Content Knowledge
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Language Skills
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Performance Task/Evidence
of Student Learning
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The lifecycle of the butterfly and the migration path of the Monarch are connected.
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Identify, ask for and give information using directions from a map.
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-Label a diagram of the butterfly lifecycle.
-Map the migration of the Monarch.
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The characteristics of Monarchs require certain habitats.
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Describe, inquire about and ask for repetition or rephrasing.
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-Read and interpret texts about Monarch habitats.
- Share information with the group and match words to pictures.
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There are threats to the Monarch at the wintering site in Mexico and elsewhere.
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Express friendship, state needs, react to requests and interpret written text.
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-Perform a role-play between a butterfly and a sanctuary caretaker.
-Send paper butterflies to Mexico with messages.
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The Monarch needs to migrate to the north in the spring.
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Re-tell a story orally and in writing.
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-Tell a story with gestures based on the book La mariposa bailarina
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