RAFT

Reading: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

ROLE (student) AUDIENCE FORMAT TOPIC
Row 1 Sequence of events Students and Cartoon Strip Retell the story:
family Beginning,
Middle, and End
Row 2 Be a Caterpillar caterpillars A Journal entry Tell the story of
how you felt on
Saturday
Row 3 Make a video of the Students and A video Create a video of
life cycle of a family the life cycle of a
butterfly butterfly

RAFT Task Card:

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Task Card 1
Objective:
To be able to retell the sequence of events in the story. Students should be able to identify parts
of the story including the beginning, middle, and end.

Student Role:
Create a cartoon strip retelling the story in correct sequence of events.

Audience:
The audience is friends and family, other first graders.

Format:
Cartoon strip- words and illustrations

Topic:
Retell the story: Include a Beginning, Middle, and End
Directions:
1. Read the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
2. Draw your own cartoon strip sequencing events from beginning to end. There should be
at least seven blocks within your cartoon strip
 3. Share your cartoon strip with the class.
Resources:
Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Assignment:

This week we are learning about The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. You will use your
creativity to make a cartoon strip retelling the story from beginning to end.

Task Card 2
Objective:
To be able to write a first-person account about how it would feel to be the caterpillar on
Saturday.

Student Role:
Create a journal entry describing how it would feel physically and emotionally if they were the
caterpillar on Saturday

Audience:
The audience is other caterpillars.

Format:
Journal entry

Topic:
How did the caterpillar look on Saturday? How do you think he felt?
Directions:
1. Watch a video of The Very Hungry Caterpillar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
2. Write in your journal how it would feel if you were the caterpillar on Saturday. Think
about your feelings and how your body would feel.
3. Share your journal entry with the class.
Resources:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Animated Film.(2016). Illuminated films. Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY

Assignment:

This week we are learning about The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Using what you know about the
story, you will write a journal entry as if you were the caterpillar on Saturday. You will explain
how your body feels, and how you feel emotionally.
Task Card 3
Objective:
To be able to tell the life cycle of a butterfly. To be able to understand how a caterpillar becomes
a butterfly through metamorphosis.

Student Role:
Make a video of themselves explaining the life cycle of a butterfly

Audience:
The audience is family, friends, and other classmates.

Format:
A video made on an ipad using the Shadow Puppet Edu app

Topic:
What is the life of a butterfly like, how does it look, how do you think it feels to go through
metamorphosis?
Directions:
1. Watch How a Caterpillar Becomes a Butterfly video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5RSpMQQOpw
2. Draw your own life cycle of a butterfly and match stages with the video you watched.
3. Using the ipad, take pictures of your drawn stages of the butterfly life cycle (if you use
still photos and voice over option)
4. Using the ipad app Shadow Puppet Edu, with a partner create a Butterfly Life Cycle
video
5. Share with class
Resources:
SciShow Kids (2015). How a Caterpillar Becomes a Butterfly. Retrieved from Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5RSpMQQOpw

Assignment:

This week we are learning about The Very Hungry Caterpillar and the life cycle of butterflies.
You will use your creativity to create a video using the Shadow Puppet Edu app explaining the
life cycle of a butterfly. After watching an informational video you will create your own with the
help of a partner. At the end of the week we will watch them as a class.