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The Annual Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration will
begin October 9th. We will join other students from
across the United States and Canada to create
thousands of paper butterflies that will "migrate" to
Mexico for the winter. Our "paper" monarch migration
is timed to correspond with the real monarch's journey
south. The paper butterflies arrive in Mexico around
the time of the Dia de los Muertos, just as the real
monarchs do. According to Mexican legend, these
returning butterflies are thought to carry the
ancestors' souls and play a role in the Dia de los
Muertos celebrations. Mexican students
will watch over our butterflies--and return them next
spring as the real monarchs journey north. Some of the
butterflies will carry a special message from the
Mexican students to the students here in the United
States and Canada who make them.
For this project we transform a file folder into a monarch butterfly and added a class letter. Then we add small individual life-sized butterflies with Spanish messages. We also send 2 class photos. To help protect the real monarchs in Mexico we donate money to the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation. In the spring we will receive a butterfly that stayed in Mexico from another class. For more details about the real monarch migration visit this site: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/sm/index.html |
 We put our names in each section of the butterfly's wings. The names have been covered in this picture. |
 We received a
Butterfly from Alfaro’s
Homeroom, Boldt Ele., SanAntonio, Texas.
We also received small butterflies from
Sunnyvale, CA; Green Bay WI,
Cambridge, MA; Duluth, GA; E. Flat Rock, NC;
Bloomfield Hills, MI; St. Paul, MN;
Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Asheville, NC; Midland, MI;
Chatanooga, TN; Liberty, MO;
Lyndonville,VT; Chicago, IL; Pittsburgh, PA;
Madison, KS; Libern, GA; Canton,
GA; Colonial Hts, VA; Asheville, NC; Colts Neck, NJ;
Liburn, MO; Nicholasville,
KY: LaVernia, TX; and Saltillo, Coahuila. Mexico. |
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