Pistes d'exploration
: Create a KWL chart on butterflies. What was the most surprising fact you learned about butterflies? Survey the students in other classes to find out what they know about butterflies.
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Using a globe, locate the countries where different species of butterflies live and migrate to. Brainstorm a list of other animals that migrate.
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What impact do butterflies have on the environment? What can you do outside your classroom window or in your schoolyard to attract butterflies? Use the index as well as outside sources to find the answers to these questions.
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Create a butterfly collage mobile using torn construction paper as in the illustrations. Hang your butterfly art from the ceiling and invite other classes for a viewing. Share what you have learned about butterflies.
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Browse through the pictures. What do you already know about butterflies? Do you know the answer to some of the questions listed in the table of contents?
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Make a class list of everything you already know about butterflies. Also note things you would like to know about butterflies.
: Use the text to write true or false questions about butterflies.
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Choose a butterfly that lives in your area. Take or find a picture and write five facts about it, using the text in the book as a model.
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Choose a local butterfly and reproduce it with construction paper, using the style of the illustrator. Write an information card about your butterfly to put with it when on display.
Mots-clés
Non-fiction, butterflies, caterpillars, life cycles, questions, science, transformation
