The purpose of this lesson is to introduce a second grade class to the research process using non-fiction books and the Internet. This lesson will be integrated within a non-fiction unit. The students will briefly review the differences between fiction and non-fiction books relating to the topic of spiders. Students will be interactive with the SmartBoard to complete a KWL chart about spiders. The students will use the non-fiction spider books to locate information about spiders. The librarian will model for the students where to find more information on the Internet about spiders to complete the KWL chart.

Instructional Goals:
Students will learn how to locate information from non-fiction books and the Internet, about spiders.Students will use a SmartBoard to record their information about spiders. Students will demonstrate their ability to work in teams and how to copy an image from the Internet.

Learning Objectives:
Students will compare a fiction spider story to a nonfiction spider story.
Students will learn 3 new facts about spiders.
Students will orally share their written work.
Students will find pictures of spiders on the Internet.

Motivational Goals:
Stimulate children’s curiosity about spiders. (A)
Promote the value of learning informational skills. (R)
Develop confidence in research abilities. (C)
Motivate continuing information exploration. (S)

Websites:
New York State Education Department standards
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/home.html
New York City Department of Education Science Standards http://www.nycenet.edu/offices/teachlearn/documents/standards/science/es/16overview.html
UnitedStreaming for  images of spiders
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/
Google for images of spiders
http://www.google.com
S.O.S. for Information Literacy http://www.informationliteracy.org
Materials:
6 baskets of nonfiction and fiction spiders books.
Graphic Organizers
SmartBoard
Projector
Laptops
Internet Connection
Printer

Prior to this lesson, the students will have listened to several books from the Miss Spider series by David Kirk. The classroom teacher has also gone over the genres of fiction and non-fiction.
Introduction:
When the students come into the library the librarian will begin this lesson by doing a Read Aloud of Miss Spiders Tea Party by David Kirk followed by Jumping Spiders by Jason Cooper. Students will be exposed to different types of books on spiders. Each group of children will have baskets of books placed in front of them, after allowing the children to view the books, the librarian will ask the children to list what makes a book non fiction or fiction. The librarian using a graphic organizer makes a chart of all their responses on the SmartBoard. The librarian will explain the lesson and her expectations.
Body:
The students will be asked about what makes a spider a spider. The librarian will ask the children to brainstorm information about spiders at the 6 tables. The children will complete a KWL chart that will be posted by the librarian on the Smartboard and on the students laptops. The librarian will ask the children “Where else can we find pictures and information about various spiders information about spiders”? The librarian will show the students the images of spiders on the Unitedstreaming website and how to copy an image. Each group of 2 students will come to the smartboard and copy a picture of a spider for this assignment while the other groups work on their laptops .
Conclusion:
Students will presents their findings orally. The librarian will question the students to review their answers about fiction and non-fiction books. Each student will have had the opportunity throughout the lesson to add information on to the KWL chart on the SmartBoard. The students will add 3 new facts they learned underneath the spider picture that was found on the Internet. The Librarian will hand out printed graphic organizers to the class after students’ presentation. Each student will print out a picture of a spider and the 3 facts that they found on the Internet and non-fiction books.

The students oral responses

Graphic organizer comparing and contrasting fiction and non-fiction books.

Three facts underneath the picture of the spider found on the Internet 

Socialization skills will be considered.

American Associations of School Librarians. Information power: Building Partnerships for Learning. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998. Small, R. V. Designing Digital Literacy Programs with IM-PACT. New York.: Neal-Schuman, 2005. New York State Education Department standards http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/home.html New York City Department of Education Science Standards http://www.nycenet.edu/offices/teachlearn/documents/standards/science/es/16overview.html UnitedStreaming (images of spiders) http://www.unitedstreaming.com/