Teaching & Talking Tips Download for The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Use the Teaching and Talking Tips while reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar book by Eric Carle
The download helps boost speech, language and literacy skills while reading
Teaching & Talking Tips are built around our FOCUS technique.
F – OCUS *main ideas in book *vocabulary *key teaching Features (e.g. rhyme, science/social concept, letter/ sound)
F- O- CUS Observe what they already know and are saying/ communicating.
Fo- C – us Communication: how the themes/ ideas of the book help with social interaction in their world.
Foc- U- s Understanding skills: Understanding at different levels and complexities: Understanding of words, sentences, ideas/themes/concepts, reading/literacy skills. Understanding and explaining vocabulary has been linked with I.Q. and early reading success. Being able to give “definitions” in their own words demonstrates a “true” understanding of vocabulary.
Focu- S Speech: *Saying sounds: speech sounds (p, t) & environmental sounds (beep, animal noises). *Exclamations “words”: wow, Oh-NO *Words *Sentences, *Stories. *Making gestures & facial expressions.