1^st Grade Plant and Animal Unit (Butterflies) Blueprint

What are the basic needs of the butterfly?

5C(K-2)#2: Most living things need water, food and air.

5D(K-2)#1: Animals eat plants or other animals for food and may also use plants (or even other animals) for shelter and nesting.

Class discussion about butterfly food and observations of butterflies feeding (See Procedure steps 1-6 on page 69.)

Class discussion

• Do students recognize that the butterflies need food?
• Do students know what the butterflies are fed in the classroom?
• Do the students observe the butterflies using a proboscis to eat?

Student Responses (See Activity Sheet 9 on page 71) and observations of butterflies when offered other foods (See Final Activities on page 70.)

Activity Sheet 9

Do students know what food butterflies eat outside?

Final Activities

Do students offer new foods to butterflies and observe butterflies feeding on some of these foods?

What are some of the physical features of butterflies?

12D(K-2)#2: Draw pictures that correctly portray at least some features of the thing being discussed.

Student Responses (See Activity Sheet 9 on page 71.)

Activity Sheet 9

Can the students accurately draw a proboscis of a butterfly?

What are the differences between caterpillars and butterflies?

12D(K-2)#1: Describe and compare things in terms of number, shape, texture, size weight, color, and motion.

5A(K-2)#2: Plants and animals have features that help them live in different environments.

Student Evaluation (See Evaluation on page 70.)

Student Evaluation

• Can students explain that a caterpillar chews food with its jaws, but a butterfly sips it with a proboscis?