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A Very Hungry Race
F Pre & Primary Essentials Games & Activities World Storytelling Day English Number & Place Value Examining Literature Creating Literature Analysing, Interpreting & Evaluating Health and Physical Education 2 Pages

A Very Hungry Race

In this board game (which is perfect for literacy rotations) students race around a loop, trying to be the first to get all 5 of their caterpillar body sections. They earn sections for every healthy food choice they land on, and lose them for the sometimes foods.

This game was created as a part of Teach This’ Very Hungry Caterpillar unit. It is designed to help you bring an exciting range of cross-curricular activities into your classroom to go along with this classic story book. In the unit students will sequence the story, assemble sentences, count their way through fruit, make healthy eating decisions, and learn a little bit about how hungry caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies.
 

Learning goals

  • We are learning to retell familiar texts through role play, reciting rhymes, drawing pictures or using technology.
  • We are learning to connect number names, numerals and quantities to 10.
  • We are learning to identify actions that help promote health, safety and wellbeing.
  • We are learning to retell and adapt familiar texts through role play, performance, images or writing.
  • We are learning to partition and combine collections up to 10 using counting strategies.
  • We are learning to understand and use the Health Star Rating system to make informed food choices.

Curriculum alignment

PDe-10 old Uses interpersonal skills to effectively interact with others PDe-9 old Practises self-management skills in familiar and unfamiliar scenarios PDe-8 old Explores how regular physical activity keeps individuals healthy PDe-7 old Identifies actions that promote health, safety, wellbeing and physically active spaces PDe-6 old Explores contextual factors that influence an individual’s health, safety, wellbeing and ENe-10C old Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts MAe-1WM old Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings MAe-2WM old Uses objects, actions, technology and/or trial and error to explore mathematical problems MAe-3WM old Uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions MAe-4NA old Counts to 30, and orders, reads and represents numbers in the range 0 to 20 PDe-2 old Identifies people and demonstrates protective strategies that help keep themselves healthy, resilient and safe MAE-CSQ-02 new Represents the relations between the parts that form the whole, with numbers up to 10 ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them ENE-CWT-01 new Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences ENE-RECOM-01 new Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
VCHPEP062 Identify actions that promote health, safety and wellbeing VCHPEP059 Identify people and actions that help keep themselves safe and healthy VCMNA070 Connect number names, numerals and quantities, including zero, initially up to 10 and then beyond VCELT159 Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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