Science of Seasons Week 8

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Topics:
Art: Butterfly crafts
Bible: New life in Christ (like the butterfly)
Language arts: verbs and adjectives, copywork, The Secret Garden novel study
Literature: The Secret Garden
Science: migrating animals, butterflies and caterpillars
Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5
Spine Books
The Science of SeasonsThe Science of SeasonsHave your kids see if they can find the pages that match this week’s activities as they do them.
The Science of Seasons Activity BookThe Science of Seasons Learn-and-Play Activitiesp. 64-65 Vivid Verbs and Adjectivesp. 66 Copyworkp. 67 Spring picnic clothes
Science Reading
Explore Spring!: 25 Great Ways to Learn About SpringExplore SpringActivity: Animals on the MoveActivity: Make Your Own Butterfly Caterpillar Fan
Face to Face with CaterpillarsFace to Face with CaterpillarsRead this week.
Going Home: The Mystery of Animal MigrationFor very young students: Going Home: The Mystery of Animal MigrationRead this week.
Amazing Animal Journeys: The Most Incredible Migrations in the Natural WorldFor older students (or all ages): Amazing Animal Journeysp. 6-15p. 16-27p. 28-39p. 40-55p. 56-71
Other Books
The Secret GardenOption 1: The Secret GardenChapter 18Chapter 19Chapter 20Chapter 21Chapter 22
The Secret Garden (Classic Starts)Option 2: The Secret Garden (Classic Starts)Chapter 16Chapter 17Chapter 18Chapter 19Chapter 20
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs (Words Are CATegorical ®)Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More About VerbsRead today.
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? (Words Are CATegorical ®)Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?Read today.
Notebooking and Printables
Butterfly life cycle 
Option: cut out, glue onto colored construction paper and label the stages.
 
2nd option: Monarch life cycle project 
 
$ Mapping migrations printable

Butterfly lapbook

Animals in winter lapbook (has some elements about migration you can use)
 
Hibernation, Migration, Adaptation lapbook (also has some elements about migration you can use)
 
Writing ideas:
Write about a person who undergoes a change as big as a butterfly. What happens to this person? Is it a physical change or one in their mind/heart? Christians may consider writing about the changes that come with believing in Christ.
Fill out lapbook items.
Write a story about an animal preparing to migrate. Make the animal talk and share what it’s thinking.
Research a migrating animal and write about it.
Create cards for migrating animals. Put a picture on the front and facts on the back. Here are some cards you can print out to get you started (you must fill out the form to receive them).
 
Scholastic Teachables:
Off-to-the-Sea/To-the-Feeding Grounds Dioramas: Make & Learn Project
Migrating Monarch: Animal Art Project
Butterfly Pop-Up: Science Manipulative
Mini-Book: Butterfly Changes: Science Journal
Click here for a variety of butterfly related printables.
Crafts and Activities
Insect Lore butterfly kit
Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden – I highly recommend doing the butterfly garden if you have not done so before. My kids raised butterflies several times over the years, and it was a memorable experience!

A variety of butterfly crafts (I like the “stained glass” butterfly!)
Extras
BibleNew life in Christ (like the butterfly)
VideoTED-Ed: The life cycle of the butterfly
 
Verbs Schoolhouse Rock
 
Butterflies for Kids | Learn about the diet, habitat, and behaviors of butterflies
TED-Ed: Bird migration, a perilous journey
 
SciShow Kids: Migrations: Big Animal Trips
 
Butterfly: A Life | National Geographic
TED-Ed: Would you raise the baby that ate your siblings?
 
Grammar – Unpack Your Adjectives – Schoolhouse Rock
Perilous Red Crab Migration | Incredible Animal Journeys | National Geographic
 
Monarch Migration and Metamorphosis | Incredible Animal Journeys | National Geographic
TED-Ed: The spear-wielding stork who revolutionized science
 
Winged Migration 1h29m
Winged Migration

Onlinehttps://www.e-butterfly.org/ – Observe, share, and track butterflies to help science.

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