buggy!

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners study bugs over a four week period.  In this insect collection of activities, students observe insects covering basic science concepts and skills, such as classification, observation, and responses to habitat.  Learners develop...
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Leo and the Butterflies

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read a book entitled, "Leo and the Butterflies." They discuss the rainforest and butterflies. Students observe the pictures and predict what will happen in the story. They examine reading strategies for decoding unfamiliar...
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Worksheet
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The Praying Mantis

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this praying mantis reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 5 paragraph non-fiction selection about the insect and test their reading comprehension as they answer 7 multiple choice questions based on the reading.
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Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Its Life Cycle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Engage students with a retelling of Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and watch a video from "Great Migrations" to enhance scientific discovery of the life of a butterfly.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Eric Carle's picture book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, is provided on these pages. Five character roles are needed in this activity.
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Student Achievement Partners

Achieve the Core: Illustrative Mathematics: The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, first-grade students explore counting on and the place value system using the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.