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5 Little Caterpillars

For Students K - 1st
Rhymes  are great tools that build memorization and engage both sides of the brain. Little learners can read or recite this poem to help them subtract numbers below 5. Five little caterpillars eat, sleep, and change into butterflies...
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The Counting Caterpillar

For Teachers K
A daily counting routine builds a caterpillar with 100 body segments (marked with symbols to indicate 2s, 5s, and 10s) by the 100th day of school. Provides structured repetition as part of the morning routine so that by 100th day,...
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Readers Theatre Scripts

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Engage and entertain young learners with this collection of readers theatre activities. With over 25 different scripts, a wide range of topics are covered from simple counting and rhyming exercises to adaptions of popular children's...
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The Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Teachers 1st
First graders, after listening to fictional and non-fictional literature about caterpillars, and observing caterpillars from egg to butterfly, write a "biography" of a caterpillar using appropriate vocabulary and time lines.
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Caterpillars in the flowers

For Students 1st - 4th
In this maze worksheet, students complete a maze where they help caterpillars get through the flowers. Students complete 1 maze total.
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Sequencing Events

For Teachers 1st
Using The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, pupils practice sequencing events in a story. After reading the story, they head to the computer lab to use Kidspiration to sequence events. Then they create their own books to demonstrate...
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The Little Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discuss "The Little Hungry Caterpillar." In this reading comprehension lesson, students make sock caterpillars used in retelling the story so as sequence the events accurately.
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What Do Monarch Caterpillars Eat?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners record and analyze what types of food monarch caterpillars will eat.
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Mystery Caterpillar Challenge and IPM or Organic Gardening Practices

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this caterpillar instructional activity, students look at the picture of the caterpillar and identify what kind it is. Students then decide how to take care of it.
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Comparing Caterpillars

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this monarch and milkweed caterpillar worksheet, students compare pictures of the monarch caterpillar and milkweed caterpillar. Students get to view 2 pictures.
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ESL: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" Activities

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" worksheet, student listen to the video story and complete a variety of related comprehension activities.
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Poor Caterpillar

For Students K - 1st
For this caterpillar dot-to-dot coloring page worksheet, students connect twenty dots to figure out what is after the caterpillar and then color the picture with appropriate colors for illustration.
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A Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this tracing activity, students trace sentences from the book A Very Hungry Caterpillar. Students trace 4 sentences from the book.
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Bodaciously Beautiful Butterflies Take Flight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete study on butterflies using real caterpillars, keep individual daily journals of observations, and complete timeline for their caterpillar/butterfly.
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All About Bugs

For Teachers K
Students read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and practice the days of the week. In groups, they create a puppet show, design cards of the "days of the week," draw their favorite part of the story, create a visual representation of each...
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How Does a Butterfly Grow?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore the stages of a butterfly. They read and discuss the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle. They draw a picture of their favorite part and create a graph. They write a letter to Eric Carle and observe a...
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Life Cycle of A Butterfly

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the life cycle of the butterfly. In this life cycle lesson, 3rd graders observe caterpillars in their classrooms. Students put the caterpillars in butterfly habitats and photograph them at each stage of their growth....
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The Dance of the Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore butterfly life cycles and movement.  In this integrated fine arts and biology life cycle lesson, students listen to the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and identify the related life cycle stages. Students...
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Review of Life Cycle

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners illustrate the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle instructional activity, students use the book From Caterpillar to Butterfly and the Internet to learn about life cycles. Learners use different types of pasta to...
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Caterpillar Habit

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students watch a caterpillar change and become a butterfly. In this lesson about the life cycle of a caterpillar and a butterfly, students prepare and maintain the habitat of the caterpillar. Students observe the stages of the...
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Caterpillars

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
For this word search worksheet, students locate 18 vocabulary words related to caterpillars. The word list includes chrysalis, cocoon, and colony.
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Treasured Stories by Eric Carle

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Explore the works of Eric Carle with a set of four lessons focused around the stories, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Young readers develop a storyboard,...
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Help the Caterpillar

For Students K - 2nd
In this caterpillar maze worksheet, learners assist helping a caterpillar find its way through a maze to become a butterfly. Students then color the butterfly with appropriate colors for illustration.
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Caterpillar Jumps

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, students participate in a class game which reinforces the phonetic sounds and blends. The full color caterpillar pieces on this page are laminated and the head is placed on the carpet with the children sitting...

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