Unit 6 Week 4

Weekly Concept Animals and You Essential Question How can learning about animals help you respect them?

Respecting Animals My name is Max and I'm a Great Horned Owl. My job here at the wildlife preserve is to help kids like Nora learn all about owls. All animals deserve respect. Learning about animals helps you respect them. The more you know about animals, the more you can do to help them. Talk About It Write words you have learned about respecting animals. Talk with a partner about ways you can help protect animals.

Vocabulary Use the picture and the sentence to talk with a partner about each word.

Your Turn Pick three words. Then write three questions for your partner to answer.

Genre. Expository Butterflies Big and Small Monarch butterflies like to land in the same trees when they migrate. Essential Question How can learning about animals help you respect them? Read how respecting butterflies can help them survive.

There are more than 725 species, or kinds, of butterflies fluttering around the United States and Canada. These fascinating creatures taste leaves with their feet and only see the colors red, yellow, and green. The Monarch butterfly and the Western Pygmy Blue butterfly share these same traits, but they are also different in many ways. Size and Color The Western Pygmy Blue butterfly is the smallest butterfly in the world. It is just about a half-inch across from wing tip to wing tip. That's smaller than a dime! Monarch butterflies are much bigger. They measure about four inches across. Size is not the only way Monarchs are different from Pygmy Blues. Monarch butterflies are a bright orange color with black markings. That makes them easy to see. Pygmy Blue butterflies are mostly brown and blue, and they blend in with their surroundings. Many people walk right by Pygmy Blues, unaware that they are even there. Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly This diagram shows the parts of a butterfly. wing antennae head thorax leg abdomen