These clever writers have completed the 4 stages of the butterfly lifecycle by writing a stage each day.  They have published and illustrated their stories creatively.  A photo of these will be posted next week on the blog or come into Room 3 to see them.

The female butterfly lays the white eggs.  They lay the eggs in Spring.  They lay the egg under a leaf to keep it safe so birds don’t eat it.  The egg is little and the colour is white.  The egg is sticky so it can stick to the leaf.

First the egg hatches.  Out comes a caterpillar.  The caterpillar starts to eat.  It gets fatter and fatter until all of the old skin peels off.  Then it has new skin. 

The caterpillar hangs from a leaf.  Then it spins silk around itself.  Now it spins a pupa.  The pupa is green and grey.  You might not see the pupa because it is camouflage.  It is really tough.

The pupa turns black.  The pupa cracks open.  The butterfly crawls out.  It sits so that it can dry its wings.  It will fly off and lay some more eggs.  That is the life cycle of the butterfly.

By Erin

 The female butterfly lays the egg.  It is a white egg.  They lay them in Spring.  They lay them under a leaf to keep them safe.  The little egg is sticky.

The egg is hatching into a caterpillar.  The caterpillar looks yellow and black and it looks cool.  It eats and eats and eats.  It gets fatter and fatter and fatter.  It hides under a leaf.

The caterpillar hangs from a leaf.  Then it spins silk around itself.  Then it turns into a chrysalis.  It is camouflaged.  It looks cool.  It is tough and it is green.

 The cocoon turns black and then it cracks open in ten days.  It crawls out and it is a butterfly.  It sits and dries its wings.  It flies off and lays eggs.  It is a beautiful butterfly.

By Isabella

 The egg is hatching into a caterpillar.  They are really little and the colour of their skin is black, white and yellow.  They look really colourful.  They eat swan plant leaves.  They will turn fat and big.  They hide under the leaf. 

 The caterpillar hangs from a leaf and it spins itself silk around itself.  It is in a cocoon.  The cocoon is green.  It might be camouflage.  It will be tough.

The cocoon turns black.  The cocoon cracks open.  It crawls out and sits on the cocoon.  It sits on the cocoon and dries its wings.  The butterfly flies off and lays more eggs.

By Maxi

The female butterfly lays the eggs under a leaf.  She lays the egg in Spring.  She lays the egg under a leaf to keep it safe.  It is a little white egg and it is sticky.  It sticks to a leaf.

The egg hatches in Spring.  The caterpillar looks like black, yellow and white.  The caterpillar eats too much swan plant and it will get fat and get out of its old skin and have a new skin.  It hides under a leaf to protect itself.

The caterpillar hangs from a leaf and it spins itself around into a silk cocoon.  It is green.  It is tough.  It is camouflaged.  It is hard to see.  The caterpillar hides under a leaf.

The cocoon turns black.  The cocoon cracks open and the butterfly crawls out.  It sits to dries its wings.  Then it flies off and lays more eggs.  It flies around the flowers.

By Neveh

 The female butterfly lays a white egg in Spring.  She leaves it under a leaf so it is safe.  The egg is sticky.

A caterpillar hatches and it comes out of the egg.  They eat and eat and eat and they will get fatter and fatter.  A monarch caterpillar has stripes.  They are black and white and yellow.

The caterpillar hangs from a leaf.  It spins silk around itself.  It turns into a pupa.  The pupa is green.  The pupa is camouflaged so birds can’t see it.

The cocoon turns black.  Then the cocoon cracks open.  Then the butterfly cracks out of the cocoon.  The butterfly dries its wings.

By Grace

The female butterfly lays the egg.  The butterfly lays the egg in Spring.  The butterfly lays the egg under a leaf to keep it safe.  The egg is white.  The white egg is sticky.

A caterpillar hatches out of the egg.  It is yellow, black and white.  It eats leaves.  It gets fat and splits into its new skin.  It hides under the leaf so that the birds can’t get them.

The caterpillar hangs from a leaf.  After it does that it spins silk around itself.  Then it turns into a pupa.  It will be grey or green.  Sometimes you can’t see it.

The cocoon turns black.  Then the cocoon cracks open.  The butterfly crawls out.  It sits to dry its wings. Then the butterfly flies off and lays eggs.  It is orange and black.

By Tilly

 The female butterfly lays their eggs under leaves in Spring.  The egg is white.  The egg is sticky.  The animals can’t see them.

The eggs hatch and a caterpillar comes out.  They will turn into fat caterpillars.  They will eat and eat and eat.

The caterpillar hangs upside down and spins around.  Then it turns into a chrysalis.  It is tough and it is green.

The cocoon turns black and in ten days they will hatch.  The butterfly will sit on the cocoon to dry its wings.

By Cory