Lesson One – Caterpillar Foods
This literacy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to name and match a selection of letters of the alphabet to some different types of foods that might be eaten by a caterpillar based on the reading of a narrative story.
The class can identify and describe some different parts of a story to show an understanding of the sequence of events that occur in a narrative story about a caterpillar.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to name and match a selection of letters of the alphabet to some different types of foods that might be eaten by a caterpillar based on the reading of a narrative story
Activities in this teaching pack include a template to practise recording the initial letters of some of the different foods listed in the story of The Hungry Caterpillar and a set of cards to identify and match different foods with the correct letters of the alphabet for their initial sounds.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to match a selection of letters of the alphabet to different types of foods that might be eaten by caterpillar.
This lesson is part of a literacy scheme of work to get the children to investigate examples of patterned language used to sequence events in a story about a caterpillar and learn the names and sounds for each letter of the alphabet. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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