The Very Hungry Caterpillar takes students through the life cycle of a ravenous butterfly, while using collage to illustrate its unique diet of foods. Students will observe and document the transformations of caterpillars to butterflies, and use movement scarves to act out the life cycle. Students will write and solve math word problems with the help of caterpillar puppets and fruit math counters. At the end of this module, students will be butterfly experts, fluttering with knowledge.
This module contains the following lessons:
- Growing Butterflies
- Butterflies on the Brain
- The Art of the Life Cycle
- A Caterpillar's Calendar
- Very Hungry...Readers
- Metamorphosis in Art
- Cocoon or Chrysalis?
- Life Cycle of a Story
- Very Hungry...Mathematicians
- ...and ACTION!
Key Vocabulary
Life Cycle, Metamorphosis, Transform, Cocoon, Chrysalis, Emerge, Sequence, Days of the Week
Note: This module is part of Kindergarten: Series 1. The four modules in Series 1 collectively address all National ELA and Core Arts Standards.
***Red, Yellow, and Blue Washable Tempera Paint bottles are also included in this module, but are not pictured.