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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Objectives
To know the sound a letter makes.
To blend to read the sounds in a word.
Resources
Laptop, PC or tablet | Mini whiteboard and pen | Strips of card | Counters | Plain A4 paper
The Very Hungry Caterpillar book or The Very Hungry Caterpillar slideshow
📄 Sound Flashcards 1 | 📄 Sound Actions | 📄 Blank Flashcards | 📄 Alphabet Mat | 📄 High Frequency Words List
Vocabulary
Words in bold can be found in the 📄 Year 1 English Glossary.
caption | phrase | phoneme | grapheme | PGC | sound | letter | blend | split | capital letter
Today's Lesson
What to Get Ready
Before the lesson, write the following words on **📄 blank flashcards**or be ready to write them on a whiteboard: happy, funny, sunny and puffy.
Watch Heidi Video 2: Making Your Own Book.
Use this to help you make your own book.
Phonics - Quick Fire
On a blank piece of paper, play the game 'Letter Match' (shown in Video 2: Phonics Games). Use the following letters: Z, z, X, x, E, e, M, m.
Phonics - New Learning
Lay the 📄 flashcards ‘y’ and ‘nn’ out in front of your student. Ask them to point to one they know and tell you the sound it makes.
Remember that ‘y’ makes the sound ‘ee’, like in ‘happy’. Repeat the sound and demonstrate the matching action, asking your student to join in with you. Complete for each of the cards.
Phonics - Blend to Read
Remind your student how we blend to read a word:
Say the sounds.
Blend the sounds.
Read the word.
Support your student as they blend to read the following words from the prepared flashcards: ‘happy’, ‘funny’, ‘sunny’, ‘puffy’. These words have four sounds, so you will need to draw four Sound Beds.
Now play 'Sound Swap'.
Write the word funny on your whiteboard or a piece of paper.
Ask your student, ‘How could you turn funny into runny?’
Support your student as they rub out the fand write in r.
Ask, ‘How could you turn runny into sunny?’
Now do the same activity starting with holly, turning it into lolly and then dolly.
Phonics - Extra Support
As your student is blending four sounds, encourage them to use their fingers to count the sounds. This will help them to hold the sounds in their head as they blend them to read the word.
Phonics - Extra Challenge
Try blending and splitting words with five sounds: fluffy, stuffy, happen. When splitting, remember to add a fifth Sound Bed: __ __ __ __ __
Reading & Writing - Main Activity
Watch Heidi Video 2: Making Your Own Book.
Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle again together. Ask your student to follow the words with their finger and try to read independently if they can.
Tell your student they will be making their own book about the caterpillar from The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Turn to the first page and write, ‘The caterpillar was very hungry.’ Tell your student what you are writing and model reading it by tracing your finger under the words, one at a time.
Allow your student to draw a picture of the caterpillar on the second page. All illustrations can be done quickly in pencil to be coloured later.
On the third page write, ‘He ate’. Ask your student for ideas as to what else the caterpillar could eat. Your student might like to look in the kitchen for ideas.
Keep sentences short, so that each page has one item that the caterpillar ate on it, for example, ‘He ate a pizza.’ Write sentences on each left-hand page and allow your student to draw a picture on each right-hand page.
Remind them to: THINK – SAY – WRITE – CHECK.
Reading & Writing - Extra Support
If your student needs extra support with spelling a word, first ask them to say the word slowly. Ask them ‘What is the first sound you can hear?’ then, ‘What is the last sound you can hear?’ and, ‘Can you hear any other sounds in the middle?’
You can also encourage them to use their 📄 Alphabet Mat to help them spot the sounds they can hear, but do not tell them the letters/sounds they need. It does not matter if spellings are incorrect.
Reading & Writing - Extra Challenge
If your student is ready for an extra challenge you could encourage them to add detail to their description. For example, ‘He ate a delicious cheese and tomato pizza.
Reading & Writing - What to Notice
While they are doing this activity, remember to praise your student for the skills they are using. For example:
‘Well done for remembering to use your finger space between those words’.
‘Great use of your Alphabet Mat to remember how that sound is written'.
Reading & Writing - Handwriting and Spelling
Read out the next 20 words on the 📄 High Frequency Words List for your student to spell. Circle the words they can already spell on their own.