INTEGRATING SCIENCE AND LANGUAGE ARTS

II. INTEGRATING SCIENCE AND LANGUAGE ARTS: All About
Spiders © 2006 Nancy Polette

1. Topic Talking:
Speak to a partner on each of these topics. Speakers switch when the teacher so directs.

Going on a picnic.
Spiders.
Overcoming fear (Obj. Elaborate on a topic)

2. Work with a small group to answer these questions. GUESS if you do not know. Total the answers.
The total is _________ (Obj. Support assertions about text with evidence)
A. How many legs does a spider have? ____
> B. How many eyes does a spider have? ___
C. How many body parts does a spider have?____
> D. How many rows of eyes does a spider have? __

3. Problem solving.
How can Miss Muffet get rid of the spider? ( Obj: Problem solving)

List ideas here	Fast	Low Cost	Safe	Effective	Total

Score: 1=NO, 2=MAYBE, 3=YES

4. Introducing Charlotte's Web.
The Pre Reading Journal. Write for five minutes on one of the following open-ended sentence starters. Be prepared to read aloud what you have written to a small group.
(Obj. Generate a reading log or journal)
A. Taking care of a baby pig
B. Things found in a barn
C. Being lonely means
D. Having a big problem to solve

5. Responding to the literature.
(Obj. Produce a report organized for a specific purpose)

Select a verb	Select a Topic	Select a product
Describe	the characters of Charlotte and Wilbur	poem
Summarize	the plot of the story	song
Compare	different kinds of spiders	fact & fiction book

Example: I will summarize the plot of the story in a song. Tune: "My Bonnie Lies Over Ocean"

Oh this is a song about C___________
A S_____________ so gentle and good
Who promised a small pig named W________
She'd save him if anyone could.
W_______, C___________ and Templeton lived on a tidy farm
C ________________ promised
To rescue poor W____________ from harm.

6. Beginning Research Reports
A. Create a Fact and Fiction book about spiders. Make a statement about a spider on one page and on the next page, tell your reader whether the statement is fact or fiction and why.
B. Write a London Bridge song about spiders. Tell one thing a spider does and two thing a spider has and sing the song.
Example:
A brown recluse hides in a box
Hides in a box, hides in a box
A brown recluse has a poison bite
And two rows of eyes.