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Tarantulas Informational Text: Reading Comprehension Activity
Tarantulas Informational Text: Reading Comprehension Activity
Tarantulas Informational Text: Reading Comprehension Activity
Tarantulas Informational Text: Reading Comprehension Activity
Tarantulas Informational Text: Reading Comprehension Activity
Tarantulas Informational Text: Reading Comprehension Activity
Tarantulas Informational Text: Reading Comprehension Activity
Tarantulas Informational Text: Reading Comprehension Activity
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Description

Are you looking to improve your students' written responses to informational texts? Do your students struggle with writing or identifying the main idea? Do your students need extra practice with comprehension? This tarantula informational reading passage and comprehension questions will be sure to help!

Included are...
1 Text in black and white (Lexile Level 790L - DRA Level 40)
1 Open-ended Question Sheet
1 Running Record Recording Sheet
1 Note Taking Sheet
2 Graphic Organizers

Your students are sure to get extra practice proving their answer using evidence from the text. They will also get extra practice writing in complete sentences.

Common Core Standards addressed in this set:
2.RL.1, 2.RL.2, 2.RL.3, 2.RL.5, 2.RL.6, 2.RI.1, 2.RI.2, 2.RI.3, 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.6, 2.RI.8

TEKS (Texas Standards) addressed in this set:
2.3BC, 2.4, 2.9B, 2.10, 2.14AB

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Need more spider informational texts? Check them out HERE

Happy Reading!
Stephanie Chambers
The Learning Chambers
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Tarantulas Informational Text: Reading Comprehension Activity

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Description

Are you looking to improve your students' written responses to informational texts? Do your students struggle with writing or identifying the main idea? Do your students need extra practice with comprehension? This tarantula informational reading passage and comprehension questions will be sure to help!

Included are...
1 Text in black and white (Lexile Level 790L - DRA Level 40)
1 Open-ended Question Sheet
1 Running Record Recording Sheet
1 Note Taking Sheet
2 Graphic Organizers

Your students are sure to get extra practice proving their answer using evidence from the text. They will also get extra practice writing in complete sentences.

Common Core Standards addressed in this set:
2.RL.1, 2.RL.2, 2.RL.3, 2.RL.5, 2.RL.6, 2.RI.1, 2.RI.2, 2.RI.3, 2.RI.4, 2.RI.5, 2.RI.6, 2.RI.8

TEKS (Texas Standards) addressed in this set:
2.3BC, 2.4, 2.9B, 2.10, 2.14AB

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Need more spider informational texts? Check them out HERE

Happy Reading!
Stephanie Chambers
The Learning Chambers
Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 4.84 out of 5, based on 64 reviews
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Great information
Rated 5 out of 5
January 21, 2026
Met expectations
Would purchase more
I used this in a class on creepy creatures of the night and my students enjoyed the text
Jessika Easterling
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27 reviews • Texas
Grades taught: K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
tarantulas
Rated 5 out of 5
December 11, 2025
great resource! used along with a bug research report project~!
Jennifer McGowan
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142 reviews • New York
Grades taught: 2nd, 3rd
Rated 4 out of 5
June 17, 2025
This product worked great for my 3rd grade class! My students enjoyed using it and stayed engaged throughout. It was a fun and effective addition to our lessons.
Nancy V.
39 reviews
Grades taught: 3rd
Rated 5 out of 5
January 12, 2025
A great resource w/visual to introduce younger students to tarantulas!
Mandela D.
258 reviews
Rated 5 out of 5
June 12, 2024
My students loved this unit on tarantulas. Very interesting for them.
Alexa B.
156 reviews
Grades taught: 3rd
Student populations: Learning difficulties
Rated 5 out of 5
June 4, 2024
My students love it! It was easy to use in the classroom.
Olmedo
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750 reviews
Grades taught: 2nd
Student populations: Emerging bilinguals
Rated 5 out of 5
January 4, 2024
Used with students who were having difficulty with main idea. Very helpful.
Laura M.
205 reviews
Grades taught: 4th
Rated 4 out of 5
December 29, 2023
Used this as an extra, sponge activity with my students at Halloween time.
Deirdra D.
766 reviews
Grades taught: 9th

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