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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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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, eric carle

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Grade
1st
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Year
2001
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