Whales and Butterflies/Related Reading

Elizabeth Donnelly (edonnelly@jriver.jriver.COM)
Mon, 8 Dec 1997 16:29:10 -0600


 From: "PHYLLIS GOODFRIEND, READING SPECIALIST" <REAPRG@vaxc.hofstra.edu>

 Our third grade reading classes have been reading about humpback whales and
 monarch butterflies. We read books in the Sunshine Books series published by
 the Wright Group. HEre are the summaries that two of our students wrote:

 THE HUMPBACK WHALE

 The humpback whale is a mammal. A mammal is a warm blooded animal. A humpbsack
 whale does not eat big fish. It eats krill. Krill is a very small fish.
 Humpback whales are baleen whales. A baleen whale does not habve teeth.

 The humpback whale gives birth to live babies. The baby is blind when he or she
 is born. To breathe, the humpback whale puts its fin undr the baby's stomach.
 It brings it up to breathe. To have their babies they have to go to the warmer
 seas. The babies like to play hide and seek. They like to play in the sea weed.

 The humpback whale's tail and flipper are very powerful. They swim well.


 THE STORY OF THE BUTTERFLY

 The mother butterfly starts to lay an egg so it can hatch. When the egg is
ready
 to hatch, it hatches. When it is already hatched, the caterpillar eats the egg.
 The caterpillr is hungry. So it eats leaves. The caterpillar is growing
 bigger. His skin changes into a new one. The skin changes three or four times.
 When that happens, it spins a cocoon. Inside of the cocoon, the caterpillar
 turns into a butterfly. The butterfly is opening its body slowly. Then the
 butterfly flies away.

 From Dr. Goodfriend's third grade reading classes at the East Hills School in
 Roslyn, NY.

 Phyllis R. Goodfriend, Ph.D.
 Reading Specialist
 East Hills School
 Locust Lane
 Roslyn Heights, NY 11577
 E-Mail address: REAPRG@vaxc.hofstra.edu