Introduction
TTW ask students what the days of the week are
TLW list the days of the week
TTW review with students’ numbers 1-10 and ask them to say them together
TTW tell the class that today we are going to read a book about a very hungry caterpillar. TTW ask the class what a caterpillar is and what it turns into.
Task
Objective:
After reading the story, the students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between numbers and quantities.
Process
Materials:
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” book
Writing activity page
Fruit cut-out page
Paper plates
Crayons
Glue sticks
Scissors
Before reading:
TTW ask students what the days of the week are
TLW list the days of the week
TTW review with students’ numbers 1-10 and ask them to say them together
TTW tell the class that today we are going to read a book about a very hungry caterpillar. TTW ask the class what a caterpillar is and what it turns into.
During reading:
TTW ask students what an author is and what they do then tell students that the author of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” is Eric Carle
TTW ask students what an illustrator is and then tell students that the illustrator is also Eric Carle
TTW ask students who wrote and drew our book today
TLW tell the teacher who the author and illustrator is
TTW read the book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
TTW stop and ask students about the vocabulary words and about different foods they may not recognize
TTW have students hold up finger representing the number of fruits the caterpillar eats through
After reading:
TTW ask students what the story was about
TLW describe the story and talk about what happened
TTW ask students which foods they had never heard of and if they would eat them.
TTW ask students when the caterpillar ate a few specific fruits (on Monday he ate an apple, on Wednesday he ate plums) and how many he ate (one apple, three plums)
Evaluation
There will be two activities:
Activity one: Students will receive a page of pictures of fruits to cut out which correlate with the story (one apple, two pears…), and six paper plates. After cutting out the fruits they will sort the fruit and place one fruit group on each paper plate. They will then count how fruit they have and glue them down on that plate. They will write what number they counted at the bottom of the plate. Then, after all the fruit has been glued down and each number is written, they will sort them into numerical order. On their sixth paper plate, they will be able to create the head of their caterpillar however they want. Then the teacher will staple them together to create their caterpillar.
Activity two: Students will receive a worksheet with two sections: writing and drawing. In the writing section, they will finish the sentence “If I were the very hungry caterpillar, I would eat …” with one of their favorite foods. Then in the drawing section, they would draw the food and themselves as the caterpillar.
Conclusion
In conclusion, we would present a few students' projects and talk about the number of 1-10's values.