Here are some ideas of activities for you to expand Charlotte's Web within your classroom. If you have additional ideas, please send them to Jennifer. You will be given full credit for any idea.

Make sure you visit
http://www.walden.com/web/teach/charlotte#
for lots of great ideas, coloring pages,
and also "YOU customize" worksheets

For those of you at Faith-based schools,
please check out
http://www.charlotteswebresources.com/
for some great ways to integrate biblical truths
found in Charlotte's Web.

Harper Collins has put together an
Activity Packet with a word search, fill
in the blank, trivia, and "what am I" worksheets.

Enjoy a PowerPoint Game Show based on
Charlotte's Web
Created by Jennifer Wagner

Several participating classes joined in the SIMULTANEOUS
reading of a portion of Charlotte's Web to
help Walden Media break a World's Record
 Total Count: 586
Click HERE to hear Northwood Elementary, NY read!

Play Charlotte's Web at Shockwave.com
Download necessary but its TERRIFIC!

Activity 1:
Create a chapter by chapter vocabulary listing and also use writing prompts to expand your students' understanding of this book.
Charlotte's Web Vocabulary & Writing Prompts
Activity 2:
Create an acrostic poem Wilbur style!
http://www.abcteach.com/ebwhite/poem.htm
Activity 3:
Create piglet booklet with your younger elementary students to journal their thoughts of the book.
http://www.abcteach.com/ebwhite/shaplines.htm
Activity 4:
Use the worksheet provided by ABC to work with your students on "Who Am I" character review.
http://www.abcteach.com/free/b/
book_charlottesweb_whoami.pdf
Activity 5:
Download the SPIDERWEB template and have your students create their own personality web by choosing one trait they believe is a strength. Use yarn and glitter to make the web sparkle.
Activity 6:
Create an ABC listing of Charlotte's Web with either KidPix, PowerPoint/Keynote, scanned pictures with iMovie, etc. (Example: A is for Avery, B is for barn, C is for Charlotte)
Click HERE to view Mrs. Taverna's Second Grade show
Activity 7:
Extend the story by creating stories about Joy, Aranea, & Nellie and their life in the barn with Wilbur.
Activity 8:
Use the Kidspriation Template to create an adjective character study on Fern, Wilbur, Templeton, and Charlotte.
Activity 9:
Create a podcast by using the Reader's Theater scripts you can find at
http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/alta/dfuller/
charlotte/play.html
You can upload your podcast to www.podomatic.com
Activity 10:
Create a birth announcement for Wilbur or for Joy, Aranea, & Nellie using Print Shop or any desktop publishing program.
Activity 11:
Print out a Charlotte's Web Jigsaw puzzle for your students.
Activity 12:
Have your students journal how people reacted to reading words in Charlotte's Web. (Example: Lurvy and Mr. Zuckerman trembled) Then have your students speculate on different reactions they might have to an ordinary everyday experience becoming extraordinary.
Activity 13:
Adjective Search Worksheet. Assign differerent pages to students and have them conduct an ADJECTIVE search and write them down.
Activity 14:
Do you know the characters in Charlotte's Web? Play hangman to find out.
Activity 15:
Create a newspaper about the events in each chapter in the book. Display the newspaper articles on your bulletin board.
Download template here.
Activity 16:
Write the words "Zuckerman's Famous Pig" on your white board and let your students find as many words as they can. Worksheet provided.
And an additional worksheet created by Donna Kielty.
Activity 17:
Bloom's Levels of Learning Worksheet -- Chapter Questions
Activity 18:
Visit this site: Just One More Book to listen to a variety of book reviews. Then create your own class podcast book review of Charlotte's Web.
Activity 19:
Expand the spider information in your classroom and visit this link about Spiders. Create a powerpoint, movie, wiki, or more about your new knowledge of spiders. Use this KWL worksheet.
Activity 20:
Join our Skypecast on December 13th at 9am PST as we help Walden Media break the World Record for simultaneous reading of a book. You can find out more by clicking HERE for the Walden information or email me for Skype Information.
Activity 21:
For your gifted students, please check out
http://help4teachers.com/CharlottesWeb.htm
(link sent by Marci McGowan)
Activity 22:
Coordinate Math Game Activity. PDF grid, markers, instructions, and recording sheet. (created by Donna Kielty)
 
Extra Ideas
Walden media has put together a
16 page teacher guide filled with many good ideas for your classroom.
Teacher Created Materials has available a literature unit on Charlotte's Web. ISBN # 1-55734-435-3
Donna Fuller, a 3rd grade teacher, has put together a wonderful resouce for you to use.
52 ideas of how to expand Charlotte's Web within your class.
Weaving Charlotte's Web -- a literature unit