CALLA+Project

Life Cycle of Butterflies

The Life Cycle of Butterflies is one of the science kits for 2nd graders in MNPS. It is a fun unit to teach and the kids love raising a caterpillar and seeing them change into butterflies. This is why I chose this for my project. If you have any questions about it, I'd love to help! learning strategies into a lesson. **There are five stages in the CALLA Model:** 1) Preparation: Reviewing what students already know and what strategies they are using. 2) Presentation: Choosing appropriate strategies for the task and modeling them for the students. 3) Practice: Students use strategies to learn new material by working in groups, pairs, summarizing, diagramming, or asking questions. 4) Evaluation: Students assess their own learning with self-checking strategies, working with peers or clarifying questions. 5) Expansion: Students must consciously re-use strategies with language tasks and content area learning. media type="custom" key="6515629"
 * CALLA: Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach **The CALLA model was developed by Anna Uhl Chamot and J. Michael O'Malley. It involves integrating

Anna Warren Shayne Elementary School - 2nd Grade 615-332-3020 ext. 159 anna.warren@mnps.org Metro Nashville Public Schools