The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle

Materials

• the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
• pencils
• crayons
• e-mail address for self and e-mail pen pal
• sign language chart of the alphabet
• several different kinds of fruit

Before You Read

    1.  Define the words yesterday, today, and tomorrow.   See if you
         can tell me what the words mean before looking them up.

       2. The caterpillar has something to eat each day of one week.  Look
        at the chart of one week, print, and predict what the caterpillar
        had to eat and how much of each thing he ate by using your pencil and
        crayons.

While You Read

• When you finish reading what the caterpillar eats each day, review what the caterpillar ate yesterday, today, and what you predicted the caterpillar will eat tomorrow.  Then check to see if what you predicted the caterpillar will eat each day was correct by looking at your chart of one week.

After You Read

    1.  The caterpillar ate so much that it turned into something
        different.  What did the caterpillar turn into?  On the other side of your
        chart draw what the caterpillar turned into.

       2. Tell me what happened in the story.  Make a chain of events
         table like the one you see, and fill it in with the events that
         happened in the story.  Write what happened at the beginning,
         in the middle, and at the end of the story.

Beyond What You Read

    1.  Using sign language, sign the days of the week; Sunday, Monday,
        Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  After you sign
        each day, use the alphabet chart and sign the word "caterpillar,"  your
        name, the town/city you live in, your favorite color, or a special
        phrase.

  2.  Send a postcard of a butterfly to your e-mail pen pal, your
        teacher, your parents/guardians, or your favorite author.  Follow the
        directions on the home page to send your postcard.  Remember to
        follow the letter format we use when writing letters.  You also
        must include something about The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
 

  3.  The caterpillar ate apples, pears, plums, strawberries, oranges, and
         watermelon.  Make a fruit salad using several of the fruits
         the caterpillar ate.

About What You Read
 

•  Look at the rubric.
• Print the rubric.
• Fill in the rubric completely.
• Turn in your papers with your rubric.

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Thank you,
Miss Singleton