🦋 Monarch butterfly report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the monarch butterfly page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus · Grades 1–2
| Length | 2.8 to 3.9 in (7 to 10 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 0.018 oz (0.5 g) |
| Top speed | 9.9 to 30 mph (16 to 48 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 0.04 to 0.1 years |
Read about it
Monarchs are orange and black butterflies. Their caterpillars eat milkweed leaves. In fall, monarchs fly far away to stay warm.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, species profile, fws.gov/species/monarch-danaus-plexippus, checked 2026-10-30
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Monarch Butterfly Festival page, fws.gov/event/monarch-butterfly-festival, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus · Grades 3–4
| Length | 2.8 to 3.9 in (7 to 10 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 0.018 oz (0.5 g) |
| Top speed | 9.9 to 30 mph (16 to 48 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 0.04 to 0.1 years |
Read about it
A monarch starts as a striped caterpillar that eats only milkweed. It grows, makes a green case called a chrysalis, and comes out as a butterfly. Milkweed makes monarchs taste bad to birds, and their bright orange is a warning.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, species profile, fws.gov/species/monarch-danaus-plexippus, checked 2026-10-30
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Monarch Butterfly Festival page, fws.gov/event/monarch-butterfly-festival, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus · Grades 5–6
| Length | 2.8 to 3.9 in (7 to 10 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 0.018 oz (0.5 g) |
| Top speed | 9.9 to 30 mph (16 to 48 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 0.04 to 0.1 years |
Read about it
Every fall, monarchs from eastern North America fly to the mountain forests of central Mexico, where huge numbers cling together on the trees for the winter. No single butterfly makes the whole round trip: it takes several generations to fly back north in spring. You can help monarchs by planting milkweed and flowers in a garden.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, species profile, fws.gov/species/monarch-danaus-plexippus, checked 2026-10-30
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Monarch Butterfly Festival page, fws.gov/event/monarch-butterfly-festival, checked 2026-10-30