Vocabulary – Nature & Cycles
What small, round thing is planted in the ground and grows into a plant or tree?
Seed
What is the baby frog that lives in water before becoming an adult frog?
Tadpole
In the caterpillar’s life, what does it eat quietly?
A leaf
How do you feel before a big test or presentation?
Nervous
Spell the word: butterfly.
B-U-T-T-E-R-F-L-Y
What do we call a small creature that hatches from an egg and looks like a worm?
Caterpillar
Complete the sentence: “It is a pupa. It _______ a butterfly.”
will be
Where does a butterfly lay its tiny egg?
Under a leaf
Fill in the blank: “I’m so nervous. I am _______.”
terrified
Make a sentence with “seed”.
A seed grows into a plant.
What is the stage when a caterpillar changes inside a hard case before becoming a butterfly?
Pupa
What is the baby form of a dragonfly before it can fly?
Dragonfly larva
How does the pupa look like a leaf in the text?
It hangs high up and looks old, dry, brown, and shiny.
Complete the sentence: “Well, today it can’t get _______ worse.”
any
Put the words in order: will / It / be / butterfly / a.
It will be a butterfly.
Complete the sentence: The beautiful insect that flies in the air and grows from a pupa is a _______.
Butterfly
“What will a duckling be when it grows up?”
It will be a duck.
What are the glowing colors of the butterfly’s crumpled wings?
Yellow and red
Respond to this sentence: “I am really scared about my exam tomorrow.”
Don’t worry! You’ll do great!
Guess the animal: It is young. It lives in water. It will be a frog.
Tadpole
What adjective describes butterfly wings that are wrinkled and not fully open yet?
Crumpled
Complete the sentence: “The calf isn’t a cow yet, but it _______ a cow one day.”
will be
True or False: The text says the caterpillar makes a loud crunching sound while eating.
False
How do we pronounce “terrifying”? Which syllable has the stress?
/ˈterəfaɪɪŋ/ — stress on the first syllable: TER-ri-fy-ing
Say 3 stages in the life cycle of a butterfly.
Egg, caterpillar, pupa, butterfly