A Butterfly's Life(Readworks Artilce)

Butterflies are beautiful insects. You often see them around colorful flowers.

A butterfly’s life begins in a special way. First, a mother butterfly lays an egg on a leaf. A caterpillar hatches from the egg. The caterpillar eats leaves and grows bigger.

Next, the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis (KRIS-a-liss). It makes a kind of hard shell that covers its whole body. During the time as a chrysalis, the caterpillar slowly changes. The parts of a butterfly begin to form, like the wings, legs, and antennae.

Weeks or months later, a new creature pops out of the chrysalis shell. It has become a butterfly! The butterfly flutters its wings and flies away.

What kind of animal is a butterfly?

• Butterflies are reptiles.

• Butterflies are insects.

• Butterflies are mammals.

Butterflies are beautiful insects. You often see them around colorful flowers.

A butterfly’s life begins in a special way. First, a mother butterfly lays an egg on a leaf. A caterpillar hatches from the egg. The caterpillar eats leaves and grows bigger.

Next, the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis (KRIS-a-liss). It makes a kind of hard shell that covers its whole body. During the time as a chrysalis, the caterpillar slowly changes. The parts of a butterfly begin to form, like the wings, legs, and antennae.

Weeks or months later, a new creature pops out of the chrysalis shell. It has become a butterfly! The butterfly flutters its wings and flies away.

The text describes the different steps in a butterfly's life. What are butterflies when they first hatch?

• Butterflies hatch as caterpillars.

• Butterflies hatch as fully grown butterflies

• Butterflies hatch as worms.

Read the following sentences from the text:

"A butterfly’s life begins in a special way. First, a mother butterfly lays an egg on a leaf."

"During the time as a chrysalis, the caterpillar slowly changes. The parts of a butterfly begin to form, like the wings, legs, and antennae."

"Weeks or months later, a new creature pops out of the chrysalis shell. It has become a butterfly!"

Based on this information, where does the caterpillar turn into a butterfly?

• inside its shell as a chrysalis

• on a leaf near the mother butterfly

• inside the egg the mother butterfly lays

Butterflies are beautiful insects. You often see them around colorful flowers.

A butterfly’s life begins in a special way. First, a mother butterfly lays an egg on a leaf. A caterpillar hatches from the egg. The caterpillar eats leaves and grows bigger.

Next, the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis (KRIS-a-liss). It makes a kind of hard shell that covers its whole body. During the time as a chrysalis, the caterpillar slowly changes. The parts of a butterfly begin to form, like the wings, legs, and antennae.

Weeks or months later, a new creature pops out of the chrysalis shell. It has become a butterfly! The butterfly flutters its wings and flies away.

What is “A Butterfly's Life” mostly about?

• the life of a butterfly

• how butterflies lay eggs

• what butterflies eat

What can you often see butterflies around?

You can often see butterflies around

You can often see butterflies around colorful flowers.

• True

• False