Language+Arts

=Language Arts=

1. Objective - **Comprehension, Sequencing**.
Activity: Video relling of story - Click on the picture to hear the interactive //re-telling// of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".

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Activity: Teacher demonstrates then, student uses a pocket chart to //retell// the story of __The Very Hungry Caterpillar__.
There is a picture of this chart on this site: []

2. Objective - **Reading Practice**
Activity: Make a emergent reader caterpillar book. Use this site to explain the project. []

Activity: Make a Photostream of Student drawings of food items labeled with the beginning sound letter.
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 * Watch this screencast that explains how to make the photostream. Students will draw pictures on a painting application.
 * Note: If you would like to make your own screencast use the link below.

Activity: This site has days of the week printables. []
===Activity: Sing along song: Reinforce sequencing and days of week, show on Smartboard so students can follow along, sung to the tune of __The Ten Little Soldiers__, []===

5. Objective: **Spelling**
Activity: Printable of words from book on blocked strips. Students cover the letters with matching letters to spell the words. []

6. Objective: **Types of Literature - Fact** **verses Fantasy**
===Activity: Students use food pictures from the book and choose which ones are fact or fantasy foods that a caterpillar would eat. (teacher could provide fact and fantasy index cards for students to use to label pictures of the foods)===

Activity: Teacher reads "fact story" about caterpillars and compares to __The Very Hungry Caterpillar__.
"fact story" - use Smartboard to display this "fact story" - it is a short explanation of the butterfly life cycle and has beautiful pictures. [] K: Students draw a fantasy story about a caterpillar. Student's story is written on the bottom of the picture, with teacher assisting as the scribe. Grades 1-3: Students write a fantasy story about a caterpillar, using an object for inspiration. Teacher provides bowl with objects and student chooses one. Then, students draw a cover for their story.

Extension: Fantasy Writing - varying topics given to students for story starters.
Grades 1-3: Printable fantasy story starters- []