Butterfly Life Cycle Unit for Special Education with Complete Lesson Plans

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Butterfly Life Cycle Unit

This 140 page unit was developed for students with autism and special learning needs. The materials are designed to allow students with multiple levels of learning to access and engage in science lessons on the butterfly life cycle. There are many opportunities for students to engage in repeated information on the life cycle of a butterfly. This repetition encourages true understanding of butterfly life cycles. Finally, many of the butterfly life cycle activities and assessments include more than one version, suggestions for differentiation and options for presentation.

✩✩✩ Thanks to a suggestion from a buyer, I am now going to be including a PRE-RECORDED POWER POINT SHOW with automated advancement to use in your lesson or for students to listen to on their own. If you find this helpful, be sure to let me know in the feedback. I may go back and add this to many of my other units.

✩✩✩ Thanks to a suggestion from a buyer, I am now going to be including a detailed lesson plans with lots of suggested activities you can do with the included materials. If you find this helpful, be sure to let me know in the feedback. I may go back and add this to many of my other units.

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Would you like some FREE vocabulary cards to go with this unit? Head over to my blog and sign up for my FREE RESOURCE LIBRARY!! There is a complete set there as well as some cut and paste activities to go with them. CLICK HERE!!

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Please see preview for a detailed look at the contents

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Unit Includes:

•12 day detailed lesson plan

•Vocabulary board
•Life cycle of a Butterfly book plus a voice recorded version
•Circle maps to review main facts on butterfly life cycle
•Sorting caterpillars and butterflies
•Calendar to track the development and growth of your caterpillars
•Activities to review life cycles
•Venn diagram to compare caterpillars and butterflies
•Coloring booklet
•Close worksheets for quick review
•Assessment on the life cycle of a butterfly
•Social story and related activity on dealing with change. A fun connection for your students with autism and special learning needs.

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Much of what I have learned about curriculum development is incorporated in these units. For example, do not be afraid of repetition. It is critical that students with significant disabilities get to experience material over several days to be able to fully assimilate what is being taught. Also, adding visual supports to your printables and class activities helps students be able to pay more attention to the content you are presenting rather than the mechanics of what is expected. Finally, ask questions. Good questions!! Regardless of the material, if we can ask students good questions it will push them to think more deeply than before.

♥As always please take a moment to leave feedback or post any questions you may have. Remember, you will gain credit toward future purchase on tpt as you leave more and more feedback!!

♥I am currently developing more units, and any feedback I get helps me make improvements in the future.