The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

We were very lucky to have Ms. Ruggaber join us from the University of Windsor's Teachers College. The three weeks she was with us flew by and we miss her already. While she was here, one of the things we enjoyed was when she shared with us Eric Carl's story of ; "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".

After she read the story with the class, she had the children retell the story using props and pictures.

 

Curriculum Expectation: Language:  Students will retell stories in proper sequence, using pictures in the book and/or props.

 

She then placed several items at our art and writing centre and encouraged the class to use these items to retell the story by using different medias.

This student chose to use markers to draw: "The Hungry Caterpillar" with materials she found at the Writing Centre.

These students found different materials at the Art Centre to create some pictures from the story.

This student told me; "I made the Hungry Caterpillar when he was eating and the black dots are what he ate!"

These two students said they made a caterpillar puppet.

"I made a happy red caterpillar! Do you see the smile, Mrs. DeYoung?"

When we put out a variety of items on this day, this student said she noticed the caterpillar had a round body and decided she needed to
make circles. When she couldn't make them the way she wanted and
was getting frustrated, her friend suggested she trace something.
They went on a shape hunt to find a circle.

(Problem Solving and fine motor skills)

 

The students then worked on a LARGE caterpillar that will be displayed on our classroom door.

We then took the left over items and placed them at the Art Centre ........

The students are very proud of their creations.  They will be displayed around our classroom and will be sent home at a later time.

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