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Look at a butterfly.(Science)

From: Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin)  |  Date: 5/1/2006

A butterfly is an insect. A butterfly has six legs. A butterfly has four wings. Butterflies like flowers. How might we know that?

Watch a Butterfly Grow!

1 A butterfly lays an egg on a leaf

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2 a caterpillar hatches from the egg.

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3 The caterpillar eat leaves. Then it grows and grows.

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4 The caterpillar attaches itself to a leaf. It grows a covering called a pupa.

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