DIARY OF A SPIDER activities and lesson plan ideas

This DIARY OF A SPIDER Activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages. Following an interactive read aloud of the picture book, DIARY OF A SPIDER by Brenda J. Child, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills. We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book!   THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH:   ◼️READING STRATEGIES ☐ COMPARING AND CONTRASTING ☐ MAKING CONNECTIONS ☐ SEQUENCING   ◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ NOUNS ☐ PLURAL NOUNS   ◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ FRIENDSHIP ☐ INCLUSION   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: The book, Diary of a Spider, follows the life of Spider over the course of a few months. Spider does many things that children