Hungry Caterpillar Essay

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. Number, Operations, and Measurement The Very Hungry Caterpillar By: Eric Carle Alisha Baughn January 27, 2014 Educ 301 When teaching preschool, I would use The Very Hungry Caterpillar to teach the math concept number counting and comparing. The standard of learning that would be taught is number sense. The students will learn to identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than or equal to the number of objects in another group up to 10. The students will also demonstrate one-to-one correspondence when counting objects up to 10. The students will also identify and name numerals 1-5. Students will also be able to understand that the last number spoken tells the number of objects counted. These standard of learning is Ohio’s standard of learning for preschool. In The Hungry Caterpillar, the caterpillar gets hungry and eats a certain amount of fruit Monday through Friday. Counting the amount of fruit eaten by the caterpillar will help students identify and name numerals 1-5. Students will compare the amount the caterpillar eats each day. Comparing the amount of fruit the caterpillar eats each day will help students identify whether the number of fruit eaten is greater than, less than or equal to the number of fruits in another group. Students will demonstrate one-to-one correspondence by making their very own fruit salad by following the fruit salad recipe. The first activity the class will do is the teacher will read aloud The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Before reading the story, the teacher will instruct the students to listen for numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. When the students here these numbers they must say and hold up how many fingers that number is. As the teacher reads the story, she will point out the pattern of one more fruit each day. When the story is read, the teacher will ask how many

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