10 points - matrix

Blooms
Taxonomy

Knowledge

Comprehension

Application

Analysis

Evaluation

Synthesis

tell, list, define,

label, recite,
memorize, repeat,
find, name, record,
fill in, recall, relate

locate, explain,
summarize,
identify, describe,
report, discuss,
review, paraphrase,
restate, retell,
show, outline,
rewrite

demonstrate,
construct, record,
use, diagram,
revise, reformat,
illustrate,
interpret,
dramatize,
practice, organize,
translate,
manipulate,
convert, adapt,
research,
calculate, operate,
model, order,
display,
implement,
sequence,
integrate,
incorporate

compare, contrast,
classify, critique,
categorize, solve,
deduce, examine,
differentiate,
appraise,
distinguish,
investigate,
categorize, infer

judge, predict,
verify, assess,
justify, rate,
prioritize,
determine, select,
decide, value,
choose, forecast,
estimate

compose, design,
hypothesize,
formulate, create,
invent, develop,
refine, produce,
transform

Define
vocabulary
terms creating
a vocabulary
flip chart.

Identify a
piece of new
information
they have
acquired from
reading the
butterfly
books (A Visit to a

Create a
checklist of
the stages
involved in
the life cycle
of a
caterpillar/bu
tterfly and
organize the
stages into
the correct
sequence.

Read Im a
Caterpillar
compare/cont
rast the life
cycle to a fish
life cycle
(classroom
fish) using a
ven diagram.
List the
similarities
and
differences in
the
corresponding
sections.

Predict
whether a
guppy/fish
has a longer
life cycle or a
caterpillar/but
terfly.
Record your
prediction in
your journal.

Become a
storyteller.
Write a story
about
transforming
from a kid to
an adult, just
like caterpillar
to a butterfly.

Illustrate a
life cycle to
match the
stages
previously
sequenced.

Investigate
the life cycle
of a fish
(classroom
fish) and
create a
image
depicting it.

Create a
poster
justifying the
value of
protecting
butterflies
and their
habitats.

Design an
ideal habitat
for butterflies.

Construct a

Examine the

Estimate how

Create a

Gardners
Multiple
Intelligences
Verbal/linguist
ic
poetry, debate,
story-telling,
essay,
checklist,
journal

Butterfly GreenhouseMolly Fleck, Animals

Grow and ChangeBonita Ferraro,
Butterflies-Susan

and
record it on
their butterfly
cut out,
sticking it
under the
learn section
of our KWL
chart.
Draw pictures
to go with the
definitions on
the vocabulary
flip chart.
Jones Leeming)

Visual/spatial
drawing,
model, poster,
photograph,
storyboard,
illustration,
board game

Read the
chrysalis
description
(butterfly
packet) and
fill in the
vocabulary
words in the
correct blank
for each
sentence.

Logical/mathe
matical

Label a

Using the

diagram,
outline,
timeline, chart,
critique, graph

diagram of the pictures

parts of a
provided,
butterfly.
retell the
sequence of
events in Im
a Caterpillar.

model of a
butterfly
using the
given pieces.

Naturalist
classification,
collection,
display,
observation,
forecast,
investigation,
simulation,
exhibit,
identification

Using the
images
provided,
name and
classify parts
of a butterfly
into groups
(wings,
bodies,
headsetc.)

Observe and
report on the
development
of the guppies
and fish in the
fish tank.

Record fish
and guppy
observations
in your
journal.

Musical
song, rap,
lyrics,
composition,
jingle, slogan,
melody

Memorize the
class poem
about the
stages of the
caterpillar/butt
erfly life
cycle.

Locate the
stages of the
life cycle for a
caterpillar/butt
erfly by
highlighting
those words as
they appear in
the poem
lyrics.

Record self
reciting the
caterpillar/bu
tterfly life
cycle song
(audio,
videoetc.)

Bodily/Kinesth
etic
role play, skit,
pantomime,
dance,
invention, lab,
improvisation,
prototype

Recite and
perform a skit
about
caterpillar to
butterflies.

Using role
play and
adjectives/des
cribing words,
identify the
stages of the
caterpillar/butt
erfly life
cycle.

Dramatize
the stages of
the
caterpillar/lif
e cycle stages
by acting
them out and
dancing.

Intrapersonal
journal, log,

Log and

Outline ways

Demonstrate

life cycle of a
fish
(classroom
fish), a
sunflower,
and a
caterpillar/but
terfly and
chart
similarities
and
differences.
Identify the
similarities
and
differences
between the
life cycle of a
plant and the
life cycle of a
caterpillar/but
terfly,
comparing
and
contrasting.
Categorize
the stages of
development
in the song to
follow the
way they
occur in real
life.

Enter their
new
classroom
environment
and act as an
entolmologist
classifying
the insects
they
encounter
into the
appropriate
groups.
Compare the

long it will
take for a
caterpillar/but
terfly life
cycle and
create a bar
graph of the
actual time it
takes.

diorama of a
butterfly.

Predict what
would happen
in the word if
people,
animals,
insects,
plants.

Design a
butterfly to
display using
recyclable
materials.

With the
jingle choice
provided,
determine the
jingle that
sticks with
you the most
to help in
creating the
caterpillar/but
terfly life
cycle song.
Recognize the
value of a
living thing
by planting
their seed and
caring for it.

Transform a
current a song
to a
caterpillar/butt
erfly song
using the
newly
acquired
vocabulary.

Prioritize

Create a poster

Design a life
cycle garden
for our school,
a place for
plants and
insects
(butterflies).
Practice
planting with
the seeds
provided.

goal statement,
belief
statement, selfassessment,
editorial

record the
to help protect
stages of a
our
caterpillar/butt environment.
erfly..

one of the
ways
mentioned to
protect our
environment
(ex.
recycling)

Interpersonal
discussion,
roundtable,
service
learning,
conversation,
group activity,
position
statement,
interview

Work in
collaborative
groups to
recall newly
acquired
vocabulary
terms when
completing
the sentence
strips
provided.

Groups
discussing
topics of
growing and
changing (ex.
1caterpillar/bu
tterfly life
cycle, 2-plant
life cycle, 3ways to
foster a
healthy
environment)
and record
their
conversations
.

Work in
groups to
paraphrase
how a
caterpillar
turns into a
butterfly.

way we grow
and change to
the way a
caterpillar/but
terfly grows
and changes
in their
journal.
Listen the
recordings of
the other
groups and
further
discuss the
topic with
their own
group.

ways we can
change some
of our habits
to encourage
a healthier
environment.

of their
favorite
organism
(caterpillar/but
terfly-insects,
plantsetc.)

Predict and
discuss what
they believe
will happen
to their
caterpillars
(how and
when they
will change).

Work in teams
to create their
own flow
chart of the
caterpillar/butt
erfly life
cycle.