Description
Three fun butterflies activities to accompany any butterflies reading or research! These activities are a snapshot of the Butterflies Differentiated Reading Passages & Activities! Hope your students enjoy them!
What's Included in this freebie:
• Graphic Organizers (2 Options):
Students sort information from their research or reading into either 1.) a 3-2-1 Nonfiction graphic organizer or into 2.) categories including butterfly's life cycle, physical description, defenses, habitat, and diet.
• Label It! Students use a word bank to label 8 parts of the butterfly.
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What's Included in the full Butterflies Differentiated Reading Passages resource:
• 2 Vocabulary Preview Charts (2 Options):
Option 1 - Terms only: You can discuss with students what each word means as you help support them in creating a picture and student-friendly definition on the board as a class.
Option 2 – Terms, Definition, and Picture filled in: Simply pass out the filled in vocabulary guide and review with students.
• 3 Differentiated Reading Passages: Reading grade level equivalents of Grades 2.5-5.
• Finding Text Evidence (2 Options):
In the first option, students use crayons to color code text evidence. In the second option, students can also write answers to each question.
• Caption It & Headings Match Up: Students use what they have learned from the passage to match captions with their appropriate images. They also give each section of the text a heading (physical description, habitat, diet, defenses, or life cycle).
• Interactive Graphic Organizer: Cut, glue, fold and write! This is a fun 2-page interactive organizer shaped like a butterfly. Students write under each flap, showing comprehension of the text. Two back page (fill-ins) options are included.
• Graphic Organizers (2 Options):
Students sort information from the passage into either 1.) a 3-2-1 Nonfiction graphic organizer or into 2.) categories including insect’s life cycle, physical description, defenses, habitat, and diet.
• Using Text Features: Caption It! & Headings Match-Up (cut and paste activity)
• Vocabulary Crossword: Crossword provides independent vocabulary reinforcement after reading and seeing the words in context.
• Label It! Students use a word bank to label 8 parts of the butterfly.
This resource can be found discounted along with 7 other insects in the Insects Differentiated Reading Passages!
This product is also part of the Science & ELA Integration Bundle, which is enough differentiated reading passages for the entire year!
What's Included in this freebie:
• Graphic Organizers (2 Options):
Students sort information from their research or reading into either 1.) a 3-2-1 Nonfiction graphic organizer or into 2.) categories including butterfly's life cycle, physical description, defenses, habitat, and diet.
• Label It! Students use a word bank to label 8 parts of the butterfly.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
What's Included in the full Butterflies Differentiated Reading Passages resource:
• 2 Vocabulary Preview Charts (2 Options):
Option 1 - Terms only: You can discuss with students what each word means as you help support them in creating a picture and student-friendly definition on the board as a class.
Option 2 – Terms, Definition, and Picture filled in: Simply pass out the filled in vocabulary guide and review with students.
• 3 Differentiated Reading Passages: Reading grade level equivalents of Grades 2.5-5.
• Finding Text Evidence (2 Options):
In the first option, students use crayons to color code text evidence. In the second option, students can also write answers to each question.
• Caption It & Headings Match Up: Students use what they have learned from the passage to match captions with their appropriate images. They also give each section of the text a heading (physical description, habitat, diet, defenses, or life cycle).
• Interactive Graphic Organizer: Cut, glue, fold and write! This is a fun 2-page interactive organizer shaped like a butterfly. Students write under each flap, showing comprehension of the text. Two back page (fill-ins) options are included.
• Graphic Organizers (2 Options):
Students sort information from the passage into either 1.) a 3-2-1 Nonfiction graphic organizer or into 2.) categories including insect’s life cycle, physical description, defenses, habitat, and diet.
• Using Text Features: Caption It! & Headings Match-Up (cut and paste activity)
• Vocabulary Crossword: Crossword provides independent vocabulary reinforcement after reading and seeing the words in context.
• Label It! Students use a word bank to label 8 parts of the butterfly.
This resource can be found discounted along with 7 other insects in the Insects Differentiated Reading Passages!
This product is also part of the Science & ELA Integration Bundle, which is enough differentiated reading passages for the entire year!
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FREE Butterflies Activities - Insects Unit or Informational Text Activities
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Description
Three fun butterflies activities to accompany any butterflies reading or research! These activities are a snapshot of the Butterflies Differentiated Reading Passages & Activities! Hope your students enjoy them!
