This week our class is studying about spiders. We are going to practice sequencing the life cycle of a spider, introducing new vocabulary words related to spiders, counting spiders, and feeding the "spider" the letter S flies.
Classroom Activities:
During centers the students enjoyed exploring the spider habitat in our sensory table. I added beans, un-popped corn, silk fall leaves, Halloween spider web and various spiders all from the Dollar Tree. The students experimented how spider webs catch insects.
During independent small groups the students experimented with art materials and discovered that spider webs were sticky and that is how insects get stuck in spider webs. I used contact paper to simulate how sticky a spider web is. Then the students with some help turn their collage over and laid it on their paper.
During large group literacy the students decided what are spiders, what spiders can do, and what spiders have. Remember this is 4 and 5 year old students describing spiders only after three days.
During small groups the students constructed a spider using (1) small Oreo cookie, (1) large Oreo, M&Ms, and black Twizzlers. We incorporated vocabulary words such as arachnid and abdomen.
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Classroom Activities:
DAY 1
During centers the students enjoyed exploring the spider habitat in our sensory table. I added beans, un-popped corn, silk fall leaves, Halloween spider web and various spiders all from the Dollar Tree. The students experimented how spider webs catch insects.
DAY 2
During independent small groups the students experimented with art materials and discovered that spider webs were sticky and that is how insects get stuck in spider webs. I used contact paper to simulate how sticky a spider web is. Then the students with some help turn their collage over and laid it on their paper.
DAY 3
During large group literacy the students decided what are spiders, what spiders can do, and what spiders have. Remember this is 4 and 5 year old students describing spiders only after three days.
DAY 5
During small groups the students constructed a spider using (1) small Oreo cookie, (1) large Oreo, M&Ms, and black Twizzlers. We incorporated vocabulary words such as arachnid and abdomen.
