Year 3 Term 6 2019

This term year 3 are reading the classic text Charlotte's Web by E.B White. We have loved learning all the interesting facts about spiders and have been writing non-fiction texts explaining the most incredible information we could find! Our classes have worked very hard to include technical vocabulary, subheadings and third person. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we've enjoyed writing them!

Hugo (3SS)

Spiders

Though people think they are insects, like bees and wasps, they are in fact arachnids. This means they have eight legs and not six. They also don’t have antenna on their heads. This text will tell you all the staggering facts you need to know about spiders!

Types of spiders

There are numerous types of spiders, big and small, thin and fat, venomous and nonvenomous. The largest spider in the world is a Goliath bird-eating spider. Did you know that there is only a 2% chance that you would survive a black-widows bite EVER? The smallest spider in the world is a Samoan moss spider. They are roughly the same size as a full stop. Even though they are tiny, these spiders are still very poisonous, but their fangs aren`t long enough to bite into a person's skin. A barn spider is notable for being the basis for the character Charlotte in the book Charlotte's Web by American writer E.B White.

What do spiders eat

The female spider is known to eat the male spider in some species. Spiders eat flies, bugs, grasshoppers, choice beetles, moths, butterflies, cockroaches, gnats, midges and mosquitoes.

Funky facts

Banana spiders weave an impressive web that glimmers like gold in the sunlight. Other members of the arachnid family include scorpions, mites, ticks and harvestmen.

                              

Aston (3SS)

Spiders  

Did you know people think spiders are insects like bees and wasps? They are in fact arachnids! This means they have eight legs not six, they also do not have antenna on their heads. Some spiders are extremely large; some can be bigger than the hand of a thirty-eight-year-old man! This text will make you flabbergasted.

Types of spider

There is a 2% chance to survive a black widow bite. There are around 40,000 species of

spider. It is a fact that spiders have two body parts. The largest spider in the world is the Goliath bird eating spider. Spiders eat many insects like flies, their bodies are often hairy and they are able to camouflage from predators. They use silk to make webs.

Abisade (3SS)

Spiders

Introduction

You can find spiders on every continent of the world except for Antarctica. Did you know there are about 40,000 species in the world? Some spiders come in different shapes and sizes. Well this text will provide you with some wonderful information and will teach you about spiders, listen to more great facts.

Spiders big and small

Did you know that the smallest spiders are the money spider and the Somoan moss spider which is the size of a full stop? The biggest is the Goliath bird eating spider.

Barn spider

These types of spiders are normally found in North America. They may or may not have a venomous bite to humans or insects.

Funky facts

. Spiders belong to the arachnid family because they have an exoskeleton

. Spiders live all around the world but cold regions.

. All spiders have two parts which are the head and abdomen.

. Spiders have a tough hard outer cover.

. Tarantulas bodies are often hairy and able to camouflage from predators.

. The tarantula can grow to the size of a dinner plate

. The black widow has a mark to show its deadly.

. The jumping spider can jump many times its body length.

Glossary

Species - different types of animals.

Arachnid – an insect with 8 legs instead of 6 or less.

Regions – different countries or continents.

Daniel B (3LB)

Poppy (3LB)