Heidi Yun January 25, 2013 Annotated Resource List Metamorphosis: Change Over Time Resource Life Cycle

Diagram Medium Student Work Rationale Creating a diagram for creates a visual display for the students to grasp each stage in the life cycle. As they observe and record their observations they can visually see the butterflys progression from egg to a fully grown butterfly. Will use their journals to compare how people, frogs and butterflies are the same and how they are different. Add key words from informational text along with a picture so students can read the word. Not exactly sure how I am going to implement this as I am uncomfortable talking about death but am aware that I may have to. If I do I hope to talk about it in the context of life. Possible mini field trip could occur since it would not cost anything. Limitations/ Comments
Need various materials: paper plates, dry pasta MUST model how I would like for them to record using descriptive words and how to observe their findings

Scientific Observation Journals

Student Work

Science Word Wall

Display

Students may have difficulty reading words such as Metamorphosis, chrysalisis

http://www.npr.org/blogs /krulwich/ 2013/01/22/169976655/n ature-has-a-formula-thattells-us-when-its-time-todie BioPond

Website

Natural resource

I do not know how likely this field trip will take place because of the weather as the animals may not be out during the month of March.

Academy of Natural Sciences

Museum

Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom deLuise

Picture book

Butterflies exhibit can affirm students knowledge from the classroom to their museum experience. As the seasons change the main character, Charlie changes his form as well. There is a theme of discrimination in this story that I could possibly use as it changes as the story progresses.

Could create meaningful discussion on their ideas on friendship

Tadpoles and Frogs by Anna Milbourne (2002). Usborne Publishing Ltd.: London. Where Do Frogs Come From? by Alex Vern (2003). Harcourt, Inc.: New York. See How They Grow: Frog by Kim Taylor (2001). Dorling Kindersly Publishing, Inc.: New York. The Butterfly by Sabrina Crewe (1997). SteckVaughn Company: Austin, Texas. Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Jack Kent (1982). Aladdin Paperbacks: New York. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (1969). Philomel Books: New York.

Informational text

The glossary in the back of this book would be a great start to build our Science Word Wall.

Informational text

Plenty of bold faced print along with boxes of information about frogs growth. Could discuss what components of this text a nonfiction text.

Might be too small for all of them to see as a whole group.

Picture book/video

Picture book

Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons Butterfly Life Cycle by Scholastic From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman (1996). HarpersCollins Publishers Inc.: New York. Butterfly Kit from Carolina Science www.carolina.com

Informational text Informational text Informational text

Since this book talks about both frogs and butterflies I will use this piece of literature as a transition piece to ease into the second week of the takeover. Will read this later during the second week after we have researched on the butterflys life cycle to see if the students will pick up that caterpillars do NOT make cocoons but in fact form into a chrysalis. Additional information on life cycle. Additional information on life cycle. Additional information on life cycle.

Must explain that a polliwog IS another name for a tadpole.

Classroom pets Real-life experience on how caterpillars change over time into a butterfly. Students will use this experience before the butterfly unit begins to gather and culminate

everything they have learned throughout the two week curriculum. A Closer Look by Natalie Lunis (1999). Newbridge Education Publishing: New York. The Frog Report by Julie Hayon (2002). Rigby: Illinois. From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer (1994). Scholastic, Inc.: New York. From Tadpole to Frog by Jan Kottke (2000). Rosen Book Works, Inc.: Connecticut. Where Do Frogs Come From? by Alex Vern (2003). Harcourt, Inc.: New York. A First Discovery Book: Frogs illustrated by Daniel Moignot (2004). Scholastic, Inc.: New York. Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni (1970). Scholastic, Inc.: New York. Its Mine by Leo Lionni (1985). Scholastic, Inc.: New York.