Title: The Very Hungry
Caterpillar
Author: Eric Carle
Illustrator: Eric Carle
Recommended Grade
Level: K-2nd
Common Core Mathematics
Standard:
CCSS.MATH.1.OA.A.2 - Solve word
problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than
or equal to 20, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol
for the unknown number to represent the problem.
CCSS.MATH.1.OA.A.5 - Relate
counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2).
CCSS.MATH.1.NBT.2.B - The numbers
from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, or nine ones.
Common Core
Standards For Mathematical Practice:
Summary: This story is about a tiny caterpillar who was born one
day and started to eat different fruits. As he eats the different fruits, he
started to grow and grow, after eating fruits for ten days, he decided to eat
other types of food. Because he ate so much, he got a stomach ache. After that,
he became very big and wide, then he created a cocoon to rest on. After a
couple of days he broke out of the cocoon and became a beautiful butterfly with
all the color of the differents fruits and foods he ate.
Rating: The rating of this book is five out of five
stars, the book its catchy and very entertaining with lots of colors and an
incredibly animated idea to show children how to relate to math in a fun way. I
will definately recommended this book to any one who is interested in teaching
their k-2nd grade about adding and fruits in a fun and interesting
way.
Classroom
Ideas: This book can be used in the classroom to teach more
than math it can be used to teach science and literature. Students can learn word
solving problems related to adding how many days of the week there are,
identifying numbers and putting them on graphs, discussing (counting) how many
things did the cartepillar eat. Building towards understanding of the place
value system and developing the students understanding of the relationship
between counting and addition. It can be used for color identification and
concept of adding and work individually or in groups to gain the main ideas of problem
solving.
I vividly remember reading this book to the children at my field placement two years ago. The children love the colors and they identified the different fruits that the caterpillar ate. An outstanding mathematical concept in this story book is the counting from one to ten (the number of days the caterpillar ate. Young children are intrigued at the pictures and just can't wait to see what happened next. It is a wonderful resource to have in young children's classrooms.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite books and I am constantly reading it too my students! It is a great book to learn about caterpillars and their life changes but also math! I like that you included word solving problems in your classroom ideas. Many would think that this book is only for small children, however, when you use word problems you are opening up the book to older children.
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