Charlotte's Web Theme Unit



 

 

ABC's of  Charlotte's Web	About The Author	The Characters	Vocabulary Words
All About Spiders	All About Pigs	Recipes	Spider Poems
Pig Poems	Charlotte's Web Links

Bulletin Board
"Friendship Web"
Using a spider web outline, students will write words that describe a good friend.
"A friend is caring, happy, funny, warm, silly, reliable, sensitive, loyal."


Prereading Activities
We will discuss friendship at the beginning of the unit.
Ask children: How do you know when someone is your friend?
What do friends do for one another?
What qualities do you look for in a friend?
Record students responses and record other signs of friendship as we read the book.


Language Arts Activities
~Make a story chart about farm life. If possible, have pictures of these farm items.
~Kinds of farms-dairy, vegetable, fruit and nut, beef cattle, sheep, horse, poultry.
~Animals-sheep, cows, horses, pigs
~Chores-milking cows, plowing crops, cowing seeds, watering, digging, feeding animals
~Tools and Machinery-tractor, milking machine, harrow, cultivator, combine, truck
~Buildings-barn, silo, windmill, greenhouse

~Make a story map. 
Have students identify the story elements of Charlotte's Web.
Setting-Zuckerman's Far, County Fair
Main Characters-Wilbur the Pig, Charlotte the Spider, Fern, Templeton the Rat
 Problem-Wilbur, being a farm pig, is to be butchered.
 Solution-Charlotte weaves a web and writes words to convince others that 
Wilbur is not an ordinary pig.

Math Activities
Planning for the County Fair-Ask students if they have ever been to the fair.
Ask them about things they saw,  rides, and foods they ate. 
Tell students to imagine they're going to the county fair. Show them a chart of county fair 
prices. Their parents give them $5.00 and they will list ways they will spend their money.

      

Art Activity
We will discuss the Zuckerman Farm-What animals lived there? 
What kind of buildings were there?  What were some chores that the Zuckerman 
family had on the farm. Would you like to live on a farm?
Each child will make a Zuckerman farm diorama. Using shoe boxes, we will cut off one of 
the long sides and decorate the background. Have the children cut and color farm animal 
cutouts. Next, they will glue the base of the animals to the bottom of the shoebox.
They may also glue rocks, branches, or pebbles onto their dioramas for a special effect.
Display the dioramas in the classroom.


Science~Seasonal Changes On A Farm
In Charlotte's Web, the author says that "the fair days of summer helped the 
lilacs bloom and the apple blossoms grow."
Make a chart telling about seasonal changes and how they affect farm life.
SPRING-Plant fields, plant seeds, prepare soil
SUMMER-Tend growing crops, harvest some crops, water plants
FALL-Harvest crops
WINTER-Let soil rest

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