The Life and Times of the Ant

The Life and times of the Ant

by Charles Micucci

Essential Question: How do living things each have an important role in the world?

Genesis 1:21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Even extremely small creatures, such as ants live remarkable complex lives. We'll explore facts about ants in the informational text The Life and Times of the Ant. Students will explore the question "How doliving thinkgs each have an important role in the world?" Studnets will also read about two animals that help each other in creative way in the fable The Dove and the Ant.

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turkey

lonely 

colony 

steady

hungry

valley

hockey

starry

melody

movie

duty

drowsy

chimney

plenty

daily

alley

fifty

empty

injury

prairie

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social

exchanges

excess

reinforce

storage

transport

chamber

scarce

obstacles

transfers

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