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A Butterfly's Life
written by Pam Holden
Contents Page
Four stages 2-3
Stage 1 - Egg 4-5
Stage 2 - Caterpillar 6-7
Stage 3 - Chrysalis 8-9
Resting and changing 10-11
Stage 4 - Butterfly 12-13
Drying and flying 14-15
Life cycle 16
First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd.
Reprinted 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017.
13/45 Karepiro Drive, Auckland 0932, New Zealand.
story Pam Holden
Printed in New Zealand
Photographs on pages 6, 8, 10 and 12 supplied by iStock Photo
All other photographs supplied by Jupiter Unlimited
This book is copyright. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without permission in writing
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Word Count = 345
What is a life cycle? A buttery goes through four stages in its life.
It changes into something different each time. It starts as a tiny egg,
and later it becomes a chrysalis. More changes happen inside the
chrysalis, until at last a beautiful buttery is ready to y away.
Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.
Develop research skills based on this topic.
Use Table of Contents to locate specific information.
Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.
Compare hard and soft c sounds: cycle/caterpillar
Notice ordinal numbers as words.
Use captions to expand on text.
Draw a life cycle chart based on the facts presented.
Promote drama, writing or art as follow-up activities.
Find learning resources to extend and reinforce the literacy
strategies in this title @ redrocketreaders.com
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another nd rst four grow just name two
ISBN 978-1-776853-55-7
A Butterfly's Life
written by Pam Holden
Contents Page
Four stages 2-3
Stage 1 - Egg 4-5
Stage 2 - Caterpillar 6-7
Stage 3 - Chrysalis 8-9
Resting and changing 10-11
Stage 4 - Butterfly 12-13
Drying and flying 14-15
Life cycle 16
First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd.
Reprinted 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017.
13/45 Karepiro Drive, Auckland 0932, New Zealand.
story Pam Holden
ISBN 978- 1-877435-15-7
Printed in New Zealand
Photographs on pages 6, 8, 10 and 12 supplied by iStock Photo
All other photographs supplied by Jupiter Unlimited
This book is copyright. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without permission in writing
from the publisher.
redrocketreaders.com
Word Count = 345
What is a life cycle? A buttery goes through four stages in its life.
It changes into something different each time. It starts as a tiny egg,
and later it becomes a chrysalis. More changes happen inside the
chrysalis, until at last a beautiful buttery is ready to y away.
Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.
Develop research skills based on this topic.
Use Table of Contents to locate specific information.
Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.
Compare hard and soft c sounds: cycle/caterpillar
Notice ordinal numbers as words.
Use captions to expand on text.
Draw a life cycle chart based on the facts presented.
Promote drama, writing or art as follow-up activities.
Find learning resources to extend and reinforce the literacy
strategies in this title @ redrocketreaders.com
Sight
Words
Teacher
Talk
Teaching
Plan
another nd rst four grow just name two
This insect has an interesting life
cycle . A butterfly goes through four
stages in its life . It changes into
something different each time .
At one stage, it just crawls and eats
and grows. At two other stages, it
just rests and changes. How does it
become a beautiful butterfly?
This insect has an interesting life
cycle. A butterfly goes through four
stages in its life. It changes into
something different each time.
At one stage , it just crawls and eats
and grows . At two other stages , it
just rests and changes . How does it
become a beautiful butterfly?
5
First , the mother butterfly lays her
eggs on a leaf or branch . She finds
a place where there will be food for
the caterpillar when it hatches .
For about two weeks, the caterpillar
grows inside the egg. Another name
for the egg is the embryo.
5
First, the mother butterfly lays her
eggs on a leaf or branch. She finds
a place where there will be food for
the caterpillar when it hatches.
For about two weeks , the caterpillar
grows inside the egg . Another name
for the egg is the embryo .
The second stage is when a tiny
caterpillar hatches . It is hairy , with a
long stomach . It begins to eat right
away . It has strong jaws for eating
leaves and flowers.
The caterpillar has many legs to
help it move to new food. In two
or three weeks, it grows to a much
bigger size. Another name for a
caterpillar is a larva.
larva
The second stage is when a tiny
caterpillar hatches. It is hairy, with a
long stomach. It begins to eat right
away. It has strong jaws for eating
leaves and flowers.
