Poem of the Month

Hairy Spider Stew

Eewww!

Yuck!

Gross!

Can’t you hear students’ reactions now to this JillE Literacy poem?

From the creepy-crawly illustration to the humorous, rhyming text, students will delight in considering all the disgusting foods they would rather try than a spoonful of hairy spider stew. What a great way to liven up your shared reading lessons, especially in October, when students seem to have nothing on their minds but costumes and candy!

Written for engagement and enjoyment

Poetry, especially humorous poetry, helps build engagement, motivation, and enjoyment of reading in small pockets of time each day.

It’s particularly effective for reluctant readers because it provides short and engaging reading experiences that develop word-solving skills, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension in a low-stress context. It’s hard to be anxious about reading when you’re laughing!

Quick, powerful literacy lessons

Students will love reading and rereading this silly poem, and you will love the 10-minute lessons that make it easy to develop a variety of literacy skills.

Read the poem every day to develop reading fluency, and use the built-in 5-day lesson plan to focus on a different teaching and learning opportunity every day of the week.

“Hairy Spider Stew” is part of the Grade 3 Whole-Class Resources kit but can be enjoyed by children and teachers of all ages!

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