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The very Hungry Caterpillar Story Bag includes:

1) Story Map

2) The Very Hungry Caterpillar Story Book

3) Puppets\Props

4)Five reading response activities

5) Five reading response activity cards

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Story Map clarified and 

mentioned the story structures such as,   events, 

characters, problem, solution and the settings in the 

story. It also summarizes the main idea of the story.  

According to Broome (2009), story mapping is used 

for teaching students to work with story structure for 

better comprehension.   Moreover, this technique uses 

visual representations to help students organize 

important elements of the story.   Furthermore, 

students will learn to summarize the main ideas, 

characters, settings and the plot for better 

understanding.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar story book is the most 

important element in the story bag.   When a teacher 

starts reading the story, she can begin by asking the 

students what they can see in the front of the book 

and she can tell them to read the story’s title and tell 

them the author’s name.   During reading the story, 

the teacher can ask the students what they can see 

and involve them by asking them different kind of 

questions. Moreover, monitoring students’ 

comprehension while reading is very essential to 

enhance their understanding and make them engaged 

all the time.

Using puppets and props is another way of 

learning.   It is very effective because it keeps the 

attention span of the children and enhances their 

understanding (Bellingham, 2010). Inside the story 

bag, there is a big file that contains all the props and 

puppet that are very useful to use it while reading the 

story.   The main puppet is the Caterpillar, it is 

handmade. The teacher can use the puppet and the 

sticky props as a way of illustrating the meaning.  

The first activity is coloring activity. Students should 

choose only two pictures of butterflies and then follow 

the numbers and start coloring it. Inside the file, 

there is the activity paper, fibre coloring pens and the 

activity card.   The activity card illustrates the steps 

and the targeted learning styles in this activity which 

are both Visual and Kinesthetic. This activity will be 

fun and informative activity, students will enjoy 

drawing and at the same time they will learn more 

about the names of the colors that were mentioned 

earlier while reading the story.

The second activity is The Word Creation Activity. 

Students will see the picture under each column and they will 

organize the cubes that are labeled with different letters to 

create the correct spelling for each picture.   Inside the big 

file, there is the game and the activity card. The activity card 

illustrates the steps and the targeted learning styles in this 

activity which are both Visual and Kinesthetic. Students will 

enjoy this activity a lot because they love to use their hands 

“Hands-on activities” and this type of activity will monitor their 

understanding about the new vocabulary words that were 

mentioned in the story.

The third activity is a listening activity.   The teacher 

should give each group one board and the props and 

then she will play the recorder inside the CD.  

Students will listen to the word and then they will 

choose the correct prop and put it on the board.  

Students must finish putting the props in a correct 

order.   Inside the file, there is the white board, the 

props,CD and the activity card. The activity card 

illustrates the steps and the targeted learning styles 

in this activity which are   Visual, Auditory and 

Kinesthetic.   This type of activity is important because 

it teaches children how to pronounce words correctly 

while they hear the recorded word and it will enhance 

and deepen their understanding about the new 

targeted vocabulary.

The fourth activity is a game “Throw and answer”.   The 

teacher will put the activity game on the floor and give each 

student one block toy.   She will ask them to stand in a line and 

each student should throw his little toy on the activity game and 

answer the question. Inside the file, there are the activity game 

and the blocks toys. The activity card illustrates the steps and 

the targeted learning styles in this activity which are   Visual and 

Kinesthetic.   This activity will motivate the students because it 

is a game! And children love playing games. This activity will 

check the students’ general understanding of the story which 

will give the teacher the opportunity to evaluate her students’ 

understanding.

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