Adding Your Own Text Features Read the passage below. Then, add text features to help support the passage.

Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle

Caption:

1.  Add headings to each section. 2.  Add a caption to the photograph of a caterpillar. 3.  Fill in the chart using information from the passage. 4.  Underline two words in the text that you believe should be in a glossary.

Stage in a Butterfly’s Life Cycle

How Long the Stage

Lasts

Egg

10-14 days

Pupa

Adult

Heading: ______________________________  A monarch butterfly begins its life as an egg. Usually these eggs are laid on milkweed plants, one egg per plant. This egg stage lasts approximately 4 days.

Heading: ______________________________  After the egg hatches, a monarch caterpillar emerges. The caterpillar’s main purpose is to eat and grow as much as possible. The caterpillar often begins by eating its eggshell and then the milkweed plant that it was laid on. As the caterpillar eats, it grows too large for its skin and must molt, or shed, its skin. This happens several times before the next stage of the life cycle. The caterpillar stage lasts approximately 10-14 days.

Heading: ______________________________  After the caterpillar molts for the last time, it attaches itself to a leaf or a stem to begin the next stage of the life cycle – the pupa stage. During this stage, a chrysalis forms around the pupa. Inside the chrysalis, the pupa is undergoing metamorphosis, changing from caterpillar to butterfly. This stage also lasts between 10-14 days.

Heading: ______________________________  The final stage of the monarch butterfly’s life cycle is the adult butterfly stage. The butterfly emerges from the chrysalis. It is unable to fly for a few hours after emerging, because its wings are wet and crinkled. After the wings harden, it can begin its life as a butterfly! Adult monarch butterflies can live anywhere from 2 weeks to 8 months.

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Butterfly Life Cycle Diagram

First, ___________________  _____________________________________________________________________    

Next, ___________________  _____________________________________________________________________    

Then, ___________________  _____________________________________________________________________    

Finally, __________________  _____________________________________________________________________    

Use the information from the passage to fill in the diagram.

Adding Your Own Text Features Read the passage below. Then, add text features to help support the passage.

Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle

Caption:

1.  Add headings to each section. 2.  Add a caption to the photograph of a caterpillar. 3.  Fill in the chart using information from the passage. 4.  Underline two words in the text that you believe should be in a glossary.

Stage in a Butterfly’s Life Cycle

How Long the Stage

Lasts

Egg 4 days

Caterpillar 10-14 days

Pupa 10 – 14 days

Adult 2 weeks to 8 months

Heading: ______________________________  A monarch butterfly begins its life as an egg. Usually these eggs are laid on milkweed plants, one egg per plant. This egg stage lasts approximately 4 days.

Heading: ______________________________  After the egg hatches, a monarch caterpillar emerges. The caterpillar’s main purpose is to eat and grow as much as possible. The caterpillar often begins by eating its eggshell and then the milkweed plant that it was laid on. As the caterpillar eats, it grows too large for its skin and must molt, or shed, its skin. This happens several times before the next stage of the life cycle. The caterpillar stage lasts approximately 10-14 days.

Heading: ______________________________  After the caterpillar molts for the last time, it attaches itself to a leaf or a stem to begin the next stage of the life cycle – the pupa stage. During this stage, a chrysalis forms around the pupa. Inside the chrysalis, the pupa is undergoing metamorphosis, changing from caterpillar to butterfly. This stage also lasts between 10-14 days.

Heading: ______________________________  The final stage of the monarch butterfly’s life cycle is the adult butterfly stage. The butterfly emerges from the chrysalis. It is unable to fly for a few hours after emerging, because its wings are wet and crinkled. After the wings harden, it can begin its life as a butterfly! Adult monarch butterflies can live anywhere from 2 weeks to 8 months.

The Egg Stage

The Caterpillar Stage

The Pupa Stage

The Adult Butterfly Stage

The monarch caterpillar eats a lot so that it can

grow.

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