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Title - A Very Busy Spider
By - Rachel Evans
Primary Subject - Art
Secondary Subjects - Science
Grade Level - 1 - 2
As with all great art lessons, most of it was made up about 10 minutes before class began - a valuable ability for any art teacher.
For this lesson you will need:
'The Very Busy Spider' by Eric Carle
Paper plates, Marker, Construction paper, Glue,
Glitter, Googly eyes (optional) White string, Single hole punch.
Start with a discussion about spiders: How many legs do they have? What do they live in? How is a web made? What is it made of? What does it feel like? What does a spider eat? What does a spider do to an insect after he/she catches it? Where do you find spider webs? What does it look like if it gets rained on?
Bring out the book 'The Very Busy Spider.' Students should be familiar with the author through reading 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. As you go through the book, point out the directions the spider goes in while making her web and encourage participation by having the students make the noise each animal makes. Also have them finish off the repetitive sentence "The spider was very busy spinning her web".
After going over the directions the spider went in to weave her web, pass out one paper plate and a marker to each student and have them draw a spider web on it.
Pass out white glue and have the student do dots of glue here and there on their web. Sprinkle glitter onto the drops of glue - a sparkling touch of dewdrops/rain.
Cut out 4 inch circles of construction paper along with 1/3 inch strips - four per circle to make a spider. Glue the strips across one side and add googly eyes to the other side. Using the single hole punch, make one hole though the rim of the paper plate and another though the 'behind' of the spider. Attach the spider to the web with an 18 inch length of string making one big loop. The spider will dangle and when one of the strings is pulled down from the web end, the spider will 'crawl' up to his web.
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