How Butterflies Changes as They Grow & Animating the Butterfly Life Cycle *Slides 2-66 cover information & suggestions from Perfect Pairs: Using Fiction & Nonfiction Picture Books to Teach Life Science, K-2 by Melissa Stewart & Nancy Chesley

1. Perfect Pairs
Lesson 2.7: How Butterflies Changes as They Grow
& Animating the Butterfly Life Cycle
*Slides 2-66 cover information & suggestions from
Perfect Pairs: Using Fiction & Nonfiction Picture Books to Teach Life Science, K-2 by Melissa Stewart & Nancy Chesley
Amy Zschaber azschaber@stancoe.org

2. I wonder how butterflies change
as they grow?

3. Read & Add the
Wonder
Statement to
Student Wonder
Journals

4. “Yes, No, Maybe” Game!
1. Look at the pictures
carefully
2. Decide if the picture
is a butterfly at any
point during it’s life
cycle
3. Raise the color card
to share your decision
Yes / SÍ
No / No
Maybe /
Tal vez

37. Read Aloud Clara Caterpillar

38. All insects come from eggs.

39. Clara is a White Cabbage Caterpillar

40. A caterpillar is a type of larva
Other types of larva are
• Bee grubs
• Fly maggots
• Ladybug larva

41. Does Clara look like a real
cabbage white larva?
• How is she similar? How is she different?

42. Do you know what letter this is?
What letter do all of the names in the story start with?

43. “They grew into colossal caterpillars.”
• What do you think will happen next?

44. When a butterfly is inside a chrysalis it
is called a pupa.

45. When a butterfly is inside a chrysalis it
is called a pupa.
Many other insects have
a pupa stage
• Flies have a pupa
stage.
• Beetles have a pupa
stage.

46. When a butterfly is inside a chrysalis it
is called a pupa.
• Clara is a white cabbage
butterfly.
• This is the chrysalis of a
white cabbage butterfly.
• This is what Clara looks
like in the pupa stage
• How is this picture
similar to the book? How
is this picture different?

47. 4 Stages in a Butterfly Life Cycle

48. How a Butterfly Changes as It Grows
Stage in Life Cycle Clara Caterpillar
Egg
Caterpillar
Pupa
Adult

49. How a Butterfly Changes as It Grows
Stage in Life Cycle Clara Caterpillar
Egg Small, white, on cabbage
Caterpillar
Pupa
Adult

50. How a Butterfly Changes as It Grows
Stage in Life Cycle Clara Caterpillar
Egg Small, white, on cabbage
Caterpillar Green with stripe; eats and
grows
Pupa
Adult

51. How a Butterfly Changes as It Grows
Stage in Life Cycle Clara Caterpillar
Egg Small, white, on cabbage
Caterpillar Green with stripe; eats and
grows
Pupa Inside a chrysalis
Adult

52. How a Butterfly Changes as It Grows
Stage in Life Cycle Clara Caterpillar
Egg Small, white, on cabbage
Caterpillar Green with stripe; eats and
grows
Pupa Inside a chrysalis
Adult Chrysalis cracks, and she
comes out as a butterfly

53. Does Clara Caterpillar describe how a
real butterfly changes as it grows?
Stage in Life
Cycle
Clara
Caterpillar
Egg Small, white,
on cabbage
Caterpillar Green with
stripe; eats
and grows
Pupa Inside a
chrysalis
Adult Chrysalis
cracks, and
she comes
out as a
butterfly

54. Where Butterflies Grow
• How do you think this
book will be similar to
Clara Caterpillar?
• How do you think this
book will be different
from Clara Caterpillar?
• Do you think this book
is fiction or non-fiction?
• What is your evidence?

55. These are black swallowtail butterfly eggs.
• Do the eggs in the
book look like real
black swallowtail
eggs?
• Why do you think
the eggs in this
book look more
similar to real eggs
than the egg in
Clara Caterpillar?

