SUMMARY/ NON FICTION TEXT FEATURES VOCAB
purpose of the story
MAIN IDEA
MOVING FROM ONE REGION OR HABITAT TO ANOTHER FOR FOOD OR A MATE
MIGRATION
What insect is orange and black and flies the farthest of any on Earth?
Monarch bbutterflies
This stage lasts 4 days.
Egg Stage
Monarchs need ______ temperatures to fly.
warm
tells the definitions of some of the words found in a text
GLOSSARY
BEHAVIOR THAT ANIMALS ARE BORN KNOWING HOW TO DO
INSTINCT
Monarch butterflies fly ______ - ________ miles (Hint: Number)
2,000 - 3,000 miles
Before it becomes a butterfly it is called a __________. (Hint: second stage of a butterflies life)
catepillar
True or False: Butterflies can fly during any weather.
False, dangerous weather can kill butterflies.
tells a book’s title, author, illustrator and publisher
TITLE PAGE
AN ANIMAL THAT EATS OTHER ANIMALS
PREDATOR
Antennae gives butterflies __________________. (Hint: one of the five senses)
sense of smell
in a hardened case or cocoon
chrysalis
Butterflies can fly up to ____ miles per hour.
30
tells what pages the reader can find certain topics
INDEX
A POISON FROM A LIVING THING
TOXIN
How many legs does a butterfly have?
6
Butterflies come out head first or wings first?
Head first
The farthest recorded monarch travel.
265 miles in 1 day
writing that is about facts or real events.
NON FICTION
THE PLACE OR ENVIRONMENT WHERE A PLANT OR ANIMAL NATURALLY LIVES
HABITAT
Monarch catepillars eat this plant to make its skin poisonous.
Milkweed
sweet plant juice eaten by insects
nectar
True or False: Monarch butterflies rest in the winter and wake in the spring.
True