As you read, pause to identify the parts of the text. Ask, "What do you think a very hungry caterpillar eats?" and allow students an opportunity to share their ideas.
Introduce the book by asking students to consider the title. At the end of the lesson, you will ask them to tell what happens at the beginning, middle, and end of the story so that you will know whether they have learned what you want to teach them. (A clue: if it's not clearly the beginning or the end, it's probably the middle.) Word or PhraseĪnother version of a table could look like this: BeginningĬaterpillar-the larva of a butterfly or mothĮxplain to students that they will be discussing what happens at the beginning, middle, and end of the story. You could give students this list and ask them to tell where these words and phrases would be found-at the beginning, middle, or end. You might also talk about how certain words and phrases in a story give clues about whether it is at the beginning, middle, or end. Discuss how there may be more than one event that can be classified as the beginning, middle, or end, and how some endings are really the beginning of a new process. Have students draw pictures that illustrate events from the beginning, middle, and end of their day. Songs during a favorite cartoon episode, such as Sponge Bob Squarepantsįor example, students might explain that at the beginning of the day the lunch count is taken, at the middle of the day, students eat lunch, and then at the end of the day students pack their backpacks. Have them identify the beginning, middle, and end of common things, such as: Tell students that they will learn about the beginning, middle, and end of a story. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric CarleĪ chalkboard, whiteboard, or chart paper to record information from the textīlank paper, pencils, and crayons or markers. They should be able to determine the order of events in a story and thereby understand the author's purpose. This lesson is the first in a set of sequencing lesson plans designed for primary grades.įor students to be able to successfully sequence events in a text, they should have some understanding of time sequence within a larger context of the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
In this lesson plan, students discuss events at the beginning, middle, and end of the story, and then sequence the events. This lesson is designed to introduce this skill to primary students using the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
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Sequencing refers to the ability to understand and talk about a story as an ordered series of events.
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