LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

Your Name: Destiny Boatright

Title of Lesson: Being a butterfly
Grade: 1st

STANDARDS
NOTE: Please list at least two complete standards your lesson plan covers. [Common Core State Standards
(math and language arts), Next Generation Science Standards (science), Arizona State Social Studies
Standards (social studies)].Understandings about the Nature of Science Scientists use drawings, sketches,
and models as a way to communicate ideas. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.B
Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple
exchanges.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.C
Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.


LESSON SUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Provide an overview/synopsis of the lesson and the topics that it will cover. Mention the sustainability
connection/lens associated with this lesson plan you are creating. For this lesson they will be acting as the
butterfly in this activity and it will be having them see what happens when they go from flower to flower. they
will be demonstrating pollination and how the job of a butterfly is important to the flowers.


OBJECTIVES
Describe what you want students to know/be able to do as a result of the lesson.
For example, Students will be able to
Demonstrate being a butterfly by modeling how a butterfly helps flowers. They will see that by getting food
from the flower they are being pollinators to help make more flowers.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
What measures will you use to know if you students met the objectives?
By walking around during the activity to see if they are doing it right and by asking them questions during
and after the activity to further their thinking.

PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE
What will students need to know prior to completing this lesson and how will you access their prior
knowledge? students will need to know about plants and flowers and this will be in their prior knowledge
because it will be the unit before learning about this one.


MATERIALS
List of required materials.
2 flower shaped papers or bowls for every kid to have at the table
Yellow cotton balls
Clothes pins that have a picture of a butterfly on them one for every kid. To make these you will need
Cardstock butterfly Fine point markers
Glitter glue, glitter, sequins, stickers, etc
Clothes pins
Glue (something strong enough to keep magnet attached to clothespin)



VOCABULARY/KEY WORDS
List of key vocabulary terms.

Pollinators
TEACHING PROCEDURES
Procedural Steps (Step by step instructions for teaching the lesson): They will each get a clothes pins that
looks like a butterfly. They will then have two different flower shaped paper plates or bowls on their desk one
of the flowers will have yellow cotton balls in the middle and the other will be empty. I will inform the
students they will need to do the important job of being a butterfly and pollinate the flowers. By doing so they
will take there butterfly/cloths pin and pick up the yellow cotton balls and dropping them into an empty
shaped flower bowl or paper plate. By having they do this activity it will not only show the kids the job of
butterfly but it will explain to them the importance of a butterfly and how pollination is important. By letting
them do this physically it shows them that they are helping create more flowers. When this activity is done we
will discuss what they did and why they think butterflies are important it will also be asked what they think
might happen to the flowers if butterflies were not around anymore.



RESOURCES
List any references you used to create this lesson. If you borrowed ideas from any lesson plans please note
them here. Use APA format.

WAYS OF THINKING CONNECTION
Provide a complete explanation of how your lesson plan connects to futures, system, strategic, or values
thinking. Define the way of thinking you selected and used in this lesson plan. Remember, this should be
included meaningfully in the lesson plan. They will be using their future thinking when the question is asked
what they think might happen if butterflies were gone. They will also be using values thinking when they
answer why they think butterflies are important.