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Day One- Begin lesson by creating a KWL (what they Know, what they Want to know, and what they want to Learn) chart about butterflies (approx 30 mins). Continue lesson by reading __The Very Hungry Caterpillar__ by Eric Carle, __The Crunching Munching Caterpillar__ by Sheridan Cain, and __Charlie the Caterpillar__ by Dom DeLuise. Address that in __The Very Hungnry Caterpillar__, that cocoon is not correct; chyrsalises are for caterpillars, while cocoons are for moths.

Day Two- Start lesson by giving a brief summary of a caterpillar's lifecycle using [] (approx 20 mins). Next, go into detail about the caterpillar's beginnings. Use the website [] to give more information about caterpillar eggs to the students (approx 10 mins). The website [] will help further explain the next process the caterpillar goes through: the larva (approx 10 mins). The next website [] will help inform about the pupa, which is the next part of the life cycle. Finally, use [] to describe the last part of a butterfly's life cycle, the adult butterfly (approx 10 mins). Use the toy versions of the caterpillar and buttefly to demonstrate what they actually look like.

Day Three: Use website [] to print out papers for the students to learn about the different parts of the caterpillar's body (approx 20 mins). Use the print out from the website [] to label the stages of the caterpillar (approx 20 mins). For fun, have the students color in this picture, [] of a butterfly on a flower (approx 10 mins).

Day Four: Use the website [] to help reinforce the vocabulary used from the previous day. Have circle time and test the students knowledge of the words learned using this website (approx 20 mins). Print out [] to determine the differences between moths and butterflies (approx 20 mins). Have the students color in this picture from [] (approx 10 mins).

Day Five: Have the students create this Lifecycle of a Butterfly Book printed out from [] to showcase their knowledge of what they learned throughout the week (approx 25 mins). Finally, use the ideas and directions from [] to create a butterfly mobile. Have the students write short facts about butterflies on each of the butterflies on the mobile.