I love October! Although it's still 89 degrees in Texas, I am official celebrating all things fall. From pumpkin spice lattes to visiting pumpkin patches, I LOVE FALL! This month I wanted to bring you activities that are an easy alternative topic to Halloween and engaging for all of your students. As always, all the activities in this post are FREE!
Anchor Chart: Who says anchor charts needs to be on rectangular poster paper? Creating an anchor chart with your students allows them to take ownership of their learning and provides a visual reference that they can use throughout the unit. As the students read about spiders, they can add the "spider facts" as the legs.
Reading Comprehension Passage with Vocabulary Cards: Prior to reading the passage, review the vocabulary words with your students. A "teacher copy" is also included for the reading passage to compare comprehension accuracy at the beginning and end of the unit/month. Looking for more passages similar to this one? Click Here.
Spider Description: This is a fun activity to encourage your students to use descriptive words to
describe a spider.
"Where is the Spider?" Prepositional Activity Book: Instruct students to draw a spider (or use spider erasers from the Target Dollar Spot) based of the location prompted on each page. I laminated these pages so that students could use a dry erase marker and I could reuse it for multiple sessions.
Articulation Spider Craft: Students can make a list of their target words and them complete the spider craft.
Materials- black construction paper, glue and scissors
Books: Insect or Spider: How do you know?by Melissa Stewart The Life Cycle of a Spiderby Bobbi Kalman Spiders! (Time for Kids Science Scoops)by Editors of Time for Kids Be Nice to Spidersby Margaret Bloy Graham Spinning Spidersby Melvin Berger Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashantiby Gerald McDermott Diary of a Spiderby Doreen Cronin Aaaarrgghh! Spider!by Lydia Monks National Geographic Readers: Spidersby Laura Marsh Are You a Spider? (Backyard Books)by Judy Allen The Very Busy Spiderby Eric Carle
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