Students create an illustration based upon a read-aloud. In this visual arts lesson, students listen to the book The Tarantula Scientist and listen for details. Students create a picture based upon what they imagined during the read-aloud.

Students research on the internet and study about the mysterious eight-legged arthropod, tarantulas. They apply what they've discovered to create a three-dimensional tarantula model with an imaginary, colorful and descriptive name given...

For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a two page true story about a girl who loves tarantulas. Students complete a 12 question multiple choice quiz on the story. There are four additional reading comprehension stories...

Students read a book about Ryan O'Keefe, a young man who wants a pair of basketball shoes promoted by a basketball star. They explore about spending, saving, opportunity cost, and trade-offs as they study Ryan's decisions throughout the...

Fifth graders examine ways to save and spend money. They look at ways that people earn, save, and spend money using chapters from Tom Birdseye's Tarantula Shoes. They add and subtract decimals to fill in a worksheet entitled, "Is It a...

Students use a spider casting kit to mold a tarantula spider. They discuss the tarantula, its parts, and its habitat.

Young scholars read a book and explore spending, saving, opportunity cost, and trade-offs. They keep a diary of expenses to track their spending and examine their opportunity costs.

Sixth graders brainstorm the reasons authors write, and they list their responses on the board. Students discuss each purpose they have listed.Students work independently to read the selection  "Tarantulas and Typhoid" by...

Lost! (or misplaced) a modifier. Last seen dangling at the end of a sentence! Reward offered! To underscore the humor, class members are each given a sample sentence to illustrate (A woman passed by, leading a Springer Spaniel, in a...

Explore legends and storytelling with your learners. After listening to some legends, pupils work collaboratively and then individually to come up with original legends about animals.

Students read a magazine on chain reaction and complete an included crossword puzzle. They select one interesting fact they learned and share it with the class, playing a game of truths and lie. Next, the students create 3 statements,...

Students participate in word work and vocabulary building before reading an online article. They complete worksheets or an online quiz the focuses on homographs. They write a diary entry.

Students discuss what they believe the most dangerous animal is. In groups, they match new vocabulary words with their defintions. They read an article about a rabid bat attacking humans in Brazil and answer questions.

First graders observe a spider and write sentences about what they see the spider doing. In this writing lesson plan, 1st graders draw what they see, then make an edible spider out of marshmallows and twizzlers. A fun, delicious lesson...

Students explore the different habitats of spiders.

Pupils identify the different types of mouths arthropods have for eating various types of food. Given photographs of the different types of arthropods, students identify which mouth they have and what type of food they can eat with...

Young scholars study the life and musical compositions of German composer, Felix Mendelssohn. They listen to and analyze 'Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, Mvt. I' describing how the mood of the composition is reflected in key, tempo and rhythm.

In this science worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice quiz about desert animals. The answers are provided with explanations upside down on the page.

Students compare their desired portions with the actual serving size. In this lesson plan on serving size, students compare their desired portion of a given food with the actual serving size listed on the Nutritional Facts label.

A very comprehensive site from pedagonet.com that includes lesson plans on insects for all ages and grade levels. Students will enjoy learning about insects as you employ these engaging lesson plans in your own classroom.

Explore several spider species and learn about their adaptations to the world around them. Design a new species of spider, with adaptations required to survive in a particular habitat.