Elementary Library

Unit 6 K - 2

Stories & STEM What makes a house strong?

STUDENT OBJECTIVES

I CAN…

Students will explain how reading supports multiple fields of study.

I can read for information. I can make a prediction and describe a result.

RESOURCES & MATERIALS

VOCABULARY

Any version of The Three Little Pigs (needs to have three different types of houses). You may also choose to tell this story orally without a book. You may choose to use character masks, puppets, readers theater, etc.

Prediction - a guess based on background knowledge

Experiment - a test or trial in which you observe to get knew knowledge

Toothpicks (as many as students want) Dots (12 per students) Pig image (must fit inside the house) Hair dryer (to blow the houses)

Result - the new knowledge gained after your experiment

Architect - someone who designs buildings

You may also choose to use other building materials. There are likely manipulatives and kits in your school that you can borrow from teachers or the STEM booster.

Before-After Worksheet Pig (to fit inside houses) Pencils

LIBRARY MEDIA STANDARDS Standard 1.1d: Establish reading behaviors for lifelong learning and growth. Listen to, view, read, and integrate information to build a knowledge base.

CROSS-CURRICULAR INTEGRATIONS USBE Science and Engineering Standards

Standard K.2.4 Design and communicate a solution to address the effects that living things (plants and animals, including humans) experience while trying to survive in their surroundings. Define the problem by asking questions and gathering information, convey designs through sketches, drawings, or physical models, and compare designs. Emphasize students working from a plant, animal, or human perspective. Examples could include a plant growing to get more sunlight, a beaver building a dam, or humans caring for the Earth by reusing and recycling natural resources. (ESS3.C, ETS1.A, ETS1.B, ETS1.C) WELCOME & ACTIVATE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

Greet students and welcome them to the library.

Say: What careers can you think of that require you to be a good reader? Why do you have to be strong 171