During the past month Mrs. Kennedy's Second Grade Super Stars have been studying the Life Cycle of the Painted Lady Butterfly. Each student raised a butterfly starting with the larva stage. They observed and recorded each stage of the life cycle (caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly) except for the egg. The students also researched each stage of the butterfly life cycle by reading non-fiction books and butterfly websites. It was so exciting to watch our butterflies emerge from the chrysalises. The highlight of this science unit was releasing our butterflies to their natural habitat in the courtyard garden. Each student created a non-fiction text book incorporating the non-fiction text features that they learned about in our Non-Fiction Reading genre unit. Everyone also created a collage book showing each stage of the butterfly life cycle and wrote a poem for each stage. Click on your child's name below to view his/her non-fiction butterfly book.
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