A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR STORY CAN BE USE AS VISUAL AID IN INTERPRETING SEQUENCES OF ORDINAL NUMBERS

A HUNGRY CATERPILLAR STORY USED IN MATHEMATICS 1

1. THE HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

2. One Sunday morning, the warm sun came up,

3. Pop! Out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar,

4. He started to look for food.

5. On Monday , he ate through a rambutan , but he was still hungry.

6. On Tuesday , he ate through a santol , but he was still hungry.

7. On Wednesday , he ate through a guava, but he was still hungry.

8. On Thursday , he ate through a banana, but he was still hungry.

9. On Friday , he ate through a papaya, but he was still hungry.

10. On Saturday , he ate through a mango, but he was still hungry.

11. On Sunday , he ate through a corn, a slice of watermelon, a guyabano and berba .

12. That night he had a stomach ache.

13. The next day, the caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf, after that he felt much better.

14. Now he wasn’t hungry anymore, he wasn’t a little caterpillar anymore…

15. He was a big fat caterpillar now.