What's Included in this freebie:
• Graphic Organizers (2 Options):
Students sort information from their research or reading into either 1.) a 3-2-1 Nonfiction graphic organizer or into 2.) categories including butterfly's life cycle, physical description, defenses, habitat, and diet.
• Label It! Students use a word bank to label 8 parts of the butterfly.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
What's Included in the full Butterflies Differentiated Reading Passages resource:
• 2 Vocabulary Preview Charts (2 Options):
Option 1 - Terms only: You can discuss with students what each word means as you help support them in creating a picture and student-friendly definition on the board as a class.
Option 2 – Terms, Definition, and Picture filled in: Simply pass out the filled in vocabulary guide and review with students.
• 3 Differentiated Reading Passages: Reading grade level equivalents of Grades 2.5-5.
• Finding Text Evidence (2 Options):
In the first option, students use crayons to color code text evidence. In the second option, students can also write answers to each question.
• Caption It & Headings Match Up: Students use what they have learned from the passage to match captions with their appropriate images. They also give each section of the text a heading (physical description, habitat, diet, defenses, or life cycle).
• Interactive Graphic Organizer: Cut, glue, fold and write! This is a fun 2-page interactive organizer shaped like a butterfly. Students write under each flap, showing comprehension of the text. Two back page (fill-ins) options are included.
• Graphic Organizers (2 Options):
Students sort information from the passage into either 1.) a 3-2-1 Nonfiction graphic organizer or into 2.) categories including insect’s life cycle, physical description, defenses, habitat, and diet.
• Using Text Features: Caption It! & Headings Match-Up (cut and paste activity)
• Vocabulary Crossword: Crossword provides independent vocabulary reinforcement after reading and seeing the words in context.
• Label It! Students use a word bank to label 8 parts of the butterfly.
This resource can be found discounted along with 7 other insects in the Insects Differentiated Reading Passages!
This product is also part of the Science & ELA Integration Bundle, which is enough differentiated reading passages for the entire year!
What's Included in this freebie:
• Graphic Organizers (2 Options):
Students sort information from their research or reading into either 1.) a 3-2-1 Nonfiction graphic organizer or into 2.) categories including butterfly's life cycle, physical description, defenses, habitat, and diet.
• Label It! Students use a word bank to label 8 parts of the butterfly.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
What's Included in the full Butterflies Differentiated Reading Passages resource:
• 2 Vocabulary Preview Charts (2 Options):
Option 1 - Terms only: You can discuss with students what each word means as you help support them in creating a picture and student-friendly definition on the board as a class.
Option 2 – Terms, Definition, and Picture filled in: Simply pass out the filled in vocabulary guide and review with students.
• 3 Differentiated Reading Passages: Reading grade level equivalents of Grades 2.5-5.
• Finding Text Evidence (2 Options):
In the first option, students use crayons to color code text evidence. In the second option, students can also write answers to each question.
• Caption It & Headings Match Up: Students use what they have learned from the passage to match captions with their appropriate images. They also give each section of the text a heading (physical description, habitat, diet, defenses, or life cycle).
• Interactive Graphic Organizer: Cut, glue, fold and write! This is a fun 2-page interactive organizer shaped like a butterfly. Students write under each flap, showing comprehension of the text. Two back page (fill-ins) options are included.
• Graphic Organizers (2 Options):
Students sort information from the passage into either 1.) a 3-2-1 Nonfiction graphic organizer or into 2.) categories including insect’s life cycle, physical description, defenses, habitat, and diet.
• Using Text Features: Caption It! & Headings Match-Up (cut and paste activity)
• Vocabulary Crossword: Crossword provides independent vocabulary reinforcement after reading and seeing the words in context.
• Label It! Students use a word bank to label 8 parts of the butterfly.
This resource can be found discounted along with 7 other insects in the Insects Differentiated Reading Passages!
This product is also part of the Science & ELA Integration Bundle, which is enough differentiated reading passages for the entire year!
Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.
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My students loved this resource! Not only is it fun, but it's also engaging!
This was perfect for our classroom bug camp in June! The students had so much fun.
This resource has some really great images so that students could really see the details of the butterflies.
This is a great resource. I really love using it.
This was such a great resource to use in the classroom. I have modified this to work with students in preschool and second grade. I highly recommend this resource to anyone.
My students have been learning about information reports this term and this was a great resource to accompany the unit.
Very helpful to use with a book club about butterflies. Students enjoyed the activities and it kept them focused on learning more. Thank you!
I enjoyed the information and activities in this resource and was able to find tasks that helped me adapt my current lessons to meet my learner’s needs in our life skills program.
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