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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Big and Little Activity PPTThe Very Hungry Caterpillar Big and Little Activity PPT
Publisher
Positively Autism
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Grade
Pre-K - 3rd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
15 mins
Number of Slides
16
Instructional Strategy
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PPT

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Big and Little Activity

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A big caterpillar, a little caterpillar. A big butterfly, a little butterfly. Images from Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar model for learners with autism the difference between big and little.

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Concepts

autism, the very hungry caterpillar, Vocabulary, comparing size

Additional Tags

programs

Instructional Ideas

  • Print and laminate the images to permit reuse

Classroom Considerations

  • The exercise is part of a series of autism resources designed to accompany a reading of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  • The resource includes ads for materials that may be purchased; however, no purchase is necessary to use the resource
  • Directions are found at the end of the resource

 

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  • Images may be viewed on a computer, smart phone, or tablet

Cons

  • None

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