Lesson Plan

Reading a Book: THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

Author: Eric Carl Grade: 1 grade

Time: Day#1 (60 minutes )

Standards:
1. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1- Reading
-Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

2. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.5- Speaking and Listening

-Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas,
thoughts, and feelings.

3. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.1- Writing
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about,
state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

Content:
a. Read the book.
b. Speak about the key details.
c. Listening the inference and predictions about the story.
d. Write vocabulary words.

Language Objectives:
Teacher will :
1. Read the story: The very hungry caterpillar
2. Teach vocabulary words about the cycle of the butterfly – White board
3. Give instructions about the post read activities
Students will:
1. Listen the story
2. Write vocabulary words.
3. Complete activities post reading
4. Explain the sequence of the events

Procedures: (60 minutes)

10minutes- Start reading the story and start talking about the cover and make inferences and
predictions of the cover illustration and the title.
15 minutes-Then reading, we will stop, and they react to what is happening and make more
predictions.
10 minutes- Writing vocabulary words when we are going to find and try to define them.
( Butterfly Cycle)
25 minutes -When they finish reading: They will make activities post reading.

Activities:
1. They will copy the title of the book on the paper.
2. Will draw the part they liked behind the title.
3. After drawing, they will write the vocabulary words about the Butterfly Cycle.
a. Egg
b. Larva
 c. Pupa
d. Butterfly
4. Some Students will come to the front to tell the sequence of events to the class.

Day #2
Reading a Book: THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carl
( 60 minutes)

Standards:
1. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2- Reading
-Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central
message or lesson.

2. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.3 – Writing
-Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events,
include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event
order, and provide some sense of closure.

3. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.C- Speaking and Listening

-Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.
Content:
a. Retell the story
b. Speak about the details the students remember and the sequence of events
c. Ask and Listening about some questions about the Butterfly Cycle.
d. Use a song to involve and motivate students.

Language Objectives:
Teacher will:
1. Retell the story: The very hungry Caterpillar
2. Review vocabulary words about the cycle of the butterfly
3. Teaching a new song about the topic
Students will:
1. Students will tell the story in their own words
2. Repeat the sequence of events and the cycle of the butterfly
3. Complete activities post reading

Procedures: (60 minutes)

10 minutes: During the circle time teacher will ask some questions about the story:
a. Which book we read yesterday? Who is the author?
b. What was the story about?
c. Who are the characters?

10 minutes: Teacher will ask some questions for assessment about the story:
a. Which was the first fruit the caterpillar ate? Which was the last?
b. Which day the caterpillar eats more? Which day eats less?
c. How many stages the Butterfly have in the cycle?

5 minutes: Teacher will divide per groups and provide materials for the activities

35 minutes: Students will make the activities post reading and the closure with a song.

Activities:
1. Some groups (tables) will make a craft . They should make a Caterpillar with the materials
available in the class.
2. Some groups will make a craft of the Butterfly Cycle.
3. The groups will come to the front to the class to present their craft.
4. The closure will be the Song:
The Caterpillar is Growing Sung to "If you're happy and you know it"
(http://singanewsongmusic.blogspot.com/2011/05/very-hungry-caterpillar-songs.html)
 I'm a tiny caterpillar just for you (munch, munch)
I'm a tiny caterpillar just for you (munch, munch)
I am tiny and I'm small watch me crawl on the wall
I'm a tiny caterpillar just for you (munch, munch)
I'm a medium caterpillar just for you (munch, munch)
I'm a medium caterpillar just for you (munch, munch)
I'm not too big and I'm not too small
I'm a medium caterpillar just for you (munch, munch)
I'm a big caterpillar just for you (munch, munch)
I'm a big caterpillar just for you (munch, munch)
I ate too much food, now I have to make a cocoon
I'm a big caterpillar just for you (munch, munch)

Assessment/Homework: Butterfly Cycle

1. ORGANIZE the stages of the Butterfly Cycle:

____LARVA
____EGG
____BUTTERFLY
____PUPA

2. Metamorphosis is when the caterpillar turns to a butterfly: Circle YES

NO
3. The egg is the first stage? Circle YES
NO
 Appendix A
Materials:

1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book By: Eric Carl

2. Pencils/Erasers
3. Crayons
4. Writing Papers and Construction Paper
5. Scissors/Glue
6. White Board/ Markers
7. Speakers/ Audio