Literacy: Retelling the story. Sequencing the parts of the story.
Maths: Days of the week. Counting food. Ordering numbers.
Visual Arts: Scissors skills. Construction.
SESE: Lifecyle of the butterfly.
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In the internationally acclaimed The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a tiny caterpillar eats and eats…and eats his way through the week.
Taken from The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories collection. Based on Eric Carle's picture book.
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
This website has several stories available to view including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybird and The Tiny Seed.
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Strand unit: Plants and Animals
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Suggestions for use: The life cycle of the butterfly.
A prezi of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
Suggestions for use: Shared reading activity
Literacy Resources
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An interactive game to develop ordering and sequencing skills.
View full descriptionStrand: Number
Strand unit: Comparing & Ordering
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Arts and craft ideas for The Very Hungry Caterpillar
View full descriptionStrand: Print
Strand unit: Making Prints
Butterfly life cycle
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Strand unit: Plants and Animals
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Time lapse video showing the life cycle. The complete lifecycle of the Monarch butterfly from a tiny caterpillar hatching from an egg, through metamorphosis, to glorious adult butterfly. Filmed with microscopic cameras and time-lapse photography.
View full descriptionStrand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
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Suggestions for use: Set questions for pupils to answer from the video. Play video to class. Review questions. Alternatively; set up rotation stations with a video on various living thing life-cycles for pupils to look at and observe. At each station have a recording sheet/padlet for pupils to add facts too which they learn from the video clips on various living things.
Lots of real life pictures on the life Cycle of butterflies and moths with information.
View full descriptionStrand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
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Suggestions for use: Use images as a comparison between the life-cycle of a frog, Ask pupils how is the life-cycle of a butterfly different than the life-cycle of a frog?
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