Butterflies

Today we started our unit about butterflies and it was a hit! I love how inquisitive my students are about nature and our environment. I am really enjoying teaching science this year.

These are some of the posters I used to launch the unit. I also used vocabulary flashcards to help students develop the academic vocabulary in both languages.

This year I am working on Element 6 of the Marzano Evaluation System, so I usually  have my kids record the most important information in their interactive notebooks.

This way they will have all that information to study for the EOC's (End of the Year Course Exams)

After entering the information in their interactive journals, the students worked on several projects like the life cycle wheel you see above (made with pasta and popcorn kernels). Pardon the tiny shell, they were out of the middle size. The shell represents the chrysalis. 

Tomorrow we will start working on our little books!

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