The orange butterfly: Spanish reading (A1)
Elena wants to see a real monarch butterfly, not only the photo in her book. In her grandmother's garden a chrysalis opens, the wings dry, and the butterfly drinks nectar.
La mariposa naranja
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What you'll learn
Present tense, colors, a direct question, and the words oruga, crisálida, metamorfosis, and néctar.
Elena looks in her grandmother's garden for the monarch butterfly from a photo. A chrysalis opens and an orange-and-black butterfly with white spots comes out. It drinks nectar and carries pollen. Her grandmother explains metamorphosis and says monarchs travel from Canada to Mexico. This butterfly has just emerged and is not on that journey yet. It leaves the garden, and Elena closes the book.
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Las mariposas son insectos bellos.
newButterflies are beautiful insects.
Tienen alas grandes y coloridas.
newThey have large colorful wings.
La oruga se transforma en mariposa.
newThe caterpillar transforms into a butterfly.
Este proceso se llama metamorfosis.
newThis process is called metamorphosis.
Usan una lengua larga para beber néctar.
newThey use a long tongue to drink nectar.
Los colores brillantes también advierten peligro.
newBright colors also warn of danger.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
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la mariposa
butterfly
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la oruga
caterpillar
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la crisálida
chrysalis / cocoon
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el néctar
nectar
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la metamorfosis
metamorphosis
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las alas
wings
Grammar in context
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Grammar
Presente de indicar: son, tienen, vuelan
Present indicative: son, tienen, vuelan
Grammar
Verbo pronominal: transformarse en
Pronominal verb: transformarse en (to transform into)
Grammar
Verbo llamarse en presente
Verb llamarse in present tense
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