Very Hungry Caterpillar Math Lesson

In fact what carle calls the cocoon is really the pupa or chrysalis.

Very hungry caterpillar math lesson.

Have them write their name on the sticky note. Read aloud the the very hungry caterpillar pausing on each page to count the number of items the caterpillar eats each day. Even yes no odd yes no. The caterpillar in this story enjoyed many foods.

Biography of a caterpillar students write a biography of a caterpillar using appropriate vocabulary and time lines. Finally it is no longer hungry and no longer small. The very hungry caterpillar activities and lesson plan the very hungry caterpillar by eric carle background. Add two days of food from the story together.

Chart paper for k w l story the very hungry caterpillar by eric carle and other non fiction titles about the topic. This lesson will focus on counting objects. Give each student a small sticky note. At this age many students can say their numbers to 5 or 10 but have a hard time actually counting objects.

In this lesson plan students discuss events at the beginning middle and end of the story and then sequence the events. Tell which number of food is greater than less than or equal to another number of food. The big fat caterpillar builds a cocoon around himself and finally emerges as a beautiful butterfly. This lesson is designed to introduce this skill to primary students using the book the very hungry caterpillarby eric carle.

Like most of carle s. Display the numbers 1 10 on the board and point to each number as you count the foods on each page. Hungry caterpillar true or false counting cards roll a very hungry caterpillar dice fun disc fun for the very hungry caterpillar magnet pages using small medium and large magnet for butterflies blank programmable flash cards for hungry caterpillar number trace 1 to 20 for hungry caterpillar easy and hard. Tell whether the food on any given day within the story is an even number or an odd number.

The very hungry caterpillar by eric carle. This lesson is the first in a set of sequencing lesson plans designed for primary grades. The very hungry caterpillar is unique in that it actually has the holes eaten by the caterpillar. Since it was written in 1969 by eric carle the very hungry caterpillar has been a very popular children s title and has served as a wonderful springboard to many fun learning activities in the classroom or at home.

Prepare a graph with the foods the caterpillar ate. The class will begin as a group and the teacher will ask the students if they remember what types of food the caterpillar ate each day.