我们这一周学到了什么？
What Are We Learning This Week?
蜘蛛不属于昆虫，它们属于蛛形纲动物。蜘蛛们有八条腿，它们可以织出小网来，并住在网上。
Spiders are not insects; they are arachnids. They have eight legs and make webs to live in.
本周的问题
This Week’s Big Questions
有关蜘蛛，你都知道些什么呢？跟我讲讲蜘蛛们都会做什么事情呢？
What do you know about spiders? Tell me about some of the things that spiders do?
出门在外
Out on the Town
当你在社区附近散步的时候，留心寻找一下在家或者商店附近、或者屋子外面的蜘蛛。在找到一个小蜘蛛之后，帮助您的孩子仔细观察并描述这只小蜘蛛。
As you walk around in your neighborhood, keep an eye out for spiders near your home or shops, or outdoors. When you find one, help your child examine it and describe it.
我们本周的单词
Show Me! Our Words of the Week
说 / Say It:
蜘蛛 / Spider
解释 / Explain It:
蜘蛛是一种有着八条腿的动物。它们可以织出来网，在网上面生活，并用网来捕捉其它的昆虫，当作食物吃。
A spider is an animal with eight legs that spins webs to live in and catches insects to eat.
说一说 / Talk About It:
蜘蛛和其他昆虫，比如瓢虫，看起来有什么不同呢？
How does this spider look different from an insect, like a ladybug?
说 / Say It:
网 / Web
解释 / Explain It:
网是一种薄薄的、开放的结构，由连接在一起的线组成。
A web is a thin, open structure made of threads that connect to each other at points.
说一说 / Talk About It:
描述这只小蜘蛛的网。
Describe the spider’s web.
说 / Say It:
吐丝器 / Spinneret
解释 / Explain It:
吐丝器是蜘蛛身体上的一部分，蜘蛛通过吐丝器可以吐出来粘粘的丝，有助于它们编织网。
The spinneret is the part of the spider’s body that makes the sticky silk for their webs.
说一说 / Talk About It:
通过吐丝器，蜘蛛们都可以织出来哪些不同形状的网呢？
What are some different shapes of webs that spiders create with their spinnerets?