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You are caught in our Web! The only
way out is to gather the real facts about the world of spiders.
In the end, you get to weave your own life story as a spider.
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You will have three tasks to complete.
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You will make a
Word Web showing the characteristics of an
spider.
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You will choose one type of spider and spin a tale.
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You will make a
Triorama of your spider in its habitat.
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Go to
Facts
About Spiders to research the characteristics of spiders. |
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Fill in the Word
Web with this information.
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Choose a spider. Use
at least 2 resources to help you make your selection. |
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Research your spider.
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Find out:
1. Where it lives?
2. What it eats?
3. How it looks?
4. Other interesting facts about your spider.
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Step 5
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Write a step-by-step explanation of a day in the life of your spider.
Tell your story from the spider’s point of view.
Record your resources on your Story Page.
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Make a
Triorama of your spider and its habitat.
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Present your
Triorama and read your story to the class.
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You must finish your story
and Triorama and present it to the class. Your grade will be based on the following rubric.
See Spider Rubric
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You
have been a “spiderologist” (a scientist
that studies spiders). You have
listed the basic characteristics of spiders.
Next, you chose one type of spider and told about that spider from the
spider’s point of view. Then you
made a Triorama showing the habitat and spider.
Finally, you shared your spider story and Triorama with the class.
We hope you had fun learning about spiders.
If you would like to explore more about spiders, check out these great
sites below!
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Nonfiction Books:
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Back, Christine and Watts, Barrie, Spider’s Web, Silver Burdett
Press, 1984, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
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Berger, Melvin and Gilda, Do All Spiders Spin Webs?, Scholastic
Inc., 2000, New York, New York.
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Crewe, Sabrina, The Spider, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1998.
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Gibbons, Gail, Spiders, Scholastic Inc., 1993, New York, New York.
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Glaser, Linda, Spectacular Spiders, The Millbrook Press, 1999.
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Julivert, Maria Angels,
The Fascinating World Of…SPIDERS, Barron’s Educational
Series, Inc. 1992, New York.
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Kalman, Bobbie, Web Weavers and Other Spiders, Crabtree Publishing
Company, 1997.
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Llewellyn, Claire, I Didn’t Know That Spiders Have Fangs, The
Millbrook Press, 1997.
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Markle, Sandra, Outside and Inside Spiders, Scholastic, Inc., 1994,
New York, New York.
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Robinson, Fay, Mighty Spiders, Scholastic Inc., 1998.
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Winer, Yvonne, Spiders Spin Webs, Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.,
1998.
Fiction Books
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Aardema, Verna, Anansi Does the Impossible!:
An Ashanti Tale, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997.
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Kimmel, Eric A., Anansi and the Talking Melon, Holiday House, Inc.,
1995.
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London, Jonathan, Dream Weaver, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998.
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McNulty, Faith, The Lady and the Spider, Harper Trophy, 1987.
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Temple, Frances, Tiger Soup: An Anansi Story From Jamaica, Orchard Books, 1998.
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Trapani, Iza, The Itsy Bitsy Spider,
Whispering Coyote Press, Inc., 1997.
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