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Copia de Butterfly Life Cycle

This is a brief description of the butterfly life cycle. It highlights simple vocabulary for beginning readers and includes complete sentences to make it a useful presentation for more advanced readers as well.

Works well as a writing prompt, conversation starter or assessing/activating prior knowledge.

1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PRESENTACION CON DIAPOSITIVAS

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lay

In the beginning, the adult butterfly chooses a safe place to lay its egg.

leaf

This egg was laid on a leaf. It's extremely small.
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hatch

This egg is about to hatch. You can see the larva inside.
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larva

Then, as soon as the larva chews it's way out of hone egg, it's very hungry.

caterpillar

A butterfly larva is also called a caterpillar.

grow

As the caterpillar eats and eats, it grows much larger.
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hang

Then, the caterpillar chooses a place to hang from.
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chrysalis

Next, the caterpillar forms a chrysalis around itself.
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change

Inside the chrysalis, an amazing change is happening.
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change

  • transform
  • become
  • different
  • metamorphosis
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emerge

After that, the adult butterfly emerges with wrinkled, wet wings.
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proboscis

The butterfly uses it's proboscis to drink its food.
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nectar

Flowers have sweet nectar that the butterfly can drink.
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dries

As soon as it dries it's wings, the adult butterfly finally flies away to find food.
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