Spider Poems: The Spider and the Fly

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Spider Poems: The Spider and the Fly Objective: students will incorporate the knowledge they learned about spiders on the ISM Web site, Spider Collection, and other Web sites they viewed on spiders to write a rhyming poem (possibly choosing a poem type illustrated here) about an aspect of spider anatomy, habitat, or behavior. Grade Levels: 3 – 6 Time Required: two class periods (one for research, one for writing; not including editing and rewriting time) Online Resources: Illinois State Museum's Spider Collection Online Mary Howitt, the English poet's, Web site.

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