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    Spiders produce silk from special glands and use their legs to spin different types of webs that serve various purposes. Some spiders have sticky silk to catch prey in their webs, while others use softer silk to make protective homes or travel lines. Not all spiders spin webs, as some like the brown recluse hunt directly instead. Spiders' webs demonstrate the diverse uses of their amazing silk-producing ability.

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    Spiders produce silk from special glands and use their legs to spin different types of webs that serve various purposes. Some spiders have sticky silk to catch prey in their webs, while others use softer silk to make protective homes or travel lines. Not all spiders spin webs, as some like the brown recluse hunt directly instead. Spiders' webs demonstrate the diverse uses of their amazing silk-producing ability.

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    Spiders produce silk from special glands and use their legs to spin different types of webs that serve various purposes. Some spiders have sticky silk to catch prey in their webs, while others use softer silk to make protective homes or travel lines. Not all spiders spin webs, as some like the brown recluse hunt directly instead. Spiders' webs demonstrate the diverse uses of their amazing silk-producing ability.

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    The Spider’s Web

    Have you ever walked into a sticky spider’s


    web? It might have clung to your face, hair, or
    arms. Perhaps it took a lot of brushing and
    picking to get yourself free from it. But what is a
    spider’s web? How is it made? Why is it made?

    Finding a spider’s web can be an easy way


    to determine whether a spider lives nearby. It
    isn’t always the surest way, though. While it’s
    true that a spider’s web can be used as the
    spider’s home, it might also be used in other
    ways. This means the spider who spun it might
    be long gone. That spider’s web you walked through might not indicate that a
    spider is nearby at all!

    Spiders make webs from special glands in their bodies called silk glands.
    These glands produce the silk, and the spider uses its spindly legs to pull out the
    silk. Pulling out the silk is possible because spiders have tiny claws along their
    legs, which allow them to grip it.

    Some spiders have more than one type of silk gland. These spiders might
    have silk that is sticky, like the sticky web you might have walked through. They
    also might have silk that is fuzzy but not sticky, or silk that is soft and stretchy.

    Teaching Resources @ www.tutoringhour.com


    The Spider’s Web
    Spiders use these different types of silk to create different types of webs.
    Sticky webs can be used to catch food, such as other bugs or insects. The sticky
    silk traps the food so it can’t escape. Spiders must tread carefully to keep from
    sticking to it themselves!

    Another type of silk is used to create a home or a type of protection for the
    spider’s eggs. These types of webs can be found in trees, under leaves, or in the
    corners of houses and porches. These types of webs are usually not sticky, but
    they are soft and feathery.

    Spiders also use webs to travel from place to place. They might string out a
    stretchy, silky web on a tree branch and use it to climb down to the ground.

    Not all spiders spin webs. Certain types of spiders, like the brown recluse,
    rarely use webs. They hunt for their food and they don’t live in webs, so they don’t
    often have a reason to make this silky substance.

    The spider’s web is a delicate but amazing and interesting part of nature.

    Teaching Resources @ www.tutoringhour.com


    The Spider’s Web
    1) Read the second paragraph again. Choose which sentence encapsulates its
    main idea.

    a) The spider leaves soon after spinning the web.


    b) Does finding a spider’s web mean there’s a spider living nearby?
    c) Interestingly, a spider’s web can be used in multiple ways.

    2) Which sentence best paraphrases the below sentence?


    Not all spiders spin webs.

    a) No spider spins webs.


    b) There are some spiders that don’t spin webs.
    c) There are some spiders that spin webs.

    3) What does the word “delicate” mean as used in the below sentence?
    The spider’s web is a delicate but amazing and interesting part of nature.

    a) existing for a long time


    b) inspiring children’s curiosity
    c) needing to be treated carefully

    4) How do spiders make webs?

    Teaching Resources @ www.tutoringhour.com


    The Spider’s Web
    5) Name a spider that doesn’t usually spin webs.

    Teaching Resources @ www.tutoringhour.com


    The Spider’s Web Answer Key

    1) Read the second paragraph again. Choose which sentence encapsulates its
    main idea.

    a) The spider leaves soon after spinning the web.


    b) Does finding a spider’s web mean there’s a spider living nearby?
    c) Interestingly, a spider’s web can be used in multiple ways.

    2) Which sentence best paraphrases the below sentence?


    Not all spiders spin webs.

    a) No spider spins webs.


    b) There are some spiders that don’t spin webs.
    c) There are some spiders that spin webs.

    3) What does the word “delicate” mean as used in the below sentence?
    The spider’s web is a delicate but amazing and interesting part of nature.

    a) existing for a long time


    b) inspiring children’s curiosity
    c) needing to be treated carefully

    4) How do spiders make webs?

    The body of a spider contains special glands called silk glands, which

    produce the silk. Using its spindly legs, the spider pulls out the silk. As

    spiders have tiny claws along their legs, pulling out the silk is easy.

    Teaching Resources @ www.tutoringhour.com


    The Spider’s Web Answer Key

    5) Name a spider that doesn’t usually spin webs.

    The brown recluse doesn’t usually spin webs.

    Teaching Resources @ www.tutoringhour.com

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