How to Hide a Butterfly
CHALLENGING WORDS
camouflagecreatures
depending
disappear
foe
imitates
inchworm
praying mantis
stretches
underwing
SUMMARY
A rhyming tale of insects and how they are able to hide in their environment. Let's read and see all the different kinds of places they hide.--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / Retell the story.(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Share with me your favorite part of the book.
(2) / Imagine you are a butterfly, what color would you like to be?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell me what your favorite color is.
(3) / Explain to me how insects use their colors to hide.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Do you ever hide?
(4) / Compare a time you've hidden to the bugs in the story.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Were you ever found?
(5) / Define "imitate".
(Answer) / To act like.
(Follow Up) / Use this word in a sentence.
(6) / Tell me how a moth hides.
(Answer) / By covering up its colorful underwings and blending with a tree.
(Follow Up) / Share with me your favorite place to hide.
(7) / An inchworm imitates what?
(Answer) / A twig or stick.
(Follow Up) / Tell me why you think it does this.
(8) / In the story, where did the praying mantis hide?
(Answer) / Among the green leaves.
(Follow Up) / Have you ever seen a praying mantis?
(9) / Describe how a grasshopper hides in the straw.
(Answer) / It is the same color of straw so it blends in with its surroundings.
(Follow Up) / Explain how it would get there.
(10) / Tell me how a spider can hide in a flower.
(Answer) / By changing its color to match the flower.
(Follow Up) / If you were a spider, where would you hide?
Activities
1. / Draw a picture of one of the insects shown in the book. Make sure to label everything.
2. / Using the letters in the word 'camouflage', make as many new words as you can.
3. / Pretend you are an insect. Write a short story telling what kind you would be and what colors you are.
4. / Make a list of all the insects named in this story.
Introductions
1. / Write the word 'camouflage' on a piece of paper. Ask the child what it means. Then ask them how insects might use this. Discuss. Say, "In today's story, we'll learn how camouflage helps an insect to survive."2. / Show pictures of different insects. Ask the child why they think bugs come in all different colors. Discuss. Say, "Let's read and see why color is important to an insect."
3. / Show children pictures of variety insects. Ask them what they saw or didn't see. Discuss. Say, "today we'll read about insects and how they hide."
Book Title: How to Hide a Butterfly
Author: Ruth Heller / Illustrator: Ruth HellerISBN: 0-448-40477 / # of Text Pages: 21 AR: 3.6 LEX: AD520
Building Oral Vocabulary
5 / different / 10 / performs / 17 / leap
Prediction Questions
6 / Where will the moth hide?
12 / Guess what insect will be next?
26 / How do you think a spider can change colors?