1. The Life and Times of the Ant LindaC/Callison/2012

2. Other books by Charles Micucci... and many more

3. vitamins and minerals needed for life nutrients

4. Partner Time! THINK of some nutrients that you know about. TELL your partner about some nutrients that you know about.

5. an exchange of information communication

6. Partner Time! THINK of communication you have had with someone. TELL your partner about some communication that you have had.

7. times before recorded history prehistoric

8. Partner Time! THINK of something prehistoric that you know about. TELL your partner about something prehistoric that you know about.

9. works at finding out about something investigates

10. Partner Time! THINK of something that a policeman investigates. TELL your partner about something that a policeman investigates.

11. alone, by itself, or without solitary other people

12. Partner Time! THINK of a solitary time that you have spent. TELL your partner about a solitary time that you have spent.

13. the area where an animal lives territory These are vicuña, whose territory is the high alpine area of the South American Andes.

14. Partner Time! THINK of a territory that you know about. TELL your partner about a territroy that you know about.

15. High Interest Words These are words in the story you may not have seen before.

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

17. to send or give out something emit

18. the rear part of an insect abdomen

19. a scientist who studies ants myrmecologist

20. investigates solitary territory communication nutrients prehistoric High Interest Words social emit abdomen myrmecologist

21. investigates solitary territory communication nutrients prehistoric High Interest Words social emit abdomen myrmecologist