Mosaic is a K–5 supplemental instructional program that provides engaging and rigorous lessons and resources that integrate math, science, and technology while supporting English learners and academic language skills.
Spiders - Lesson 4: The Spider's Life Cycle
ACTIVITY: Spider Life Cycle
Objectives
Students draw and color four pictures depicting the spider's life cycle on
separate sheets of paper, which are put together to form a minibook.
Materials
Book pages: paper rectangles, 3 1/2 x 5 inches
Procedures
On four separate pages or pieces of paper, students draw four stages of a
spider's life cycle: eggs in the sac; spiderlings in the nest hatching and
leaving the nest; spiderlings ballooning; adults spinning a web to catch prey.
Color the drawings.
Label each page or make an observation about the spider in the picture.
Sequence the pictures and number the pages.
Staple the pages.
Make a cover page and illustrate it.
Write a story, poem or cinquain (see Lesson One) for the minibook.
Place the minibook in the Library Center for other children to read.
