The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Today we were working on retelling stories.  We had read The Very Hungry Caterpillar earlier in the year, but I thought that we could revisit it.  Last year I made felt pieces to go with the story.  We used them to retell the story.  Each child picked a piece or two.  When we got to their spot in the story, I had them put their piece into the middle.  The students all helped saying the words in the story that were repeated over and over.

I loved all the details that this boy put into his work!

After we were done telling the story, I had them respond to the story through pictures or words.  Each student got a blank piece of paper and retold the story on it.
The students did a very good job at remembering lots of details.  I was very impressed!  Here are a couple of samples of their work.





I loved how this girl organized all her thoughts!