Module 3 Part 2 - Monarch Butterflies

What do the headings tell the reader?

• What the main idea of the article is about

• What the title of the article is

• What words are important in each part of the article

• What each part of the article is mostly about

Which meaning of the word diet is used above?

• What you do to lose weight

• A drink with less sugar

• The food an animal normally eats

• Something dangerous for animals

Why does the author use sequence structure in paragraphs 2-3?

• To show the steps in the butterfly's life cycle

• To explain how butterflies eat milkweed

• To explain why butterflies are important

• To show how big caterpillars grow

Which sentence best shows the central idea of paragraph3?

• The caterpillar will keep this chrysalis, or pupa, around its body and stay inside it for two weeks while it changes into a Monarch butterfly.

• The Monarch uses the blood in its body to inflate its wings.

• Underneath the old skin of the caterpillar is a hard layer of skin called a chrysalis.

• The chrysalis will become transparent when the butterfly is ready to emerge.

Think about the suffix -er. What is the meaning of brighter as it is used above?

• Working to be shiny

• Very little color

• Less dull than others

• More poisonous than before

What is the central idea of the article?

• Monarch butterflies are interesting insects because they have bright colors and can fly.

• Monarch butterflies can live for very different lengths of time depending on what time of year they emerge from their chrysalis and become adult butterflies.

• A bird flying through the sky will leave the flashy colored Monarch alone because it knows those bright colors mean the Monarch is poisonous.

• Monarch butterflies hatch from eggs as caterpillar larvae and go through many stages to transform into butterflies.

Why does the author use bold for these words? Use details from the article to support your answer.