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After Reading Aloud Talk About It! Flip back through the book and ask children to name what the spider does on each page. Ask children to identify the obstacles in the spider’s way. Then discuss how the spider might feel at the end of the book. What happens every time the spider climbs up somewhere new? What does the spider want to do? Where does she build her web? How do you think she feels when she finally builds it? Good Move! Sing sections of the book to the tune of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.” Ask children to choreograph new actions to accompany the song. Repeat with different parts of the book. Reread Some illustrations hint at the next obstacle the spider will face. For example, before the cat appears, the illustration on the previous page shows a food bowl that reads “kitty.” Reread the book focusing on these visual clues. English Language Development Offer extra support for action rhymes by modeling how children should say each target word, along with the associated movement. For example, carefully articulate position words such as up and down as you repeat the finger movements of the action rhyme. Research Connection Children’s engagement with a text increases when a book builds on a familiar song or action rhyme. In this case, children have already sung and acted out a part of the book. The song and fingerplay help young children understand that what we say (and sing) can be represented by written language.
In The Itsy Bitsy Spider , the spider searches far and wide before finding a safe place to spin her web.
Before singing this classic fingerplay, demonstrate the finger motions that represent the spider’s actions in the song. The Itsy Bitsy Spider The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain, So the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again. Share the Big Book Introduce The Itsy Bitsy Spider Show the cover of the big book as you read aloud the title and author’s name. Point out the spider and her web. We just sang a song about the itsy bitsy spider. Now we’ll read a story to find out what happens after she climbs up the waterspout the second time. Read Interactively As you read, invite children to look for the spider on each page and talk about the challenges she faces.
Keep your eye on the little spider as I read. Where is she on this page? Every time she goes to a new place, something gets in her way. What challenge does she face now? What do you think she’ll do?
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