Reading Comprehension - Literature: 'I'm a Caterpillar'

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The story follows a caterpillar as it changes into a butterfly, from its pupa stage through its transformation into a chrysalis to its metamorphosis into a butterfly newly emerged from a sticky cocoon.

Tags: English Studies, Reading
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Next you will read about the
life cycle of a caterpillar.
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cde Pilly.
by Jean Marzolo
itlustrated by Judith Moftat

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I'm a caterpillar. Munch. Crunch.
I'm getting bigger! Munch. Crunch.
Munch. Granch. Munch. Crunch.
That's it, No more food. I'm done.

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and wait I split my skin!
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My old skin falls away.
lam soft inside.
lam a pupa.

I grow a shell i
I keep changing.
to protect the pupa. Soon I'll come out.
Tam now a chrysalis. What will I be?
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5.

A butterfly!
Push. Crack. Wow! I'm freel
My wings are all wet,
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6. Flap. Flap. Hey! I can fly! To-dal I visit flowers. I drink nectar. Yum!
My mouth is like a straw.
Sip. Sip. Sip.

7. Ihave a mate. We visit many flowers. Soon I will lay my eggs.
We're not afraid of birds.
They know that we taste awful.

8. eo Baby caterpillars crawl out.
The eggs have thin shells.

Hil I'm a caterpillar.
Munch. Crunch.
e What will happen to me next?
Do you know?
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