Vocabulary
Apple
Pear
Plum
Strawberry
Caterpillar
ButterflySentence practice
The caterpillar ate a ___.
- The caterpillar ate an apple.
- The caterpillar ate a pear.
- The caterpillar ate a plum.
Before reading
- Look at the cover. What do you see?
- What do you eat when you are hungry?
- What does a caterpillar turn into?
After reading
- What did the caterpillar eat first?
- Why did his tummy hurt?
- What did he turn into?
How to teach it
- Open the PowerPoint. Ask the "before reading" questions and teach the new words with the flashcards.
- Hand out one flashcard per child. Read the book aloud. Children hold up their card when they hear their word.
- Practise the sentence pattern together, then play the picture game in the slides.
- Ask the "after reading" questions.
- Finish with the printable project: Feed the Caterpillar.
Book not included. These lessons are SimpsonESL originals and aren't affiliated with the author or publisher.