Introduction
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, is a story about the life cycle of a caterpillar. This read-aloud goes over numbers, letters, colors, and days of the week. The book also includes a small lesson in the Life Cycle of a Butterfly, from Egg, to Caterpillar, Chrysalis, and the Metamorphosis into a Beautiful Butterfly. Join us on the journey of a small white egg who turns into a beautiful butterfly.
Grade Level: K-1
Subject: Language arts/Science
Task
Your task is to find out how a caterpillar goes from a egg to a beautiful butterfly.
First, we will create a KWL (what we know. what we want to know, and what we learned) about caterpillars.
Then, you will meet The Very Hungry Caterpillar and listen to the story online.
Next, you will complete a graphic organizer about the life cycle of a butterfly,
Finally, you will complete an art project about a symmetrical butterfly.
Process
1. First, we will look at the front cover and have a discussion about what we know about caterpillars and what we want to know about caterpillars. As a class, we will fill out the KW part of the KWL chart.
2. Next, you will watch and listen to The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
[video:http://youtu.be/_xRtVcKGwv0]
3. Then, we will all fill out a graphic organizer
4. Re-create the life cycle of a butterfly
5. Complete the "L" column of the KWL chart of what the students have learned about butterflies.
Evaluation
This webquest activity will be graded using this checklist.
Participation
_____ stays on task and works as an individual
(15 points)
Oral Language
______able to share concepts of days of the week, colors, numbers. and the life cycle of a butterfly. Student can also retell the story in his/her own words (fluency)
(15 points)
Art Project
____able to complete their art project (10 points)
Graphic Organizer
_____able to complete their own graphic organizer while teacher is guiding them
(10 points)
___________total score
(50 points)
Conclusion
You have completed these webquest!!!!
By completeing this webquest, you have reviewed your numbers, colors and days of the week. You are also an expert of the life cycle of a butterfly!
Credits
Websites
-WebQuest: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=147889
-The Very Hungry Caterpillar Resources
-The Very Hungry Caterpillar Webquest
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/IT_programs/webquests/masterpolo.htm
Interactives
-Growing Little Minds,
http://blooming-in-first.blogspot.com/2013_05_01_archive.html
-Friday Sprong Blogging,
http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/2007/05/11/friday-sprog-bloggi…
Images
-Hungry Caterpillar- Scholastic Book Club,
http://world.clubs-kids.scholastic.co.uk/products/23474
-Rubric Clip Art
http://chenloyola.wordpress.com/eds-113-principles-and-methods-of-asses…
-Congratulations Flash Scraps
http://www.flashscrap.com/congratulations.htm
-Video- courtesy of youtube
Teacher Page
This webquest is created for a Kindergarten classroom. This would be a teacher directed webquest. The teacher can use a projector and computer to project the webquest in front of the entire class.
The following materials are needed to complete this webquest:
a computer, a printer, internet access, paper plates, cotton balls, construction paper, glue, and markers.
This webquest is a science and language arts lesson for students to study the life cycle of a butterfly. Not only are they studying the life cycle of a butterfly, but it helps the readers build reading comprehension and fluency.