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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Collage Technique Lesson PlanThe Very Hungry Caterpillar - Collage Technique Lesson Plan
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Collage Technique

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First graders listen to the story The Hungry Caterpillar, then sequentially organize their own re-writing and re-creating of the story. They construct illustrations for their book using the collage technique Eric Carle used in his illustrations for this book.

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Grade
1st
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English Language Arts
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