Spider Informational Article and Comprehension Activities
$3.00
Spider informational article that includes vocabulary cards and comprehension activities.
This Spider Informational Article and Comprehension Activities includes an article about the spiders in two formats (two-page color photos & one-page text), website resources for online articles and videos about spiders, a fact sort sheet where students can sort facts about spiders, a variety of note-taking sheets, comprehension activities, and mini-report pages.
Use these articles as a resource when researching and writing about animals. Read the article, look at a variety of web sites, and watch a couple of videos to gather all our facts about the animal. Once students have the facts, sort the facts into categories, and then write a research report.
This article works well with my Informational Writing Tools packet that scaffolds expository / informational writing about animals from researching facts to writing paragraphs.
Included in this Spider resource are:
- Vocabulary Cards with key terms from the reading passage
- Vocabulary Activities – matching with and without photos & Frayer Model
- Informational Article in two formats (with and without photos)
- Websites for additional research: QR Codes & Google Site
- Graphic Organizers for note-taking
- Comprehension Activities such as short answer and cloze reading
- Fact Sort for students can organize the facts
- Summary Page
- Writing Pages for a mini-report
- Google Slides with student sheets include drag and drop pieces and text boxes
Some videos are on YouTube. Make sure you can access YouTube at school.





Autumn C. –
My students enjoyed learning about spiders by using these worksheets. Thank you!
Teresa F. –
This resource was super engaging and the students loved it!
Miss Villalvazo Fourth Grade –
I love these articles because it helps my students get used to reading informational text and it makes it simple to follow along with the comprehension questions independently.
Heather B. –
A great addition to our studies on habitats and animals. These are very informational and a “one-stop shop” for learning about various animals in various habitats. Thank you!
Cynthia V. –
My students loved learning about spiders through these resources, love how this helps their reading for state assessments!