The Life and Times of the Ant

LindaC/Callison/2012

Other books byCharles Micucci

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1. Read the definition2. Look at the picture3. Try to guess the word4. Click to see the word

Note to Teachers: Treasures recommends you use the DEA (Define/Example/Ask) Routine to introduce vocabulary. This power point does not use this routine and is meant to be used after students have been introduced to vocabulary words.

vitamins and minerals needed for life

nutrients

an exchange of information

communication

times before recorded history

prehistoric

works at finding out about something

investigates

alone, by itself, or without

solitary

other people

the area where an animallives

territory

These are vicuña, whose territory is the high alpine area of the South American Andes.

High Interest Words

These are words in the story you may not have seen before.

social

living as part of a com-munity or colony, rather than alone

to send or give out something

emit

the rear part of an insect

abdomen

a scientist who studies ants

myrmecologist

investigatessolitaryterritorycommunicationnutrientsprehistoric

High InterestWordssocialemitabdomenmyrmecologist

investigatessolitaryterritorycommunicationnutrientsprehistoric

High InterestWordssocialemitabdomenmyrmecologist