Franklin's Spaceship / Franklin and the Missing Monarch Mystery
From Franklin and Friends · 2011
23 minPre-KK1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Franklin builds and 'flies' a pretend spaceship, using big imagination. In the second story, a missing monarch butterfly launches a careful search-and-observe mystery.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
These stories are about a make-believe spaceship and about finding a monarch butterfly.
- Where did Franklin's imagination take his spaceship?
- How did the friends track down the missing monarch?
- What have you observed closely in nature?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: imagine, observe, monarch.
Try it: Look closely at a bug or butterfly picture and describe its colors and shape.