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Two Texts About Spiders

Read two original texts about how spiders catch food, then compare and contrast their main ideas and key details.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.3.9

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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students state the main idea of each of two texts on the same topic.
  • Students compare and contrast key details from two texts about spiders.
  • Students decide which facts appear in one text only and which appear in both.

How to use

Have students read both texts before answering. Then talk about what is the same and what is different in the two texts before they write their own comparison.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.3.9

Compare and contrast the most important points and key details in two texts on the same topic.

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Two Texts About Spiders

Compare two texts on the same topic.

Read both texts

Text A: Spiders That Build Webs

1Many spiders are web builders. A web builder makes silk inside its body and pulls it out through small parts called spinnerets. Then it uses the silk to spin a web made of many thin lines. Some webs look like big round wheels.

2A web is a trap for food. A web builder often waits on or near its web. A flying insect bumps into the web and gets stuck on the sticky silk. The spider feels the web shake, and it hurries over to wrap its meal in more silk. Most web builders eat insects such as flies. Like every spider, a web builder has eight legs.

Text B: Spiders That Hunt

1Not every spider builds a web. Some spiders are hunters. They look for food instead of waiting for it to get stuck. A hunter has to find its food itself. A wolf spider runs across the ground to catch an insect. A jumping spider leaps onto its meal.

2Hunters need sharp eyes. A jumping spider has big eyes at the front of its head, and it sees very well. It watches an insect carefully and then jumps. Hunting spiders do make silk, but they do not use it to trap food. A wolf spider spins silk into a small case for its eggs.

3Most hunters eat insects such as flies and crickets. A hunting spider has eight legs, too.

Understand each text

Answer questions about one text at a time.

1.
What is the main idea of Text A?
  • A. Wolf spiders run across the ground to catch insects.
  • B. Many spiders build webs to trap their food.
  • C. Spiders have eight legs, and many eat insects.
  • D. Some webs look like big round wheels.
2.
What is the main idea of Text B?
  • A. Jumping spiders have big eyes at the front of the head.
  • B. Spiders spin silk into small cases for their eggs.
  • C. Some spiders hunt for food instead of using webs.
  • D. Crickets and flies are the favorite foods of spiders.
3.
Read Text B, paragraph 1. Write the word that tells how a wolf spider moves across the ground.

A wolf spider   across the ground to catch an insect.

4.
Read Text A, paragraph 2. Underline the sentence that tells what the spider does when it feels the web shake.

A web is a trap for food.A flying insect bumps into the web and gets stuck on the sticky silk.The spider feels the web shake, and it hurries over to wrap its meal in more silk.Most web builders eat insects such as flies.Like every spider, a web builder has eight legs.

Compare the texts

Think about how Text A and Text B are alike and different.

5.
Sort each fact. Is it in Text A only, Text B only, or both texts?
Insects get stuck in sticky silk.Wolf spiders make a silk case for their eggs.The spiders have eight legs.Jumping spiders see very well.Some webs look like big round wheels.Most of the spiders eat insects.
Text A onlyText B onlyBoth texts
6.
Which sentence tells how the two texts are different?
  • A. Text A is about spiders that eat insects, and Text B is about spiders that eat plants.
  • B. Text A is about spiders with eight legs, and Text B is about spiders with six legs.
  • C. Text A is about spiders that make silk, and Text B is about spiders that cannot.
  • D. Text A is about spiders that use webs, and Text B is about spiders that hunt.
7.
Which sentence tells how the two texts are alike?
  • A. Both texts tell about spiders that spin webs to trap food.
  • B. Both texts tell about spiders that leap onto their food.
  • C. Both texts tell about spiders that eat insects.
  • D. Both texts tell about spiders that carry eggs in silk cases.
8.
Both texts talk about silk. How do the texts show different ways that spiders use it?
  • A. Web builders use silk to trap food, but hunters use it for other jobs.
  • B. Web builders use silk to trap food, and hunters use silk to trap food too.
  • C. Hunters use silk to trap their food, but web builders use it for eggs.
  • D. Web builders make silk inside their bodies, but hunters cannot make silk.
9.
Use the word bank to finish the sentences. Two words will not be used.
Word bank: ground · wings · web · eight · six

Web builders catch their food in a  . Wolf spiders chase their food across the  . The spiders in both texts have   legs.

10.
Write one way Text A and Text B are alike and one way they are different.

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