Spiders Thematic Unit Spiders Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Spiders, Eight Legs, Charlotte's Web. This reproducible resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities. Also included are management ideas, creative suggestions for the classroom, and a bibliography.

Spider Lesson Plans\Thematic Units\Activities

Spider Lesson Plans from SEDL

• Lesson Overview

• Teacher Background Information

• Lesson Focus

• Objective Grid

• Lesson 1: Spiders! Scary or Nice?

• Lesson 2: Spiders Have Special Characteristics

• Lesson 3: Spiders Catch Prey

• Lesson 4: The Spider's Life Cycle

• Lesson 5: Spiders Have Natural Enemies

• Lesson 6: Spiders Live Everywhere

• Lesson 7: Now We Know Spiders!
  Source: http://www.sedl.org

Spiders Spin a Web
Set up a place for spiders to spin a web and students to observe.  From lessonplanspage.com
Source: http://www.lessonplanspage.com

Spooky Spiders
Describing spiders, naming spiders, different kinds of webs.  From lessonplanspage.com
Source: http://www.lessonplanspage.com

Parts of a Spider
Students learn the parts of a spider.  From lessonplanspage.com
Source: http://www.lessonplanspage.com

Spiders Unit
Contains links to resources for a spider unit.
Source: http://viking.stark.k12.oh.us

Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Own Webs?
Activity that demonstrates why spiders don't seem to stick to their own webs.
Source: http://www.eecs.umich.edu

Spider Theme from Teacher Features
Ideas for crafts, bulletin boards, lessons and more.
Source: http://www.teacherfeatures.com

Spiders - An AskERIC Lesson Plan
In this lesson plan, students will learn how spiders spin their webs and use the computer to simulate how a spider weaves its web.
Source: http://askeric.org

Comparing Spiders
Lessons to compare web-building spiders with wandering spiders.
Source: http://www.abcteach.com

Spider Internet Resources\Activities

Online Spider Games
Memory games, puzzles, hangman and more all online

Spider Reports
Written by students at the Rochedale State School in Australia

Brown Recluse Spider

Tarantulas

Tarantula Care

Black Widow Spiders

Black Widow Spider

Spiders of Africa

Spider Clip Art

Spider Printouts

Spider printouts from ABCteach.com

• Spider Venn Diagram
  Wandering vs. Web Builders spiders venn diagram.
• Spiders KWL Sheet
• Spider Facts Worksheet
• Word Search 1
• Word Search 2
• Crossword Puzzle
• Spider Color & Write
  Color the picture then describe in writing what you see.
• Shape Book
• Spider Bookmarks 
• Spider Poem Form
• Story Web 
• Story Paper
  Source: http://www.abcteach.com

Spider Crafts

Creepy Crawly Spider Bracelets
Source: http://kidsdomain.com

Egg Carton Spiders
Source: http://kidsdomain.com

Puzzle Spider
Source: http://kidsdomain.com

Spider Web Tablecloth
Source: http://kidsdomain.com

Spider Books

A Guide for Using Charlotte's Web in the Class This resource is directly related to its literature equivalent and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the book. This reproducible book includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary building ideas, cross-curriculum activities, sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and ideas for culminating and extending the novel.

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Charlotte's Web: Special Read-Along Edition

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The Very Busy Spider

DK Readers: Spiders' Secrets (Level 3: Reading Alone), Vol. 3

The Magic School Bus Spins a Web: A Book About Spiders (Magic School Bus Series)

Spider Supplies

  Creepy Crawlies Bulletin Board Display Set

Get Spider supplies at Oriental Trading Company, Inc.