What is it about spiders that kids love SO much?! When I busted out our graph to start our unit of study on arachnids, the kids went CRAZY.
We started our week with the question, "Do you think spiders are COOL or CREEPY??" I really dislike spiders and think they are creepy ...but the kiddos did not feel the same way. We read lots of nonfiction and fiction books to learn about spiders. Did you know that spiders live everywhere BUT Antarctica, have 8 eyes, and can be as big as a plate???
All of our math and literacy stations were spider themed and the kids LOVED them. One of our favorite books that we read was The Diary of a Spider. In math we worked on parts of 8 by playing Spider Drop and Spider Fill. In writing we worked with Thinking Maps. We gathered facts on our tree map all about what spiders are/can/have and then did a little non fiction writing. I like to ease the kiddos into the writing the process by providing writing prompts at the beginning so they can be successful with this while learning what I expect to see when they write. Plus, it helps to organize their thinking. After students completed their writing, I painted their hands to make handprint spiders. They turned out SO cute!
We ended our spider week by making our own spider webs, watching Charlotte's Web and making a fun spider snazzy snack.
Can you guess what our spider web is made of?
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