Spiders are Special

Anansi the spider teaches young readers the importance of sharing with others in this fun African folktale. Offering clear illustrations and repetitive structure, this printable book is ideal for developing children's reading fluency.

You can keep this printable idea sheet and use when you're in a tight spot. It contains cross-curricular ideas that span every subject while relating to the African tale, "Anasazi the Spider." Learners will act, write, move, count, and...

Students read African folk tales to learn about story elements and writing techniques. In this writing and reading skills lesson, students listen and retell African folk tales about Anansi the spider. Students complete four lessons to...

Students discover various facts about spiders including different species, body parts, and types of webs.  In this insect biology lesson, students begin a K-W-L chart about spiders, are read I Love Spiders by John Parker and Amazing...

Students share their own pages with the rest of the class while they learn about spiders. In this Be Nice to Spiders lesson plan, students learn how spiders are living creatures just like people.

Students study the body parts of fireflies, crickets, spiders, and the life cycle of caterpillars using Eric Carle books. They listen to Eric Carle books and complete a variety of related art and drama activities as they complete this...

First graders pretend to be spiders and flies to create new words. In this beginning sounds lesson, 1st graders use word cards to study word families. Students each have a card with the beginning sound or the ending of a word. Students...

First graders discover how to distinguish spiders from insects by understanding the characteristics of each. They sort online picture pages into the two groups and examine the insects for common attributes. Students complete a worksheet...

In this letter S worksheet, students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter S two times by following the arrows provided. Students also cut out and color five pictures of words that begin with the letter S: sand dollar, snail, snake,...

Students identify heroes in their local community. They discover that most heroes are ordinary people. They read a children's book of heroes together and discover what philanthropy is.