You can print the text in color or blackline to create a class book - or project it up on your board to read together. The predictable and rhythmic text will engage and support your early-readers.
Take the time to focus on the sp sound - as 'spotty' and 'spider' are repeated throughout. Talk about other sp words, other consonant blends that have s in them, like sl, sn, sk and st.
Use this rhyme for your introductory lesson on subtraction and talk about how the spider web loses one spider each time.
October 2019 Update
The text now features 10 follow up activities for you to implement after your shared reading. These could be completed independently, in centers, groups or as a whole class.The following activities and pages are included to springboard from the text
- class discussion question starters
- one page read + grammar activity (locate nouns and verbs in text)
- comprehension activity (making connections)
- comprehension activity (monitoring)
- comprehension activity (predicting)
- comprehension activity (questioning)
- comprehension activity (summarizing)
- comprehension activity (visualization)
- writing a story - plan and write your own story about spiders
- one page craft - cut, make and create your own cute little spider. Could be used to display with writing
- phonics - find the 'sp' words and add them to the spider web
- big shape tracing page - trace the spider (prewriting / fine motor activity)
- pinning page - pokey pin holes in the spider - fine motor / quiet activity
There is now an art project to complement the text too - hop forward in our blog HERE to find it!
