Students are read A House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle. For this vocabulary focused activity, students discover the meaning of at least three new words. They discuss the new vocabulary, as a class, before and after the story is read....

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work is the familiar "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".