GUIDED READING LESSONS ON BUTTERFLY INTERNET SITES

Part 1

Click on blue URL below and go here for a quick discussion of body parts.

You will click on “Anatomy” in the purple box on the left side of the screen.

The adult leader will need to help with much of the reading. That’s okay,

this is a background information gathering session.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/

Part 2

If you are still working on http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/ Move on to

the next link by clicking on “B’fly Species” in the purple box on the left side of the screen.

If not, start by clicking on the blue URL below:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/paintedlady.shtml

You’ll go to Information sheets about Butterflies and Moths.

Scroll down so kids can find the butterfly that looks like the ones in our classroom.

Go look in the butterfly flight cage to see how their wings are colored. Once the group agrees about what kind of butterflies we have in our classroom, students need to write a sentence or two in their science journal. A Literacy Center time, students will have time to illustrate this page by looking at our classroom specimens.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/paintedlady.shtml

Part 3

Click on “life cycle link” and discuss the 4 life cycle stages. Have kids name each stage, tell how

the animal’s body parts change from stage to stage, and practice this until each child can

correctly name and describe all four stages. Print copies for kids in your group if time allows.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/paintedladylifecycle.shtml

You should also look at the second site below. It also has a life cycle graphic

that will be used in an assessment later in this unit.

http://www.ci.shrewsbury.ma.us/Sps/Schools/Beal/Curriculum/butterfly/cycle/index.htm

Part 4

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/

Click on “B’fly Species” in the purple box on the left side of the screen. You’ll go to Information sheets about Butterflies and Moths…scroll down then click on the title “PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY” it will link you to facts about our Painted lady butterflies. Read with the children, letting them take turns touching the screen and tapping when they need help with a word. A paper copy of this page is available to kids in the Draw Our Butterflies Literacy Center this week as a reference for coloring their illustrations.

Using the site below, compare butterfly bodies with moth bodies and create a T chart with your

group. http://butterflywebsite.com/Articles/ShowArticle.cfm?ID=65