Butterfly Summer
"Look, Mia!" said Mom. "A bug!"
It is a caterpillar. It eats the leaf.
Mia and Mom get milkweed leaves for it.
Each day Mia looks. It gets big.
Then it hangs from a twig.
It is a chrysalis now. It is still.
Mia waits and waits and waits.
One day it cracks! Out it comes!
Its wings are wet. Then they dry.
It is a butterfly! Its wings are orange.
It sits on Mia's hand. Mia is still.
It sips from a flower.
Then it flaps up, up, up!
Mia and Mom wash their hands.
Questions
- Flowers
- Milkweed leaves
- Apples
- From Mia's hand
- From a flower
- From a twig
- A butterfly
- A bird
- A bee
- She lost her leaf
- She is sleepy
- She wants to see what comes out
- It flew
- It ate and grew
- It sang
- Drink a little
- Run fast
- Sit down
Words to know
- caterpillar: a crawling bug
- chrysalis: where it changes
- milkweed: a leafy plant
- wings: parts for flying
- twig: a little stick
- sip: drink a little
Answer key: Butterfly Summer
- B. Milkweed leaves
- C. From a twig
- A. A butterfly
- C. She wants to see what comes out
- B. It ate and grew
- A. Drink a little
For the teacher: how this passage is levelled
“Butterfly Summer” is a reading level 5 story. Every Peabody story at this level is written and checked to keep sentences to 10 words or fewer, to aim at an average of 5 words a sentence, and to show 1 to 12 words on a screen. At most 6% of its words may be off the familiar-word list. Children in 2nd grade start at this level.
| This passage | 96 words, 14 screens, 6 multiple-choice questions with an answer key, and 6 vocabulary words with kid-sized meanings |
|---|---|
| Longest sentence at this level | 10 words |
| Words on a screen | 1 to 12 |
| Skills practised at this level | phonics (sounding words out), first sounds, sight words |
Reading level 5: the limits, a real sample and the free games. Peabody is a learning app, not an assessment: use the questions to talk about the story, not to grade a child.