Very Busy Spiders

Second graders complete a unit about ladybugs based on Eric Carle's, The Grouchy Ladybug. They complete comprehension questions, categorization activities, Venn diagrams, and choral readings of Susan M. Paprocki', Little Red Bug. As they...

Books are great for kicking off nearly any activity. Youngsters listen to the story, A Very Busy Spider. When the story is finished, they discuss what, how, and why a spider does what she does. To finish up, the class makes spider webs...

Students determine the best habitat for spiders. For this spider lesson, students listen to a reading of Eric Carle's, The Very Busy Spider. They discuss the spider's habitat before visiting the schoolyard to look for spiders in their...

Students explore insect life by participating in an art construction project. In this spider lesson, students read the story The Very Busy Spider and identify different shapes of the insect. Students utilize construction paper, yarn,...

Students describe what they believe a spider looks like and listen to a story about spiders. They make their own spider and spider web. They share their creation with the class to finish the lesson.

Students see that spiders catch and eat their prey and are also caught and eaten by their enemies. They sort the pictures into animals that spiders eat, those they do not eat, and those that are spiders.

Students describe the characteristics of a spider. Students classify whether a spider is an insect or arachnid by analyzing its characteristics. Students describe and name the types of webs that spiders weave. Students explore and...

Students recognize the role of features to identify animals. They isolate features of selected animals and recreate animals with their distinctive features using simple modeling techniques. Afterward, they sort and categorize animals...