Name
Nature changes in spring
Topic
From caterpillar to butterfly
Learning time
3 hours
Designed time
3 hours
Size of class
20
Description
Students develop the ability of perceiving and naming changes in nature, logical association of facts, and they gain knowledge multisensorically, creating their own lapbooks.
Aims
Student - knows nature changes in spring - weather, animal world, flora, enumerates development stages of a butterfly, distinguishes among some species of butterflies existing in Poland - peacock butterfly, blue
Outcomes
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Nature changes in spring.
45 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
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    1. Morning circle (students sit in a circle). Teacher greets children with a spring song – a rhyme: "Once it's sunny, then it's rainy, the changes are to come, what season do we have now?". The children answer the question from the rhyme relating to facts and changes in weather, flora and fauna in spring. 2. The teacher summarises children's answers – the topic is noted on the board - From caterpillar to butterfly. The students read it out loud chorally.
  • Practice
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    Artistic presentation of eclosion The students make a caterpillar using a tissue paper strip 16 cm wide, 45 cm long, they attach a head to it. The teacher says that a caterpillar has just hatched out of the butterfly's egg, it's hungry and curious about the world. It's going to observe what the children are learning during class. The teacher opens the board with the aims of the class – you will talk about nature changes in spring, name stages of butterfly development, make a lapbook
  • Collaborate
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    Getting to know the cycle stages of butterfly growth – a game "I'm looking for my partner". The first group of students picks a picture – a stage of development cycle – cycle's description. The students form couples on the basis of description-picture association. Cycle's presentation on the board – the children create an active note together, placing elements with the use of magnets or tack-it tape. The subsequent couples read out their notes.
  • Discuss
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    The children sit in a circle - they share their caterpillars'' experiences as far as today''s class is concerned (spring and nature changes).
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How does a caterpillar transform into a butterfly?
135 minutes)
  • Discuss
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    Morning circle – the teacher greets the children. A kinesthetic game follows. The music of A. Vivaldi is played (kinesthetic improvisation imitating a butterfly flight). Brainstorming – What changes come with spring? - referring to the previous class and children's active note on the board.
  • Read Watch Listen
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    The children watch a movie "Butterfly growth cycle". While watching, the students verbalise stages of the growth and they name species of butterflies.
  • Collaborate
    25
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    The students divide themselves into gropus of four – the groups study chosen books, magazines, encyclopedias and websites about butterflies. The groups come together in a circle and share their experiences of knowledge acquisition.
  • Practice
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    The children create their own lapbook "An unusual transformation". They design a cover, inner tabs, pieces of information included in the book. They take advantage of ready-made graphics according to their own ideas as well as facts they gained from different sources. They complete a note in their lapbook on the basis of graphic available on the board. The children make a lapbook exhibition, studying works of their classmates.
  • Read Watch Listen
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    In a circle, the students together with their caterpillars assess their knowledge gained during the class (in relation to the class aims given previousy) - they raise cards of different colours - green, yellow or red. The teacher makes a summary of their answers.
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