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The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Book Companion Activities and Butterfly Life Cycle

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Anita Bremer
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K - 1st, Homeschool
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This is a great resource! I used it for retelling practice and for our science study on butterflies and for learning about the butterfly life cycle. Very engaging!
This resource was amazing! The kids love The Very Hungry Caterpillar and these activities helped them stay engaged and think of many things outside of the story! They especially loved the sequencing activity.
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This pack consists of two parts, a butterfly life cycle pack and a book companion for The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities for Kindergarten and First Grade.

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

Butterfly Life Cycle Pack:

  • Sequencing Activity: Pocket Chart Picture Sort

Students sequence the life cycle of a butterfly by sorting the cards in order.

  • Sequencing Activity: Cut & Paste

Students follow up with a cut and paste page showing the butterfly’s life cycle.

  • Information Cards

Students will learn about how tiny eggs on a leaf grow and change to become butterflies.

  • Student Booklets

Students will use the information they’ve learned to fill in their booklets. Simple to differentiate! Have students write, draw, both write AND draw, OR cut & paste the life cycle stages in the flip books.

Book Companion

  • Sequencing the Story

Students sequence the story’s events by sorting, cutting, and pasting the pictures.

  • Retelling the Story

Students illustrate and/or write about what happens in the story.

  • Text to Self Connections

Students make text-to-self connections by relating what happens in the story to their own lives.

  • Vocabulary Word Search

Students work with words from the text and extend their vocabulary.

  • ABC Order

Students sort words from the text in alphabetical order.

  • Story Elements

Students become familiar with aspects of the book.

  • Story Map

Students cut and paste an overview of the story.

  • Days of the Week

Students will learn the days of the week, sequencing them in order.

  • Word Sort

Students sort words from the story by how many letters are in each word, using the word/picture cards, and fill in a recording page.

  • Syllable Sort

Students will say and clap words from the story (using the word/picture cards), then will sort them by how many syllables they have.

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The Turnip

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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

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