Butterfly unit By Danyelle

Reading/Language Arts
Brainstorm
Prediction chart
Share the story
DRTA
Paired readings
Story tell with props or flannel board pieces
Children sequence and retell using flannel board
The Very Hungry Caterpillar sequence cards
Tongue tied- letter game
Flannel board find- make flowers labeled with letters and hide a butterfly behind one. Let the children guess where the butterfly is.
Poems- Soon Youíll Be A Butterfly
The Caterpillar by Marc Brown
Fruit in the fridge by Valerie Schiffer Danoff
Finger flutters
Emerging butterflies
Fuzzy Wuzzy Caterpillar by Cele McCloskey & Brenda Peters
Once I Saw a Butterfly by Diana Shepherd
Pictorial story map
Language development word cards
Retell using a sock puppet
Word caterpillar- vocabulary development
Hungry caterpillar sock book
Touch reading and word matching
Crunchy carrot caterpillar sequence books
Butterfly snack recipe cards to sequence and read

Writing
Caterpillar alphabet
ButterfliesÖ A-Z
Winged surprises, upper & lowercase letters
Butterflies and me- make and take comparison books
He ate throughÖ students complete the sentence
Caterpillar shape books- students write their own version
Make refrigerator flip-books
Predictable writing chart for food, I like to eatÖ
Predictable writing chart for at the grocery store, We saw
Sentence builders, using predictable writing sentences
Make class big book of favorite foods

INTERDICIPLINARY CORELATIONS

Math
Caterpillar number puzzle
Copycat butterflies
Calendar- Make and take menu
Match the numbers and fruits, comprehension sheet
Fruit in the fridge: Exploring number relationships- math pocket chart poem
Fruit fractions
Grocery/ fruit stand shopping
Very hungry caterpillar subtraction
Edible addition
Copy my number using fruit (sets)
Counting by ones- making bead caterpillars
Fruit patterns
Classifying tastes
A bead a day calendar activity to represent the growing caterpillar
Paper shapes beautiful butterfly
Paper shapes caterpillar cutie
Graph the foods in the story
Graph the childrenís favorite foods
Caterpillar measuring
Make caterpillars and butterflies using manipulatives

Science
Butterfly life cycle
Touch and taste chart
Creepy crawlers- Look at real pictures of caterpillars and count body segments
From egg to butterfly- pop up life cycle cards
Compare an apple to an orange
Paired pears- predict then, match the whole fruit to the picture of the cross section
Compare and contrast baby to adult insects
Compare and contrast moths to butterflies
Butterfly bracelets- life cycle
Watch and wonder- have a real butterfly garden in the classroom
Identify different types of butterflies

Physical Education
Metamorphosis movement- let the children imitate the movements
Butterfly dance- using tissue paper butterflies, students move to music
Fancy footwork- children form a caterpillar and do a caterpillar walk
Hide and seek eggs- students ask wh- questions and answer using position words
Parachute play- put butterflies on the parachute and help them fly

Music
ìDo You Like Fruitî- Songs About Me by William C. Janiak, Kimbo Educational Records
ì Do You Like Dessertsî- More Songs About Me by William C. Janiak, Kimbo Educational Records
ì The Corner Grocery Storeî- The Corner Grocery Store by Raffi, Troubadour Records
the emerging butterflies- make butterflies and leard a song
Fuzzy Wuzzy Caterpillar fingerplay
Finger Flutters, butterfly fingerplay

Art
Butterfly hand art
Delicate wings- tissue paper butterflies
Butterfly garden- flowers and butterflies
Egg carton caterpillars
Sandwich bag butterflies
Thumbprint caterpillars
Caterpillar art- one side is a caterpillar and the other is a butterfly
Butterfly cut and paste
Fruit printing on paper or to make printed kitchen towels
Paper shapes beautiful butterfly
Paper shapes caterpillar cutie
Dot art butterfly
Tactile collage
Pringle can caterpillars

Social Studies/ Social Skills
Field trip to the grocery store
People change- talk about family & friends of different ages
Students bring in baby photos and talk about how they have grown
Picture sort of babies, children & grown ups
Caterpillar concentration
Butterfly bingo
The very hungry caterpillar game
Fruity feelings- feel and guess boxes

Snacks
Fruit roll-up butterflies
Fruit salad
Crunchy carrot caterpillars
Butterfly snack mix