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2 1, 2, 3, 4 being a spider s super cool! 5, 6, 7, 8 having eight legs sure is great! 1

3 2 Eight legs are great to lead a cheer

4 and ride a little bike! 3

5 4 Eight legs are great to run a race

6 and take a teeny hike! 5

7 6 Eight legs are great to jump a rope

8 and balance on a gate! 7

9 8 Eight legs are great to swing and swing

10 and, then, to roller-skate! 9

11 10 Eight legs are great to jitterbug

12 and creep across a pie! 11

13 12 Eight legs are great to weave a web I made mine really high!

14 1, 2, 3, 4 being a spider s super cool! 5, 6, 7, 8 having eight legs sure is great! 13

15 Can you find... eight birds, eight butterflies, eight little eggs, and eight friendly spiders, each with eight legs? Number Tales: Eight Legs Are Great Scholastic Teaching Resources 14

16 What other sets of eight do you see? Number Tales: Eight Legs Are Great Scholastic Teaching Resources 15

17 8 Hooray for Eight! Let s clap eight times and touch the ground. Let s jump eight times and spin around. Let s stomp eight times and cheer and shout for a wonderful number we can t live without: EIGHT! Number Tales: Eight Legs Are Great Scholastic Teaching Resources 16

18 Reading Tips 8 Here are some engaging ways to use this book to help children build important early math skills. Number Tales: Eight Legs Are Great Scholastic Teaching Resources Before Reading: 4 Create a sense of excitement by using a wet sponge to write the numeral 8 on a chalkboard. Can children guess what you ve written before it disappears? 4 Invite each of the children to trace the numeral 8 in the air and to hold up eight fingers. 4 Display the book s cover. Ask children to identify the numeral 8 in the top right corner. What do they see eight of? (eight legs) Then ask kids to use picture clues to predict what might happen in the story. During Reading: 4 Read the story straight through with gusto. This will give kids an opportunity to enjoy its whimsical plot and rollicking rhyme. 4 Read the story a second time. Invite children to explore the illustrations and to count the spider s eight legs. Does she ever use some of her eight legs as arms? 4 Read the story a third time. Call attention to moments when the word eight appears in the text. If you like, encourage kids to clap eight times whenever they hear the word. After Reading: 4 Display the Can You Find? picture on pages Challenge children to locate and count the requested items as well as other sets of eight (including eight tomatoes, eight yellow tulips, eight ladybugs, and eight snails). 4 Read Eight Cheer on page 16 several times, encouraging children to chime in and enthusiastically perform the designated movements including eight claps, eight jumps, and eight stomps. 4 To reinforce number sense, give each of the children a set of manipulatives such as dried beans, snap beads, or plastic teddy bear counters. Challenge kids to organize them into groups of eight. For added fun, work together to make a Eight Collage in which you clip sets of eight items from magazines (such as pictures of eight bugs, eight cherries, eight cars), then affix them to posterboard and display.

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19 No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY Written by Liza Charlesworth Illustrated by Jackie Snider Designed by Maria Lilja ISBN: Copyright 2005 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. Printed in the U.S.A

Ten fingers can do many things! They can touch and clap and wave. They can dress in fancy rings. 1

Ten fingers can do many things! They can touch and clap and wave. They can dress in fancy rings. 1 do many things! They can touch and clap and wave. They can dress in fancy rings. 1 2 catch a giant ball. hug a favorite doll. 3 4 button, snap, and zip. launch a sailing ship. 5 6 put on puppet shows.