Very Hungry Caterpillar and Days of the Week

In January we are learning about then and now but I decided to start the new year learning about the Days of the Week. I thought it would be a great way to start the new year, a new topic but something that my students were familiar with.

On Pinterest, I found a days of the week caterpillar made from paper plates.  You can see the original pin here.

From that original pin, we created this bulletin board for the hallway.  During the snow day, we pained all the paper plates and then we finished it today.

 

Here are some close up views of the bulletin board:

We also created a "life and paste days of the week activity" to go along with reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.  We read the book a number of times during the week and talked about the different days of the week.  I had the students use the lift and paste activity to identify the various days as we read the book.

You can get your own copy this activity from Making Learning Fun.