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

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

3. 1.Read the definition 2.Look at the picture 3.Try to guess the word 4.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.

4. vitamins and minerals needed for life nutrients

5. an exchange of information communication

6. times before recorded history prehistoric

7. works at finding out about something investigates

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

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

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

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

12. to send or give out something emit

13. the rear part of an insect abdomen

14. a scientist who studies ants myrmecologist

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

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