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= LESSON PLAN = created by: 1st Grade Team Freedom Elementary Standard 4 Objective 2.3 Students will be able to identify and explain the life cycle of a butterfly.
 * __Core Objective/Standard__:**
 * __Student learning objective__:**

Paper plates Pasta: Risotto, Rotini, Shell, and Bowtie Glue Markers/pencils/crayons = = Books: The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle The Science Vocabulary Readers: Life Cycles By Liza Charlesworth (From Scholastic)
 * __Materials needed__:**

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle Introduce the butterfly life cycle songs:

http://www.kinderkorner.com/butterflies.html http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems26.html

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Butterfly 4 corners: Label each corner as one of 4 stages of Butterfly life cycle. Pick a student to be it, cover eyes, counts down from 10. Student shouts out a stage and those students are out. Play until only one child is left and then they become it.

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
Butterfly Life Cycle book: Color when they get out of the game.

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__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
Students create and label the life cycle of a butterfly using the pasta.