The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Developing literacy

 

Fiction Year 2, context:

 

The books which we can choose in this stage of Primary are very enjoyable and offer a wide range of stories which are set in the context of imagined worlds and other cultures.

The very Hungry Caterpillar is one of these books, which are very close of children’s real life providing a constructive learning and developing phonemic aware
ness making use of a little fantasy. We can see how many children have had cocoons in their childhood and confirm how excellent is children involve in their own learning.

Some of the different techniques using to teach through these books are:

- Reflect the demands of children’s phonological knowledge and sight vocabulary.

- Provide models of good literacy language, rhythm and sequence.

- Engage the interest of young readers using accessible and familiar themes.

- Includes word, ideas and pictures which help children to begin to understand character and events, and how authors describe them.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a book which offers to children to learn mainly: the days of the week, different food and the numbers through the wonderful story about the butterfly cycle. Because of that, we can use the book in different subjects like, for example in science or mathematics.

Targets are relevant in terms of:

- Children’s interaction; forcing students to understand the lecture by previous knowledge questions and a share and guided lecture.

- Teaching sequence; the leader of reading is the teacher, students are dependents to the teacher and we have to try to create and follow a sequence of reading, be able to sequence the main parts of the story.

- Topics connected with the story; topics connected with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: myself, animals, spring, we go shopping for food.

Reading and writing targets to read a book for children are very important for teachers to clarify the targets and can prepare a good understanding of the lecture which permits children achieve the pointed goals.

Fat Cat on a Mat

Developing literacy:

Fiction year 1, context:

 

Whilst year 1 children may not be able to read these texts independently, they will be able to take part in shared reading and understand what is being read. After a text has been introduced many children may attempt subsequently to read it independently.

 

Fat Cat on a Mat has some of the statements suggested in the criteria for choice texts, some of them:

 

- Makes demands on young readers’ developing phonological knowledge, sight vocabulary and decoding skills.

- Presents features of language and techniques that are used for effect, like repetition and rhyme.

- Includes word, ideas and pictures which help children to begin to understand character and events, and how authors describe them.

- Engages de readers’ interest and relates to imagined and familiar experiences.

Reading and writing targets to read a book for children are very important for teachers to clarify the targets and can prepare a good understanding of the lecture which permits children achieve the pointed goals.

 

 

Targets are relevant in terms of:

 ·         Children’s interaction; forcing students to understand the lecture by previous knowledge questions and a share and guided lecture.

·         Teaching sequence; the leader of reading is the teacher, students are dependents to the teacher and we have to try to create and follow a sequence of reading, be able to sequence the main parts of the story.

 

 

·         Topics connected with the story; topics connected with Fat Cat on a Mat:

- Myself: emotions and how these can be expressed

- Our homes and families: safety in the home

- People who help us: the people in their environment who play an important role helping us and others

- Seasons

- Animals

- Traditional stories and fairytales