1. Dairying Ants Ant Survival 2-3 Interesting facts or details in your own words: _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ 2-3 Interesting facts or details in your own words: ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ 2-3 Interesting facts or details in your own words: ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Engaging Beginning: Would you like to be a scientists who investigates ants when you grow up? Ants are amazing because they are social insects, there are dairying ants, fungus growers, and they are here to stay. Social Insects: Thesis Statement:

2. Topic Sentence Fact/Detail Engaging Lead TUESDAY: The Life and Times of the Ant: Masters of Earth pages 441-443 Did you ever realize that ants have been working on this planet for over 100 million years! Ants are one of the most important insects on Earth.

3. Topic Sentence Fact/Detail in your own words Engaging Lead TUESDAY: The Life and Times of the Ant: Friends in Low Places Pgs. 443 Did you know that ants are one of the few insects that are social? Ants depend one one another for survival.

4. Topic Sentence Fact/Detail in your own words Engaging Lead TUESDAY: The Life and Times of the Ant: Ant Talk Pg. 444 Have you ever wondered how ants communicate? Ants use these four senses to communicate: smell, sound, touch, and taste.

5. Topic Sentence Fact/Detail in your own words Engaging Lead WEDNESDAY: The Life and Times of the Ant: The Ant Family Pg. 445 What job would you like to have if you were an ant? Every ant has a job in the colony.

6. Topic Sentence FIRST… NEXT… FINALLY… Engaging Lead WEDNESDAY: The Life and Times of the Ant: How an Ant Colony Starts Pg. 445 How does an ant colony even begin? Every ant colony starts with a queen.

7. Topic Sentence Fact/Detail in your own words Engaging Lead WEDNESDAY: The Life and Times of the Ant: Inside an Anthill Pgs. 446-447 Imagine what you’d see if you could enter an anthill! An anthill is a special home that provides a safe habitat for ants to live.

8. Topic Sentence Fact/Detail in your own words Engaging Lead THURSDAY: The Life and Times of the Ant: A Life of Work Pgs. 448-449 Can you imagine being happy with your job without getting to choose it yourself? All ants do their job without ever having to be told what to do by a boss.

9. Topic Sentence Fact/Detail in your own words Engaging Lead THURSDAY: The Life and Times of the Ant: Show Me the Way Pgs. 450-451 How would you want to forage and search for food on a hot day? Ants would! Forager ants search for food.

10. Topic Sentence Long ago in ________… Later in __________... Engaging Lead THURSDAY: The Life and Times of the Ant: Tunneling Through Time Pgs. 452-453 Can you imagine a teeny tiny ant living with gigantic dinosaurs? Ants evolved over 100 million years ago. More recently in __________...