Unit: Life Cycles

Activity: Writing Activity: The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Students will be given a worksheet with the images of the butterfly’s life
cycle in chronological order. Next to each stage, students must describe
what happens in complete sentences. Words will be placed on the board
for spelling reference.

**For the purpose of this portfolio and implementing differentiation based

on interest, I have decided to differentiate this activity with the assumption
that students will be completing a similar activity for the life cycle of the
white-tailed deer as well.

Student with Autism Content Process Product

Students will have Students may work Students may create

the option to individually or with a a handout, brochure,
Interest complete this activity partner. Students or information book
either on the life may use the sentence about the life cycle
cycle of the butterfly starters of “First, they have chosen,
or white-tailed deer. then, after, finally”, including the stages
Whichever they do or write their own and the aspects of
not choose will be sentences using a each stage in
completed at a later different structure. chronological order.
date. Vocabulary will be
posted for reference.
The student will have The student will have The student may
access to a a sentence starter either verbally tell
Readiness video/book/other available to use. The the stages of the
visual about the student may also butterfly or write it
stages of the choose to use a fill-in- down. If chosen to
butterfly to the-blank template to tell the stages
reference. complete the verbally, the
sentences. student’s response
will be recorded, and
the student must put
their responses in
chronological order.

Students with a Content Process Product

Learning Disability
(48 Months)
 Students will have Students may work Students may create
the option to individually or with a a handout, brochure,
Interest complete this activity partner. Students or information book
either on the life may use the sentence about the life cycle
cycle of the butterfly starters of “First, they have chosen,
or white-tailed deer. then, after, finally”, including the stages
Whichever they do or write their own and the aspects of
not choose will be sentences using a each stage in
completed at a later different structure. chronological order.
date. Vocabulary will be
posted for reference
The student will have The student may The student will put
access to the choose between the images in the
Readiness manipulative that different images of same order as they
shows the stages of the stages of the are in the
the butterfly shown butterfly. One that manipulative
in order. matches the (essentially creating
manipulative will be their own
available. The manipulative). The
student will match student will then
these images with verbally state the
the manipulative’s names of the stages
stages. in order, as well as
other key words that
accompany the stage.
The student will trace
the letters in these
key vocabulary words
under each stage.

English Language Content Process Product

Learners
Students will have Students may work Students may create
the option to individually or with a a handout, brochure,
Interest complete this activity partner. Students or information book
either on the life may use the sentence about the life cycle
cycle of the butterfly starters of “First, they have chosen,
or white-tailed deer. then, after, finally”, including the stages
Whichever they do or write their own and the aspects of
not choose will be sentences using a each stage in
completed at a later different structure. chronological order.
date. Vocabulary will be
posted for reference
 The student will be The student will have The students will
given the translations the choice between complete a sentence
Readiness for each of the stages using a sentence for each of the stages
and other key words starter or fill in the either using the
that represent what blanks to complete sentence starter or
occurs in each stage. for each stage. the fill in the blanks.
The students must
put these sentences
in chronological order
according to the
stages of the life of
the butterfly.

Students with a Content Process Product

Severe Disability
Students will have Students may work Students may create
the option to individually or with a a handout, brochure,
Interest complete this activity partner. Students or information book
either on the life may use the sentence about the life cycle
cycle of the butterfly starters of “First, they have chosen,
or white-tailed deer. then, after, finally”, including the stages
Whichever they do or write their own and the aspects of
not choose will be sentences using a each stage in
completed at a later different structure. chronological order.
date. Vocabulary will be
posted for reference
The student will have The student will The student will
access to the match images of the verbally be asked to
Readiness manipulative that stages of the identify the stages of
shows the stages of butterfly with those the butterfly’s life
the butterfly shown of the manipulative. cycle in chronological
in order. This will be done by order. They will be
pointing or the use of given one word at a
an image board. time, and asked to
identify the
corresponding image
or choose between
two images. The
student will repeat
this activity using the
words “first, second,
third, and fourth” as
well.