Alex Hernandez

CHDV 150


Budget/Shopping List for CHDV 150 Butterfly Thematic Unit
Pictures of different moths Teacher made free
Pictures of different butterflies Teacher made free
Magnifying glasses Purchased from the dollar
store
Cost $1 per glass
Modeling clay Already in class or
purchased from the dollar
store
Already in class/free
Papier mache Teacher made Free-teacher made
Pipe cleaners Bought from the dollar store $2.00
Egg cartons and toilet paper
rolls
donation free
Toilet paper butterfly and Egg
carton caterpillar
donation Free-teacher made
Different cuts of multi colored
cloth
donation Free-donations
Construction paper flowers Teacher made free
Butterfly wings (2 pairs) Teacher made or donated free
Straws Donated /dollar store $1
2 sleeping bags donated free
Fruit props similar to those
found in Eric Carles The Very
Hungry Caterpillar (these
include: 1 apple, 2 green pears,
3 plums, 4 strawberries, 5
oranges
Donated/teacher
made/dollar store
$15
Butterfly nets (6) Dollar store/teacher made free
Butterfly head band Teacher made free
Brown bedsheet and green
construction paper
donation free
Real leaves, twigs, rocks, and
logs
Free, outside materials free
Crepe paper butterflies Teacher made free
Sock puppets Teacher made $3.00
Flannel board and story cut outs Already in
class/donations/teacher
made/ purchased
$2.00/free
Butterfly book markers Teacher made free
Notebooks with name tags (12) Donations/or purchased
from the dollar store
.81 cents each or free
Pencils Already in class free
Blank sheets of white paper for Free/donated free
drawing
Crayons and markers Already in class free
Pillows donations free
Photos of butterflies and
caterpillars made by the class
Teacher made free
Butterfly books (6 different
books, 3 fiction and 3
nonfiction)
Local
library/purchased/donated
free
Butterfly cut out props for color
coded sorting
Donated Styrofoam free
Flannel props of Eric Carles the
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Teacher made free
jars (various sizes) and lids
(various sizes) for matching
donated free
felt caterpillars Teacher made/donated
materials
free
A Feeley box Teacher made free
Scraps of paper for
geometric butterflies
Teacher made free
Butterfly matching cards Teacher made free
Butterfly puzzle Donation/purchased Under $5 or free
Butterfly jars Teacher made/child
created/donated materials
free
Going Down to Mexico (the
Monarch Butterfly Song)
Youtube free
Lyric Sheets to Going Down to
Mexico (the Monarch Butterfly
Song)
Teacher made free
A map of Mexico as well as
pictures of different cities
where the butterflies visit
Teacher made free
A map of the US along with
pictures of different locations of
butterfly habitats
Teacher made free
Butterfly cutouts Teacher made free
Fly, Fly, Butterfly song Youtube free
A butterfly finger puppet Teacher made free
The song Rolly Polly
Caterpillar
Teacher made free
The Caterpillar/Butterfly song
which is sung to Wheels on the
Bus
Teacher made free
Caterpillar pins Teacher made $5
Milkweed seeds and flowers Donated/purchased $3
Papier mache cocoons Teacher/student
made/donated materials
free
Flowers to plant including a
variety of different colors: red,
yellow and purple
Purchased/donated $5 each (15)
Parsley, dill, fennel or lavender
plants
Purchased/donated $3 each (12)
Potting soil (2 5lb bags) Donated/purchased $1 ($2)
Gloves, small gardening shovels,
and small water pitchers
Donated/purchased free
Butterfly cutouts Teacher made free
Caterpillars (25) Purchased $45.80
Jars or clear plastic containers donated free
Clipboards and paper Available in the classroom free
Tape recorder Donated from the
community
free
Sketching paper Donated/already in the
classroom
free
Video clips of butterflies and
caterpillar transformations
Youtube free
Paper plates and markers. Donated/purchased/already
in class
Free/$1
Multi colored pom poms and
noodles
Donated/Purchased for $1 $1/free
Crepe paper Donated/purchased from Free/$1 dollar
dollar store
Shoe Boxes (about 3-4) Donations free
Caterpillar blocks Teacher made free
Plastic Butterflies (one dozen) Purchased online $2.50
Caterpillars (one dozen.) Purchased online $4.00
Life cycle of a caterpillar blocks Teacher Made free
Poster of a butterfly Teacher made $6.50
Life cycle of a caterpillar (hand-
made)
Teacher made free
Old netting donation free
Butterfly habitat photo, a
milkweed garden photo which is
the food source of the monarch
butterfly
Teacher made free
Total $131.80