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hile quite small, the
t
_________
beautiful _______
___
and black monarch
the
butterfly makes one of th
he longest
migrations in the animal l ________.
No one
ne knows for sure why
we call ll the insects butterflies,
since the wurd has been in the
english h language for centuries
(the word was buterfleoge in
nglish, which means
Old English,
fly in our English
butterfly
to
omorrow).
tomorrow).
How many butterflies
can you find on this
page?
Monarch butterflies live in Canada
States
and Northern United Sta
ates in the
summer. . Ever
Every
spring and summer
ry fall
fall, when
_____, , millions of
the weather turns _____
begin
monarch butterflies begi
in flying
________ to Southern C
California
and Central Mexico.
I n the fall,
fall , thousands s of monarch
monar ch butterflies
butt er flies
In
t o tr
ees bl
lend in p
er f e ec tly with
clinging to
trees
blend
perfectly
autumn lea
v es , keeping
k ee eping them safe
saf e from
fr om
leaves,
pr
ed
da t ors .
predators.
The b butterflies
Th
tt fli ________ _ t to th
the same f forests
t each h
year, , and some even find d the same tree where their
year
parents and grandparents s wintered.
aren’t t sure how
Scientists aren’
w the monarchs know where e to go
year, , since they y each only make the trip ___
______.
each year
____.
Are e you a careful
carre eful reader?
re eader?
Read d the article below and see
if you can circle
cirrc cle all seven
rs. Then, r rewrite
ewrite
e
the artice
errors.
correctly
r e ectly on the blank lines.
Because it is such an old word,
B
w d don't 't really
we
ll know
k
who
h or
w someone said, “That thing
when
ov ver there is a butterfly
.” One
over
butterfly.”
st tories is that they was named
stories
so o because it was thought that
w
witches
took on the shape of
bu utterflies and then stealed milk
butterflies
an nd butter
and
butter. .
S ome peoples think it comes
Some
fr rom someone hearing “butter
from
“butter- -
fl ly
ly” when someone else said,
fly”
“f flutter -by .” In other languages,
“flutter-by.”
th he fluttery bugg is not called
the
an nything like “butter” and “fly
.”
anything
“fly.”
larva
larvae
egg
the
dies s
The butterflies mate in th
he winter.
winter . The male then die
back
and the female heads bac
ck north, laying eggs on
along
way. . The females
milkweed ________ alo
ng the way
fall ll migration begins.
all die before the next fal
caterpillar
cate
ater
erp
pillar
ar r
Draw and color thi
this
is
PRQDUFK·VRWKHUZLQJ
PRQDUFK· VRWKHUZLQ
QJ
adult butterfly
There is only
o one thing the larvae of
o a monarch butterfly
will eat. . T
circ cle every third letter
To o find out what it is, circle
letter. .
pupa
pup
pa
Butterfly is one word
B
made from two
w
(butter + fly)
words
fly).
This is called a
compound word
word. .
Look through the
n
newspaper
for words
t can be combined
that
t make a new word.
to
Standards Link: Research: Use
th
he newspaper to locate information.
the
The monarch butterfly y is poisonous and birds rec
recognize
cognize their
orange and black wing
gs and avoid
wings
butterfly
them. The viceroy but
tterfly is a tasty
protects
snack for birds. It prot
tects
itself by looking
almost exactly like
butterfly. .
a monarch butterfly
monarch.
It mimics the monarch
h.
Look at the monarch and
a the viceroy
butterflies. Can you te
tell
ell which is which?
Label each butterfly y
with the proper name.
MIGRA
MIGRATION
A TION
T
MILKWEED
MILKW
WEED
MONARCH
MONA
ARCH
VICER
ROY
VICEROY
MIMICS
MIMIC
CS
WINTE
ER
WINTER
LARVAE
LAR
R V AE
A
BLACK
K
AVOID
A
V
VOID
D
NORTH
NOR
RT
TH
H
SOUTH
H
TEXAS
S
PUPA
PUP
PA
COPY
A M A W I N T E R Z
I N O I T A R G I M
N S C I M I M Y L I
B G A E D I O V A L
P L N X G R N H R K
U Y A O E N A T V W
P M P C R T R U A E
A O I O K T C O E E
N V A R C C H S H D
This week’
week’s s word:
MIMIC
The verb mimic means to
imitate or copy something.
The parrot could mimic
the sound of his owner.
owner .
T ry to use the word mimic
Try
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family
family. .
A Fly on the Wall
Find and read a newspap
newspaper
per article about the
environment. W
rite
r a sho
ort summary of the
Write
short
article. Be sure to indicat
te the who,
who , what,
what ,
indicate
wher
e , when,
when , why and how
ho ow of the article.
where,
Standards Link: W
Writing
riting Applications: W
Write
r summaries of expository text.
rite
If you could be a fly on the
wall, hearing and watching
others without their knowing,
where would you go and what
would you like to watch?