Where Are You Spider?

Designed by: Helen McGough, Arden Elementary

Grade Level: First Grade   Subject(s): Math                             

1) Core Curriculum Objective: Describe the proximity of objects in space (near, far, close by, below, up, down, beside, and next to). (1GS3-3)

2) Overview: Students will take a felt spider and place it on a teacher made book to describe the proximity of it to the pumpkin. They will then make their own booklet and place their spiders on the page following the direction of the text.

3) Essential Questions:

Is the spider near or far?

Is the spider above or below the pumpkin?

Is the spider up or down?

Is it close by, beside or next to the pumpkin?

 4) Time Frame:

One sixty minute math period.

 5) Resources:

Instant Math Storymats by Mary Beth Spann - Scholastic In the Barnyard

www.sillybilly.com/pumpkin.html

www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/pumpkins/index.html

www.backyardgardner.com/pumkin.html

The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll

6) Materials:

Teacher made book

Poster board - green

1 sheet  19 x 14

7 sheets  7 x 14

Felt - orange (large enough to make pumpkin)

brown (make a small spider)

velcro

markers - assorted

Book binding

Student made books

Construction paper (1 sheet for each student)

White paper or newsprint (3 sheets for each student)

Markers

Felt - brown - spiders for every one (make ahead of time)

Yarn -  white - 12 inch piece for each student

Stapler

Page with the first line of each page typed on it.

Scissors

Glue

7) Assessment:

Students will describe the proximity of a felt spider to a pumpkin using the following vocabulary - near, far, close by, below, up, down, beside, and next to.

8) Rubric:

 9) Instructional Activities:

Before starting the lesson teacher will need to construct a big book. Use large sheet of poster board for the back of the book. Use the seven sheets for the pages.  Pages will be attached at the bottom of the large sheet.  Place the pumpkin on the large sheet that extends above the smaller sheets. Attach a small piece of velcro above, below, on the right, on the left of the pumpkin, at the bottom of the page that said far and on the back of the book. Place the opposite side of the velcro on the back of your felt spider so he can stick to the different parts of the book.  Place the script on the small pages. Bind the book.

Script:

Activity 1

Objective:  Describe the proximity of objects in space (near, far, close by, below, up, down, beside, and next to.

Teacher will discuss with students words that tell where things are. Students can brainstorm some words that they already know. The teacher will read through the book Spider, Spider, as the book is read place the felt spider in the position stated in the text. Read the book again and this time let a student come up and place the spider in the correct position. Discuss why they put the spider there.

Activity 2

Objective:  Describe the proximity of objects in space (near, far, close by, below, up, down, beside, and next to.

Students will construct Spider, Spider books. Give each student 3 white pages and have them fold them in half. They may chose the color of construction paper they wish for their cover and fold it in half.

Hand out the page with the first lines of the story written on them. Have them cut them apart and paste them in order in their book. They should be numbered to show their order. Instruct them to draw their pumpkin on each page and place the spider in the right place by reading the sentence. Instruct students if they aren’t sure where their spider goes to ask someone at their table. If they are still unsure remind them to raise three fingers and you will come. Time permitting, they may write the second line of the story on each page.

As they are finishing give them a felt spider and a piece of yarn. Staple one end of the yarn to the cover of the book and glue the other to the back of the spider, (so the spider is attached to the book).

Ask each student to share his or her book. They are to place their felt spider on the pumpkin to show its proximity according to the sentences. Teacher and students can help read the text since these will not all be familiar words.

Teacher will note if the student places the spider in the correct positions.