Every year our reading buddies, Mrs. Wilbur's fifth grade class and my class, have our annual Spiders' Day. It is such a great activity and our students love it! Not only do they get to learn a lot about spiders and their life cycle, but they get to eat chocolate covered spiders! YUM!!!! This year we are going to have our Spider Day on Thursday. We can hardly wait!
Here is what we do:
We start by reading "Spiders" by Luke Kindley which is a great book about Spiders' facts.
Then, the students have to write a paragraph about spider facts using a graphic organizer for informational text. You can get this free resource by clicking on the link below:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Graphic-Organizer-for-Informational-Text-608119
After the students have written the paragraph, we have them create a spider web using a paper plate, yarn, and the spider life cycle graphics (you can find those at my TPT store). ;)
Have the kids cut slits around the plate. Then give them a big piece of yarn and have them cross it around the plate.
After, have the students glue the graphics and draw the arrows (sorry my arrows are going counter-clockwise...I don't know what I was thinking and I don't have another paper plate at home ;) )
When the students are done writing their informational paragraph and creating their life cycle wheel, we let them make their own chocolate covered spiders!!!!
For this activity you will need: a large bag of large marshmallows, chocolate syrup, small M&M's, and pretzel sticks.
Enjoy and have fun teaching and learning!
Best regards,
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