56. How a Butterfly Changes as It Grows
Stage in Life Cycle Clara Caterpillar Where Butterflies Grow
Egg Small, white, on cabbage Small, round, on parsley
Caterpillar Green with stripe; eats and
grows
Pupa Inside a chrysalis
Adult Chrysalis cracks, and she
comes out as a butterfly

57. These are black swallowtail caterpillars
• Do the caterpillars
in the book look
like real black
swallowtail
caterpillars?
• Why do you think
the caterpillars in
this book look
more similar to
real caterpillars
than the
caterpillars in Clara
Caterpillar?

58. How a Butterfly Changes as It Grows
Stage in Life Cycle Clara Caterpillar Where Butterflies Grow
Egg Small, white, on cabbage Small, round, on parsley
Caterpillar Green with stripe; eats and
grows
Black with orange spots;
eats and grows; changes
“skin” and looks different;
eat and grows some more
Pupa Inside a chrysalis
Adult Chrysalis cracks, and she
comes out as a butterfly

59. These are black swallowtail
chrysalises (pupa).
• Do the pupa in the
book look like real
black swallowtail
pupa?
• Why do you think
the pupa in this
book look more
similar to real
pupa than the
pupa in Clara
Caterpillar?

60. How a Butterfly Changes as It Grows
Stage in Life Cycle Clara Caterpillar Where Butterflies Grow
Egg Small, white, on cabbage Small, round, on parsley
Caterpillar Green with stripe; eats and
grows
Black with orange spots;
eats and grows; changes
“skin” and looks different;
eat and grows some more
Pupa Inside a chrysalis Inside a chrysalis; grows
long legs; wide wings
covered with scales; body
gets darker
Adult Chrysalis cracks, and she
comes out as a butterfly

61. These are black swallowtail
adult butterflies.
• Do the butterflies
in the book look
like real black
swallowtail
butterflies?
• Why do you think
the butterflies in
this book look
more similar to
real butterflies
than the
butterflies in Clara
Caterpillar?

62. How a Butterfly Changes as It Grows
Stage in Life Cycle Clara Caterpillar Where Butterflies Grow
Egg Small, white, on cabbage Small, round, on parsley
Caterpillar Green with stripe; eats and
grows
Black with orange spots;
eats and grows; changes
“skin” and looks different;
eat and grows some more
Pupa Inside a chrysalis Inside a chrysalis; grows
long legs; wide wings
covered with scales; body
gets darker
Adult Chrysalis cracks, and she
comes out as a butterfly
Wings slowly unfold and
become more colorful;
tastes flowers with feet;
sips nectar

63. Reviewing the Data Table
Group Pretend You Are. . .
1 Butterfly eggs
2 Caterpillars (larvae)
3 Chrysalises (pupae)
4 Adult butterflies

64. Reviewing the Data Table
Stage in Life Cycle Clara Caterpillar Where Butterflies Grow
GROUP 1: Egg Small, white, on cabbage Small, round, on parsley
GROUP 2: Caterpillar Green with stripe; eats and
grows
Black with orange spots;
eats and grows; changes
“skin” and looks different;
eat and grows some more
GROUP 3: Pupa Inside a chrysalis Inside a chrysalis; grows
long legs; wide wings
covered with scales; body
gets darker
GROUP 4: Adult Chrysalis cracks, and she
comes out as a butterfly
Wings slowly unfold and
become more colorful;
tastes flowers with feet;
sips nectar

65. Can you think of way to arrange and
display the illustrations of a butterfly’s
four life stages to make a circle?
(larva)
(pupa)

66. Can you think
of way to
arrange and
display the
illustrations of
a butterfly’s
four life stages
to make a
circle?
(larva)
(pupa)

67. Are Butterflies Symmetrical?
• Symmetry =
Same
• If something
has symmetry
it is the SAME
on both sides

72. “Yes, No, Maybe” Game!
1. Look at the pictures
carefully
2. Decide if the picture
is symmetrical
3. Raise the color card
to share your decision
Yes / SÍ
No / No
Maybe /
Tal vez

98. Can you use what you know about
symmetry and the butterflies to animate
the butterfly life cycle?
https://youtu.be/hxJK9wUCf4Q Or https://goo.gl/70mFC1