Leaf Cutter Ant Informational Article and and Comprehension Activities
$3.00
This Leaf Cutter Ant Informational Article and Comprehension Activities includes an article about the leaf cutter ant in two formats, website resources for online articles and videos about the ants, a fact sort sheet where students can sort facts about the leaf cutter ant, a variety of note-taking sheets, comprehension activities, and mini-report pages.
This Leaf Cutter Ant Informational Article and Comprehension Activities includes an article about the leaf cutter ant in two formats (two-page color photos & one-page text), website resources for online articles and videos about the ants, a fact sort sheet where students can sort facts about the leaf cutter ant, a variety of note-taking sheets, comprehension activities, and mini-report pages.
Use these articles as a resource when researching and writing about animals. Read the article, look at a variety of web sites, and watch a couple of videos to gather all our facts about the animal. Once students have the facts, sort the facts into categories and then write a research report.
This article works well with my Informational Writing Tools packet that scaffolds expository or informational writing about animals from researching facts to writing paragraphs.
Included in this Leaf Cutter Ant resource are:
- Vocabulary Cards with key terms from the reading passage
- Informational Article in two formats (with and without photos)
- Websites for additional research: QR Codes & Google Site
- Graphic Organizers for note-taking
- Comprehension Activities such as short answer and cloze reading
- Fact Sort for students can organize the facts
- Summary Page
- Writing Pages for a mini-report
Some videos are on YouTube. Make sure you can access YouTube at school.
Also available is a Rainforest Animals BUNDLE that includes anaconda, capybara, leafcutter ant, sloth, jaguar, lemur, macaw, Morpho butterfly, red-eyed tree frog, poison dart frog, piranha, and toucan. Purchasing the BUNDLE will save you from purchasing each animal individually.
The videos are on YouTube, so be sure you can access them at school.
Allison S. –
My students used this resource for research on an animal that appeared in the book "The Great Kapok Tree". This resource helped answer the needed questions.
SELENA M. –
My students loved this resource. They were engaged and collaborative while learning.
Nicollette Sharp –
Easy to use and follow along. Students were definitely engaged!
Angel Johnson –
We used the Leaf Cutter Ant reading passage and activities as an at home family activity and it was great!!! The families learned new vocabulary terms and worked together, it was GREAT!!!!
Robin's Nest –
Totally awesome! My kids learned so much using this product!