B is for Butterfly

Butterflies!!! (9/14-9/18)

ART

Butterfly paper plate puppet

Handprint butterfly – Students will use cut outs of their hands to make their very own butterfly.

SCIENCE

Butterfly life cycle book – Each student will create his or her butterfly lifecycle group as we discuss the different stages of a butterfly’s life.

Making Colors – Butterflies are so colorful, how can we replicate these colors? We will be learning through hands on experimenting how to make colors our of primary colors.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Butterfly coloring listening game – A worksheet where students have to listen in order to know what color to make each butterfly.

Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Book of “B” – As a class we will make a book of all things “B” to put in our class library.

MATH

Very Hungry Caterpillar days of the week – students will each make his or her own book of the days of the week, writing each day out. The book will feature art work from Eric Carle’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”

MUSIC

Butterfly, Butterfly

(to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)

Butterfly, Butterfly,
Fly Away,
You were a caterpillar yesterday
Butterfly, Butterfly
You never stay,
Always flying to a new day.