Green Grubs Garden Club. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Teaching Ideas and Resources: Can you write a similar story about a 'very hungry' animal?
What happens to it? Retell the story from the point of view of the caterpillar. Why was it so hungry? How did it feel after eating so much? Use Venn / Carroll diagrams to sort the foods that the caterpillar eats. Sort the foods that the caterpillar eats, in different ways. Make a stop-motion animation which retells the story. The book has holes cut into some of the pages.
Hungry Caterpillar Teaching Resources & Story Sack Printables. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Teaching Resources Hungry Caterpillar story pack (Ref: SB305) A useful set of visual aids for use with ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ story by Eric Carle.
Includes a set of 30 story words with pictures and large A4 story pictures. Hungry Caterpillar game (Ref: SB2195) A basic game where a child rolls a dice to land on a circle and then makes up a sentence to describe that event from the story. Could be used as a stimulus for speaking and listening or for children to write sentences about the story.
Hungry Caterpillar pupil food diaries (Ref: SB4669) Printable food diary booklets (5 day and 7 day) for pupils to fill out over the course of a week. By The Yard — The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Fruit & Snacks. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Amazon.com: The Very Hungry Caterpillar (9780399226908): Eric Carle: Books. Inspired by the Wonderful World of Eric Carle Books - Celebrating the wonderful world of Eric Carle, beloved author and illustrator by highlighting some amazing art work inspired by his books.
Best known for The Hungry Caterpillar and his Brown Bear series, his tissue collage technique is easily recognizable and adored by young fans all over the world. We didn’t have to search far to find these incredible art projects inspired by Eric Carle books, for more information about each project see the links below. The dialogue that accompanies this mixed media piece based off of Eric Carle’s, The Tiny Seed, is in French but I have seen several school projects done in a similar manner using black and white photos of the child’s hand. Bead & Button Seahorse Kindergarten Draw Me a Star project Merri Cherry’s mixed up chameleon Individual Lonely Firefly Craft.
DemoBrochPrintable.pdf. The Official Eric Carle Web Site. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sensory Storytelling Tub. Make a sensory tub inspired by the classic story The Very Hungry Caterpillar for creative and playful storytelling with kids!
Using story props and sensory play materials is a fantastic way to bring favourite stories to life for young children. It encourages oral storytelling, sequencing, thinking about main characters and events and is a perfect way to introduce early drama skills too! A little while ago we brought the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar to life using play dough and story props, and now we have had more fun doing the same using a sensory tub! We made this for a friend’s 3rd birthday party as a game for the little ones to enjoy. Tub Contents: coloured large bottle tops coloured lolly sticks neon plastic shot glasses for scooping coloured cotton reels coloured pom poms wooden fruit, cakes, ice creams and other food items from the story.
Suzy's World: Caterpillar. Pinterest. Inching through oral language for ESOL students. Learning outcomes Students will be able to retell the sequence of events from the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle by using an individually created book.
Teacher planning Time required for lesson 1 hour Materials/resources The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle days of the week written on 5×8 index cards (for each child or a set for a small group) pictures of all foods mentioned in the book glued to individual index cards (same amount as above) paper scissors glue crayons pencils Pre-activities The students must know the days of the weeks and understand the word “order.”
Activities Tell the students that they are going to learn how to retell things in order/sequence using clear words by reading about a very special caterpillar. Assessment The teacher will listen for correct language during each retell. Supplemental information Comments This lesson plan can be adapted to work for most ESOL students at the K-1 level. West lynn garden and butterfly house index. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle: Reading Response Road Map. Take a navigated journey through a picture book!
Use this reading response map as your guide through Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. In this story, a hungry caterpillar eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. This book aligns with Guided Reading Level J, and introduces such topics as counting and numbers, and life cycles. On the reading response map, prompts in text boxes, along with art cues, guide students’ comprehension about the story they are reading. The prompts help students to build comprehension skills, such as: • recalling events • describing characters • predicting outcomes • exploring cause-and-effect relationships • making personal connections, • and more!
If using a road map as an independent reading activity, give each student a copy of the map to color and personalize. BBC Bitesize - KS1 Music - A song about a tiny caterpillar.