The Very Hungry Caterpillar Essays

Independent Reading Exercise: Picture Books The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969), written and illustrated by Eric Carle, this story starts with a tiny egg on a leaf. The tiny egg hatches into a small very hungry caterpillar. On Monday, the caterpillar ate through one apple and Tuesday through Friday he ate even more fruit. After eating Monday through Friday, he was still hungry. For Saturday, he ate through chocolate cake, an ice cream cone, a pickle, a slice of cheese, a slice of salami, a

choose a book. The infant choose The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. The teacher establishes shared reference when she mentions out loud the name of the book. It is your favorite reply the teacher trying to establish a dialogue with the infant. The teacher then set down on the bean bags and the infants were coddling with her. She pointing at the book title and started to read, she uses tempo and volume. She would use deep voices and make sound when the caterpillar ate. Every time she finishes each page

mine when I was a kid and it's a cute story, I picked The Hungry Caterpillar. The book is a must-read for kids and children's literature fans. My mother taught me to read as a child. There is no doubt in my mind that I recognized literature's value. Children's literature can also serve other purposes than educating young children. I was inspired by Eric Carle's The Hungry Caterpillar to become the person I am today. The Hungry Caterpillar is Eric Carle'smost popular book. The fuzzy narrator character

these kind of books then I could ever have thought of. One of my favorite books growing up was The Very Hungary Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Carle’s story has many colorful collage illustrations that just give this book that ‘it’ factor with how the pictures were drawn. I enjoyed how each book had little cut out holes to give the reader a chance to explore the page and actually feel like the caterpillar is eating through all these foods rather than just saying it. In regards to Cover to Cover by Kathleen

the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly. The meek, ugly caterpillar is encased by a chrysalis, and magically emerges as a beautiful, elegant butterfly. It 's called metamorphosis. In a book of the same name by Franz Kafka,

been assigned. As you read, study the illustrations and think about the way they flow from page to page. Be prepared to share your responses to these questions with your classmates. What feelings do the colors convey? All the colors a bright and very vibrant, so it’s probably supposed to make the reader feel happy and cheerful. What is the structure of the story? How is it organized? The story begins with a beetle exploring it surroundings until it has an accident and get stuck his on its back

multitude of challenges that Alyss faced to be an intriguing look at life as we mature. Alyss overcomes losing both of her parents, who were killed by her power hungry aunt Redd. She also ends up getting separated from her most trusted bodyguard, Hatter, yet learns how to become more independent resulting from this situation. Lastly, she learns a very valuable lesson, when she is faced with the complex maze, to never give up. In the end, all of these challenges help to shape who Alyss is when she finally

excellent book for adoptive and biological parents alike. Though a very young child likely does not understand the broader message in this story the range of emotions and simplicity make this a great book to begin fostering global consciousness and acceptance. The Lamb-a-roo is my top pick for a wonderfully

Field Experience Reflection 2 I completed my second set of field experience during the summer semester at Athens Elementary School. This field experience included a summer enrichment camp hosted by Athens University at the elementary school. The facilitator of this enrichment program at Athens Elementary was Dr. Hodges. During this camp there were a total of three classrooms. One classroom for first grade, second grade, and then third and fourth grade were combined. For the first couple of days

is a popular method for recording observations. What was surprising was I would often use this method on various things. I tend to focus on trying to capture every detail and sometimes i would not capture everything I needed. The running record is very time consuming and therefore information can be missed. This observation practice I decided to incorporate Ethnographic fieldnotes concept and the running record method. I first started a time format of my events for the observation. It began with

can find a book that she will enjoy and read it for her more often. If she likes an animal, introduce a book that has a character of animal such as Biscuit Finds a Friend, by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (1997). Also the short stories such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle (1987) and The Foot Book, by Dr. Seuss (1968) are recommended for young children. She will increase her vocabulary by listening a story. Even a picture book that does not have a word, just pictures, it will be fun for Caydence

tables and chairs, bean bags, and stuffed animals filled the room and posters lined the walls. My mom allowed my sister and me five books each. I was only four, so picture books caught my eye. The first book I chose was, Eric Carle’s, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I loved the way the colorful pictures filled the pages. I couldn’t wait to get home and read the

exposed to in differing learning environments as we age. Growing up, I was exposed to a range of different activities in and outside of school which have advanced my learning. Simple things such as having Eric Carle’s 1969 picture book ’The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ read to me before bed, or listening to nursery rhymes are literacies that provide us with essential life experience from a young age. My favourite type of literacies in school were always humanities but in particular, English. My extensive

observed. State Senator Marc C. Panepinto facilitated comprehension when he read the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and discussed the events that took place with the children. He asked questions that allowed the children to connect the book to their own backgrounds (ex. Have you ever been really hungry?). This was great as students could understand the story better and how the Caterpillar was feeling throughout the entire story. Principle

President G.W Bush was teaching a phonics lesson at a Florida elementary school. Only moments after beginning the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the President was slipped a note which informed him of the terrorist attacks on American soil. Rather than reacting publicly in anger, grief, or dismay, the President continued the story, as he knew he had an audience of young children who

Home is Where the Learning Starts Children start to love reading at a young age, but when reading textbooks the love for reading slowly starts to deteriorate. Most kids hate to read in school because it’s nothing they are truly interested in when in all reality children need to understand how important reading is. In the essay “My Literacy History” by Dedrick Skinner and “The Lonely Good Company of Books” by Richard Rodriguez he explains how he did not know why reading was so important, but as he

my last name, Yager, comes from the German word for hunter. It becomes obvious, therefore, that my names have very thought-provoking meanings even though those meanings were not necessarily taken into consideration and do not have inherent

and I find that I have always had to work very hard to become better at things, regardless of the fact that the universe was supposedly trying to help me, though I do know that I have always been good at reading. I remember figuring out how to read before the time I was three, first beginning with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, then moving on to the entirety of the Harry Potter Series. I’m not sure if this fully would count as “luck” perse, though I am very grateful to have learned how to read at the

under the reign of one single government. The belief or ideology that a single one world government should be in place is called globalism while the opposite ideology is referred to as isolationism or nationalism. In a speech given by former CEO of Caterpillar Inc., Jim Owens (2006), where he publicly showed his and the company’s appreciation for globalism “…we must believe that we can compete on the world stage. We must look at globalization and international competition as an opportunity to make ourselves