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Preschool - 1st Grade Common Core Life Science Lesson Plans

Let your students spread their wings with this lesson that teaches them about the life cycle of a butterfly. A fun song will get your class moving and a variety of different worksheets will suit any class.

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

In this lesson, you will use “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to teach students about the butterfly life cycle. After listening to the story read aloud, students will use their knowledge to create their own butterfly life cycles! 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle

This lesson provides a fun way to combine learning and entertainment. Your kids will have a great time listening to stories and learning about mice.

A Unique Guest

In this fun forest animal inspired lesson plan, students will learn all about the forest using a nonfiction text before creating their very own forest animal page!

Who Lives in the Forest?

Have your students get energized while they learn about animal locomotion and move around like various animals!


Move Like an Animal!

How does your garden grow? In this lesson, students will practice listening comprehension, vocabulary, and story sequencing. This hands-on art and literacy lesson is perfect for Earth Day, or any nature unit. 

Flower Garden: Literacy

All about the "B"utiful butterfly! Use this kinesthetic and creative lesson about the butterfly to focus on the letter B. Your students will also love learning about the butterfly life cycle.

Beautiful Butterflies: The Letter B

What's so great about a tree? With this lesson, your students will be able to find out by exploring the benefits of trees through a beautiful story, catchy song and fun drawing activity. 


Parts of a Tree

In this fun animal-themed lesson plan, students will get a chance to learn all about animals and their homes!

Is That My Home?

In this fun compare and contrast lesson plan, preschool students will dive into the world of cows! Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the  **Imagination Real or Make Believe** lesson plan.

Real or Not?

In this caterpillar-focused lesson plan, students will practice identifying words that begin with the letter C, while learning about the metamorphosis of a butterfly. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for your ELs.

Linking Letter Sounds

Provide students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. Use as a stand-alone activity or a support for the Finding the Main Idea and Details in a Nonfiction Text lesson. 

Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!

In this lesson, students will explore the life cycle of a pumpkin plant. Then they will have the chance to grow their own!

How Pumpkins Grow

Teach your students about living and nonliving things with this interactive lesson that keeps your class engaged as they learn!

Identifying Living and Nonliving Things

Your students will be able to sequence the events in a story after this fun-filled lesson about insects!

Sequence It

ELs will gain valuable practice learning about text features as they practice close reading and communication skills during a nonfiction picture walk. Use on its own or as a support for the Classifying Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan. 

Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk

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