About this worksheet
Monarch butterflies in five short paragraphs: the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult stages, why caterpillars eat only milkweed, the long flight south to Mexico each fall, and the surprising fact that a monarch tastes with its feet. A picture strip across the top shows the four stages in order.
Two multiple choice questions come first, then three written ones. Question three asks for all four stages, and the passage lists them with first, next, then and finally, so it rewards a child who spots the signal words. Question four is the harder one, since the answer takes two steps: milkweed has a poison, and the poison makes the butterfly taste bad.
What students will practice
- Put the four stages of a life cycle in order
- Explain why milkweed protects monarchs from birds
- Use key details from nonfiction to answer questions
Details
- Grade level
- Grade 3
- Subject
- Reading · Comprehension
- Standard
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3
- Pages
- 1
- Format
- PDF · US Letter and A4 included
- License
- Free for classroom use · Attribution appreciated
- Last updated
- September 17, 2026
