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Savannah McDonald
Is it a butterfly yet?
PSMT Name:
Lesson Plan Topic:
Date:
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Corianne Guerin
Life cycle of a
caterpillar
20 minutes each day
Harriet Treem
Elementary
3. Objective(s):
Student will be able to make observations and predictions about the life cycle of a
caterpillar.
4. Materials and Technology Resources
Caterpillars
Butterfly Inside Home
Pencils
Markers
Crayons
Life Cycle Packet
5. InstructionalProcedures:
a. Motivation/Engagement: The teacher will ask students if they know how a caterpillar
turns into a butterfly.
LEMOV STRATEGIES:
Habits of Discussion- The Habits of Discussion strategy is when students listen carefully
and comment on what other classmates have said by making a specific effort to connect a
point theyre making with what someone else said. This strategy allows conversations to
be more efficiently cohesive and connected. I used this strategy when students shared
their predictions and observations with their classmates.
If students are struggling with writing full sentences for their observations and
predictions, they may draw pictures and label the pictures with one or two words.
9. Reflection:
a. Strengths: There were a lot of strengths in this lesson plan. The students loved seeing
caterpillars turn into butterflies! Some of their observations and predictions were detailed
and I could tell that they were learning something new almost every day. By the end of
this unit, I think that my students were very knowledgeable about how caterpillars turn
into butterflies. I believe they learned more from this hands-on activity than they
wouldve learned from watching a video of it.
b. Concerns: Some of the daily observations became boring because they did not
always change daily. Maybe next time, I could have them learn about what is happening
inside the cocoon while we are all waiting for the butterfly to come out.
c. Insights: All of the grade level teachers taught this lesson sometime throughout the
school year. They recommended that the students make daily observations and let the
butterflies free the day after they come out of their cocoon.