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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Create colorful butterfly models that display the stages in a butterfly's life with young learners. They will identify the stages in a butterfly's life cycle. Then they will create a butterfly model, arranging the stages of a butterfly's...
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Butterflies

For Teachers 3rd
Butterflies and moths are the stars of this biology resource. In it, learners see how to distinguish a butterfly from a moth. They discover new vocabulary, perform an experiment, and do some coloring on pages that are embedded in the...
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Monarch Butterflies

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify monarch butterflies and study their life cycles. They order the stages of the life cycle and create a monarch butterfly of construction paper. This well-designed lesson should be easy to implement in your classroom.
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Butterfly Quest

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
This worksheet calls for young scientists to create a diagram of a butterfly's life cycle and then answer a series of short-answer and fill-in -the-blank questions. The questions are broken down by the stages of a butterfly's life cycle:...
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I Wish I Were a Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students inquire about biology by reading a children's book in class. In this insect lesson, students read the story "I Wish I Were a Butterfly" and identify the unique characteristics of butterflies and other insects. Students...
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Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K
Students explore the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle activity, students read the book the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Students use this book throughout the year to create a year round bulletin board showing the stages of the...
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Butterfly picture

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this butterfly worksheet, learners color a picture of a butterfly and then trace and write the word butterfly. Students color, trace, and write one time each.
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Butterfly: Print and Color 10

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "butterfly," write the word independently, and color the picture of the butterfly.
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Butterfly: Print and Color 5

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition instructional activity, students trace the word "butterfly," write the word independently, and color the picture of the butterfly.
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Butterfly: Print and Color 12

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "butterfly," write the word independently, and color the picture of the butterfly.
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Butterfly: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "butterfly," write the word independently, and color the picture of the butterfly.
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Butterfly: Print and Color 9

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "butterfly," write the word independently, and color the picture of the butterfly
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Butterfly Metamorphosis

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars study butterfly metamorphosis. In this science lesson, students read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and create a model of butterfly metamorphosis. Young scholars write a paragraph about the process.
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Butterfly Maze

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this maze worksheet, students follow a path from the start to the end point in a butterfly shaped maze. The maze is of medium difficulty.
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A Rainforest Folktale: Determining the Message of “The Wings of the Butterfly,” a Tukuna People Tale

For Teachers 5th Standards
Did you the message? Scholars listen to a read aloud of The Wings of the Butterfly to summarize and determine the message of the text. They discuss the folktale and vocabulary in groups, then use a double bubble map to compare the story...
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Monarch Butterfly Diagram and Labeling Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this butterfly anatomy learning exercise, students study the detailed labeled diagram of a Monarch butterfly. Students then fill in the blanks in a diagram of their own.
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Butterfly Counting

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood math worksheet, students practice their counting skills as they finish 12 pictures by drawing butterflies and identifying the number or butterflies that they draw in each picture.
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Catch the Butterfly

For Students K - 2nd
In this butterfly maze worksheet, students figure out the best route to get through a maze in order to catch the butterfly at the other end of the maze.
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Butterfly Mobile

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this butterfly mobile craft project learning exercise, students color and cut out the patterns of a butterfly. Students follow the directions to construct a butterfly mobile.
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More Spring Poems: Fluttering Butterflies

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this literature based worksheet, students read the poem "Fluttering Butterflies," color the picture, underline the rhyming words and then on the lines provided, write the rhyming words on pages two through four several times.
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Monarch Butterfly Coloring Page

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this monarch butterfly coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of a monarch butterfly. Students color the butterfly and draw its natural habitat around it.
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The World of Insects and Spiders

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners identify numerous insects and their body parts.  In this insect life lesson plan, students practice using scientific vocabulary while comparing the different parts of spiders and insects.  Learners view several videos...
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Printing Practice: Butterfly

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this printing practice activity, students practice tracing and writing the word butterfly, then color a picture. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Conducting Research: Asking and Answering our Questions about Rainforest Arthropods

For Teachers 5th Standards
Let's ask an expert. Scholars divide into groups to research and become experts on either ants or butterflies. Learners use task cards and text on their topic to complete a note catcher. At the end, they share their information with a...