Submitted by Jaime Miller
Time Frame:
Approximately 2.5 hours (1 1.5-hour Writing Workshop period and a 1 hour computer lab period). Additional time needed to share completed projects.
Materials Needed:
- paper, pencils, KidPix or PowerPoint - for slideshow
- colored crayons, glue, scissors, paper, etc - for book
- Project instructions/checklist (see Attachments)
- Project rubric (see Attachments)
- if wanted, internet with websites for students to printout or copy photos, graphics
Description of Task:
NOTE: Depending on the resources available, teachers could choose to do this project as a paper book, or a slideshow using KidPix or PowerPoint.
Student may choose to do their project on the butterfly or the moth. If internet research is possible, they may choose to do a specific kind of either one.
The parts of the project should show mastery of all the lessons in the unit:
- explain which (butterfly/moth) they have chosen and why.
- define an insect and how the moth or butterfly fits that definition.
- write and draw about what happens to the butterfly or moth at each stage of its life cycle, in order.
- explain the differences between a moth and a butterfly.
- incorporate the language contained in the Content-Obligatory Language sections of each lesson.
- use capital letters and correct punctuation.
For the slideshow, students should first use a storyboard organizer to write and draw out their ideas (like a rough draft) on a big piece of white construction paper (that can be folded in 4, creating automatic story board panels, up to 8 slides). Student and teacher editing can happen when students are done but before going to the computer lab.
When all students are finished, they can present their projects to others, rotation style.
Extension Ideas:
1. (Art) create models of a butterfly and of a moth.
References and Resources:
Resources page from the website:
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/normandale/curriculum/insectes/ressources.htm
Attachments:
NOTE: some attachments are in PDF form (get Acrobat Reader)Instructions/checklist for project (book or slideshow)
Rubric for project (book or slideshow)