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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