Caterpillar to butterfly

Mastery Evidence

• Describe the four stages of a butterfly's life in order: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly
• Explain that the caterpillar and the butterfly are the same creature at different stages of life
• Retell or draw the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly after reading a story or watching it happen

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] watched a caterpillar make a chrysalis — or read The Very Hungry Caterpillar — could they tell you what happens next and how it becomes a butterfly?”