How are ant colonies like communities? How are they good examples of diligence and industriousness?

Find out as you observe ants, and draw conclusions about their behaviors. Learn about an ant’s body structure, the four stages of its life cycle, and ant colonies. Understand how an ecosystem functions, and build a model. Develop writing skills as the child creates a haiku and a persuasive essay. Identify types of sentences, and use possessive nouns. Review addition and subtraction facts to twenty, write addition and subtraction equations, and add two-digit numbers with regrouping. Differentiate between lines and curves, create drawings using line segments and curves, and create symmetrical drawings. Sing a fun song about ants! Read some great literature and discover the trouble with ants.

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Grade levels: 3-4

This is a one-week, 48 page unit.

Student workbook pages are designed to reinforce the daily concepts and are included within the unit.