Bugs

and Butterflies Unit: Week 2 / Lead Teacher: Ms. Harvin

Semester 1 /Week 11

Overall Goal of Lesson

Focal Language
Domain
Day 1

Pre-Work: Using interrogatives (who, Speaking
what, when, where, how, etc.) class

will collectively fill in a story map on
the board to review and identify

characters, setting and events from

last weeks storybook: The Very

Hungry Caterpillar. (15 MIN)



Main Activity: Review stages of
Math
metamorphosis with Life Cycle Pasta Listening
Sensory / Counting Activity. (20 min)


Creative Closings: Gross Motor

Development Activity to act out
Listening
stages of metamorphosis. Students

will match actions with commands.

(10 min)

Language Focus

Resources

Assessment

Vocabulary







Vocabulary



Cognition
Vocabulary

Story map Worksheet
Projector






8 life cycle sheets
Pasta
Glue

Day 2
Pre-Work: Introduction to Passports
Class discussion about: What they
are? When you use them? Do you
have a passport? Have you travelled
or gone of vacation? Where did you
go? (10 min)

Cognition
Schema of
Experience

Passport Video

Summative







Summative



Formative






Formative

Speaking
Listening

Bugs and Butterflies Unit: Week 2 / Lead Teacher: Ms. Harvin

Semester 1 /Week 11

Main Activity: We are going on a
global tour, exploring 4 different
types of bugs from 4 countries
overseas. Read life-sized jumbo
passport with class to discover the
type of bugs, their geographical
locations, and fun facts. 10 new
vocabulary words will be introduced.
(20 min)

Creative Closings: Vocabulary
Sensory SandBox Activity to practice
word recognition and spelling. (15
min)

Reading








Writing

Comprehension








Vocabulary

Day 3
Pre-Work: Passport Review and
PaddleTrivia-True/False Questions
about passports and bugs discovered
the previous day. (15 min)

Main Activity: Students create their
own passports books. Level 1 & 2
students will use cut up words
assigned to each bug/country to form
sentences and paste them onto the
passport pages. Level 3 + will use a
vocabulary tree map to create and
write their own sentences in their

Listening




Writing
Reading

Cognition
Comprehension



Vocabulary
Grammar
Syntax

Poster Board x2
Post-It Sticky Easel Pad
Sharpies Markers






Eight 16x11 Storage
bins
8 sets of laminated
vocab. cards
1 bag of sand

Double-Sided DryErase
Paddles
Projector/SMART
board

8 Pre-made blank
Passport Books
vocabulary tree map
(on PostIt sticky easel
paper)

Formative





Summative




Formative

Bugs and Butterflies Unit: Week 2 / Lead Teacher: Ms. Harvin

Semester 1 /Week 11
passport books. (25 min)
Day 4
Pre-Work: Introduction to Bee Cycle
and Paddle Trivia Video (10 min)


Main Activity: Introduction to
Pollination and Experiment
Students explore pollination process
of flowers as bees. (20 min)


Creative Closing: Sensory sandbox
activity. Break students up into pairs
of 2, one writer and one actor. Each
pair must write and act out action
vocabulary words associated with
bee and pollination lesson. (15min)


Day 5
Pre-Work: A to Z phonics video and
word association FUN! (10 min)

Main Activity and Creative Closing
for Unit: Class will create traveling
alphabet scrapbook. Each letter of
the alphabet will represent an aspect
of the unit and will be accompanied
by a matching picture drawn by

Listening
Speaking


Science
Listening




Writing
Reading

Comprehension
Vocabulary


Comprehension





Vocabulary

Double-Sided Paddles
Projector/SMART
board

Projector/
SMARTboard
Pollination Cut Out
Flowers and Bees (9ct)
9 paper lunch bags
1 big bag of Cheetos

4 storage bins
4 sets of vocabulary
cards
4 bumblebee wings

Summative









Formative

Listening
Reading

Phonics

Projector


Construction Paper
colored pencils
rulers

Summative

Bugs and Butterflies Unit: Week 2 / Lead Teacher: Ms. Harvin

Semester 1 /Week 11
students. Each student will print
upper and lower case letter (3 each)
and as a class we will complete the
last 2 together. (30 min)