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Very Hungry Caterpillar - Tissue College
Learners create tissue collages using paints, tissue paper, and glue in this cross-curricular art/literature lesson based upon the artwork of Eric Carle. Emphasis is placed upon the term collage and practicing collaging techniques.
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly/ Moth
Learners explore the life cycle of butterflies, illustrate the life cycle of the butterfly, and compare the researched facts to stories written by Eric Carle about caterpillars and butterflies.
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Very Hungry Caterpillar
Students read "the Very Hungry Caerpiller" by Eric Carle and create their own caterpillers using the same art techniques found in the book in this excellent early elementary lesson. Included with the lesson is a vocabulary list and a...
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Butterflies And Lady Bugs
Students engage in a variety of fun art activities about butterflies and lady bugs. Eric Carle's books are used as an opener for the lessons. They make t-shirts, sandwiches and a lady bug paper weight.
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Little Cloud
Students create "little clouds" after reading the story "The Little Cloud" by Eric Carle in this cross-curricular Art and Language Arts lesson plan for the early-elementary classroom. The author suggests using this with a "Raindrop...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Second graders complete the first column of a KWL chart with information that they know about caterpillars. They listen to a read aloud of Eric Carle's, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, while focusing on what caterpillars eat. They clap out...
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Cycles of Life
Students begin their study of insect life cycles by listening to a read aloud of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They learn the vocabulary of metamorphosis including egg, larva, pupa, chrysalis, and adult. They observe actual...
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Time: How To Tell What Time It Is
Students practice telling time using analog and digital clocks. In this time telling lesson, students read the book The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle, and practice telling the time on a model clock that is constantly changing. Students...
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Sid the Silly Slow Sloth
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /s/ sound. They write the letter S, and listen to word pairs, identifying the word in each pair that contains the /s/ sound. Students then listen to the book "Slowly, Slowly,...
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B B BEE!!
Students recognize phonemes in spoken words and match letters to phonemes. They focus on the letter /b/ and the meaningful representation of the /b/. They read 'The Honeybee and the Robber' by Eric Carle and hold up their bees when...
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Sequence Clue Words (part 2)
If you've already discussed using sequence words to determine the sequence of events in a story, then a follow up lesson is definitely in order. They read the story, My Apron by Eric Carle and look at the sequence clue words such as...
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." They role-play the animals from the story, read about the book's author Bill Martin, Jr. on his website, discuss the rhythm of the story, and...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Students engage in a activity that is concerned with the skill of reading comprehension while reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" as a class. They read the story while identifying the different types of food with the help of food cards.
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Plan, Do, Review...What's Bugging You?
Students explore insects through literacy, In this literacy lesson, students discover the characteristics of ladybugs and gain information from the text, "The Grouchy Ladybug". Students go on a "bug hunt".
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Picture Clues and Repeated Text
Kids read The Grouchy Ladybug and predict what the outcome will be based on picture clues and repeated text. Next, they draw their predictions. A great way to use both prediction and context clue skills in your kindergarten class.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
First graders, after reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar, place the story in its correct order of sequence. They place any set of events (situation) in their correct order.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Second graders watch a video about Eric Carle before listening to his story entitled, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They notice how the caterpillar eats its way through the days of the week and they examine the life cycle of the...
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Bountiful Butterflies
First graders create a symmetrical butterfly after reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. They fold a piece of fingerpaint paper in half to create a crease and after paint has been added , they refold and open their...
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The Very Clumsy Click Beetle
Second graders determine what it means to be clumsy before listening to Eric Carle's, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle. They examine the part where the click beetle does flips before drawing three frames that show the beetle flipping. For...
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Grouchy Ladybug
Second graders listen to a read aloud of Eric Carle's, The Grouchy Ladybug and do a rewrite using a software program. They create an original graphic, insert text boxes, keyboard sentences and set time on a clock face while writing a...
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Chameleons
Students read "The Mixed-Up Chameleon" by Eric Carle. They discuss the chameleon's color changes and their ability to catch flies. They read a fact sheet. They view a live chameleon in a natural environment. They write down observations...
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How Grouchy are YOU!!!!!
Students read "The Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle. With this selection, they encounter how to read with different voices. Students keep a reading journal in this class as well.
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Grouchy Ladybug
Students explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this vocabulary identification lesson plan, students read the book The Grouchy Ladybug and answer study questions about the story. Students define a list of...
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Paper Mache Caterpillar
Students read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and practice fine motor skills by using scissors and newsprint strips, and balloons to create paper mache caterpillars.
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