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The Amazing Ant
Students explain that ants are an important element of nature's balance. Ants eat many insects and are food to other animals. They watch a video and conduct hands-on activities that give them an excellent overview of the ants role in...
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Ant City
Students develop an ant colony that adults and children can visit. Students create different areas including places where tourists can view live ants, play ant games, research facts about ants, and create ant art. Students serve as...
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The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students observe ants doing some tasks by making them a temporary indoor home.
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Ant Writing
Students become effective writers. They need to practice strategies for working through the writing process. By presenting the students with a creative problem, they must choose a position and support it accordingly.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Icky Bug Colors (Pallotta)
Get to know the bugs around us with emerging readers who use Jerry Pallotta's informative book Icky Bug Colors to learn vocabulary in context. Address terms before reading the text aloud, preparing kids to listen for them later. Here,...
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Cupcake Carry-out Coloring Page
In this coloring page worksheet, students examine a drawing of a colony of ants cooperating to carry off a large cupcake. Students color the picture.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
In these subject and verb agreement worksheets, learners read the sentences and use the correct present tense form of the infinitive to complete each sentence. Students practice subject and verb agreement to complete the sentences.
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The Pledge of News
Students explore the fundamentals of news-gathering, the etiquette of reporting, and the rights a news writer/reporter has. They review the parts of a news story and write an article discussing their beliefs about the Pledge iof Allegiance.
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Thanksgiving Vocabulary
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students read 10 words in a word bank that pertain to the Thanksgiving holiday. Students match these words with their meanings.
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'Don't Let the Bugs Bite' Word Search
For this bugs word search worksheet, students locate and identify 25 insect-related words within the word search puzzle.
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Honey Bee Communication
Students participate in a role play to show how honey bees communicate with one another. In this honey bee lesson, students learn that honey bees communicate with dance. Students create the honey bee environment and role play the dances...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Icky Bug Colors
Pupils explore the story Icky Bug Colors. In this language arts activity, students listen to the story and discuss the vocabulary words. Pupils discuss the word meanings and use them in a sentence.
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Embedded Clauses
In this embedded clauses worksheet, students respond to 17 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to write and punctuate embedded clauses in sentences.
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Termite Biology
Learners explore the physical characteristics, distribution and habitat of termites. The lesson focuses on the termite as a social creature contrary to most other insects.