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Reading Adventure Pack: What's Next? The Very Hungry Caterpillar ActivityReading Adventure Pack: What's Next? The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activity
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PBS
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Pre-K - K
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
5 days
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Fine Print: Educational Use
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English, Spanish
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Reading Adventure Pack: What's Next? The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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A series of hands-on activities follows a reading of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Learners create a paper collage to explore the beginning, middle, and end of days of the week, numbers, and more. They grow a butterfly garden, write their version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and act out a caterpillar's life stages. Pupils draw a picture of what they would like to be when they grow up and identify actual and make-believe parts of a fictional story.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the very hungry caterpillar, eric carle, butterfly life cycle, caterpillars, butterflies, insects, reading, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, responding to literature, responding to reading, fiction, nonfiction, sequence of events

Instructional Ideas

  • Have Reading Adventure Pack readily available for families that request work, emergency sub plans, or May Do activities
  • Conduct applicable activities in the classroom; display finished work on a themed focus wall
  • Add the pack to a unit on the butterfly's life cycle 

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  • A nonfiction book of your choice is optional
  • Activities are designed for at-home use with a grown-up

Pros

  • Offers flexibility in the nonfiction text choice—you may choose your own or pick from the list provided
  • Activities meet a variety of learning styles

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.10

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