Book 12: The lady and the Spider

Standards:

K-4.1 Identify qualities of good citizenship, including honesty, courage, determination, individual responsibility, and patriotism.

K-4.2 Demonstrate good citizenship in classroom behaviors, including taking personal responsibility, cooperating and respecting others, taking turns and sharing, and working with others to solve problems.

Summary:

The Lady and the Spider is a story about a spider that has made a home in a lettuce leaf. The home is perfect for the spider and is just the right size with a pool for water that catches food for the spider as well. The spider is so happy in her home.

The spider does not realize however that her home is in the middle of a lettuce garden. One day the lady who tends to the garden comes out to pick lettuce and picks the lettuce head that is the home to the spider. When she goes to make her lunch with the lettuce she notices the little spider in his home. The lady notices how wonderful the spider is and how important it is even if it is little so she places it back in her garden in her home.

Objective:

The student will demonstrate being a good members of their community by picking up trash around the school.

Materials:

Book The Lady and the Spider by Faith McNulty

Grocery Bags for each child

Procedure:

1. The teacher will read the book The Lady and the Spider to the students and talk about what it was the lady in the story did that shows she is a part of a community.
2. The teacher will discuss with the students how it is important to be good members of society and of their community and how this means respecting all living things, even the small ones in life.
3. The teacher will talk to the students about different things that they could do to help the little ones of the community (the small animals).
4. The teacher will explain to the students that they are going to go on a nature walk outside of the school where they are going to pick up trash that they find along the way.
5. The teacher will talk to the students about why this is important to the community and to nature and how by picking up trash they are demonstrating what it means to be a good citizen by being responsible and taking care of their environment and their home as well as other’s homes as well just like the little spider in the story.