Choose at least one activity to do each week. Some of the activities are great to do together, others are more individual. Take pictures during the activity and of the finished project. Send the picture of the finished project to your literacy teacher, and submit pictures of the process and the finished project on this link (it will open your email program): submit. We will choose some photos to share in the Project Gallery!

• Chapter III describes Wilbur's new home, but does not give many details about the pig pen. What do you think the pig pen looked like? Use materials you have around the house (sticks, straws, cardboard, foil, tape, etc.) to create your own pig pen.

• Pages 25-26 have a very detailed schedule of Wilbur's daily life. What is YOUR daily schedule like? How does your schedule now, under COVID restrictions, compare to your daily schedule when school was in session? Make two charts, one for now and one for "normal", and compare the two.

• Create a spider web! Here are several websites with suggestions. Use one of these, or come up with your own. Add a plastic spider to any of them for extra fun.

  • Spider Web Art Tutorial The example uses water color paint, but it would work with other media too! Materials: paper, pencil, marker, paint/chalk/crayons/colored pencils.

  • Charlotte's Web Weavings Materials: paper plates, yarn, scissors, tape, markers (optional)

  • Yarn & Stick Spider Webs Materials: yarn, sticks.

  • Window Cling Spider Web Materials: plastic wrap or wax paper, marker, glue, glitter

• On page 55, Charlotte tells Wilbur about the different sections of her legs. Create a model of a spider (in any format) showing the seven leg sections. This will take a bit of research!

• Charlotte's Web was written in 1952. Farm cooking in the 1950s was very different than the way we eat today! As a family, try an old-fashioned farm recipe. Here is one site with suggestions, but there are many more available!

• Transportation has changed a lot since the 1950s! On pages 83-84, the author lists several types of cars that arrived at the Zuckerman farm. How many of these are unfamiliar to you? Make a collage (drawings, cut from magazines, or printed off the internet) of 1950s cars. Which is your favorite, and why?

• Charlotte saves Wilbur by weaving adjectives that describe him into her web. What adjectives describe YOU? Make a spider out of a paper plate. For the eight legs, use eight adjectives that describe you. See what words you can find in magazines and newspapers, as Templeton did for Charlotte. If you don't have those around, write out your own words. See the sample at this link.

• On pages 100-101, Charlotte asks Wilbur to display his Radiant Action. Can you do the actions Charlotte describes? Show us your best running/jumping/spinning action! (Record and upload video)

• The Zuckermans take Wilbur to the County Fair. Have you ever been to Tooele's county fair? Have you competed or exhibited at the fair? Describe your experience or share photos.

• Avery and Fern are sent off to explore the fair on their own. Browse through the Tooele County Fair website. If you went to the fair, what would you choose to see first? Why? Write a description or draw a picture of yourself enjoying the fair.

• Templeton's favorite part of the fair was the food. As a family, try some of the carnival and fair food recipes at allrecipes.com, or find your own recipes. Share photos and descriptions of the process and the food!

• When Wilbur is presented a "special award" (pages 157-158), there is an over-the-top announcement. Write an exaggerated, over-the-top presentation praising your pet, your friend, or your teacher. Share the written version or record yourself reading it as though you were presenting over the loud speaker at the fair.

Escape room!!!