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:
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.
Description:
Spider Description: This is a fun activity to encourage your students to use descriptive words to
describe a spider.
Prepositions:
“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.
Craft:
Books:
Insect or Spider: How do you know? by Melissa Stewart
The Life Cycle of a Spider by Bobbi Kalman
Spiders! (Time for Kids Science Scoops) by Editors of Time for Kids
Be Nice to Spiders by Margaret Bloy Graham
Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott
Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin
Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks
National Geographic Readers: Spiders by Laura Marsh
Are You a Spider? (Backyard Books) by Judy Allen
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
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