AISD Library Media Instructional Plan
Date: November 2007 Grade Level: 1st
Lesson Topic: Hermit Crab and His Friends
Campus: Williams
CONTENT AREA: Science/Reading/Writing
TEKS/TAKS OBJECTIVES:
1st Grade Science Concepts. The student knows that living organisms have basic
needs. The students is expected to: (B) compare and give examples of the ways
living organisms depend on each other for their basic needs
Reading/comprehension: The student is expected to:
1.12 (E) draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions
Reading/inquiry/research: The students is expected to:
1.15 (B) use pictures, print, and people to gather information and answer questions
(E) Recognize and use parts of a book to locate information, including table of
contents, chapter titles, guide words and indices
(F) Locate important areas of the library/media center
Writing/inquiry/research: The student is expected to:
1.23(B) Record or dictate his/her own knowledge of a topic in various ways such as
by drawing pictures, making lists, and showing connections among ideas
FOCUS: 1st grade partners will use nonfiction books and the internet (librarian
created WebQuest) to locate information about sea creatures
MATERIALS/TECHNOLOGY: “House for Hermit Crab” by Eric Carle. Nonfiction books about sea animals on 1st grade level. Librarian created WebQuest
online. 8 library computers. Super 3 poster.
Form for writing animal information. Outline of hermit crab shell. Art materials.
Evaluation form.
FINAL PRODUCT: Students will write a simple report about a sea animal.
Students will create an art project reflecting the art in Eric Carle’s “House for
Hermit Crab” by drawing sea animals on an outline of a hermit crab’s shell.
KEY WORDS FOR LESSON BANK SEARCHING: sea animals, hermit crab,
House for Hermit Crab, Eric Carle, science, reading, writing, webquest, Super3,
Internet
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Activity Description: Collaborative Unit with 1st Grade Teacher
Day 1 – 30 minutes -Introduction in the library: librarian will read “House for Hermit
Crab” using the presentation cart. Then librarian will introduce the pre-selected non
fiction books on sea animals, pointing out the index for finding individual animals.
Teacher and librarian will lead student through a discussion about differences between
the fiction and non fiction books. Librarian will introduce the Super 3 poster as a way of
planning the class project: an art project decorating a house for a hermit crab. Teacher
and librarian will assist individual students in understanding this process.
Librarian will introduce the WebQuest online using the presentation cart. Students will
locate the student computers in the library where they will be working on their next visit.
Teacher will assign student partners to work together gathering information on sea
animals.
Days 2,3,4 - 30 minutes – Research in the library: Working as partners, students will
gather information about sea animals from books and the internet. Students will move
between computers and tables with books. They will write several facts about an animal
and draw a picture on their fact sheet. Teacher and librarian will assist students in this
process as needed.
Day 5 – 30 minutes or more as needed - Art project in the classroom: Students will use
their fact sheets to share information about sea animals. They will then use art materials
to “decorate” a house for a hermit crab. They will draw and add color to a basic outline
of a shell to create their house. Librarian and teacher will assist students as needed.
Day 6 - 30 minutes – Evaluation in the classroom: Students will share their completed
projects and complete an evaluation check list as a review.
Notes:
Collaboration with the 1st grade teacher is key to this lesson. Accommodating
the 1 grade student’s attention span with several 30 minute work days and being flexible
with her classroom schedule is essential.
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Resources/Weblinks:
WebQuest: Meet Hermit Crab and His Friends
Attachments: (ppt., worksheet, bibliography, etc.)
Contact Library Services Director for Attachments.
Student Fact Sheet
Evaluation Check List
Outline of Hermit Crab Shell
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Animal Fact Sheet
My Animal_____________ My Name ________________
What does the animal look like?
_______________________________________________________
What does the animal eat?
Where does the animal live?
Drawing of the animal:
Evaluation – How Did I Do on this Project?
My Name ________________
______ I did my fact sheet.
______ I cooperated with my partner.
______ I decorated my hermit crab shell.
______ I did my best.
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