Feelin' a Little Antsy ~ Perfect Picture Book Friday

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My choice for this week's Perfect Picture Book Friday is a National Geographic KIDS book called Ants by Melissa Stewart.

https://amzn.to/2CEtM81

Publisher: Scholastic, 2010
Genre: Non-Fiction, Early Reader, Ants
Intended Audience: Ages 5 to 10

Synopsis: This book is jam-packed full of interesting facts about ants, along with some big, bright pictures.

Opening Lines: Do you know how many ants live in the world? More than 10,000,000,000,000,000. That's a lot of ants!

Why I Like This Book: I read this book to my class yesterday and EVERYONE thought it was really cool. It ties in nicely with our writing unit on "All About" books. The large photographs and illustrations dominate each page so that visually it's very appealing and easy to follow. There are lots of labels, text inserts and zoom-in images. The text itself can be read by a competent Grade 1 reader. It also has some attention-grabbing sections, i.e., "The Ant Man" and "Superhero Ants". When we read the section on worker ants, the kids were amazed to learn that all the workers are females!

Here are some great resources for you:



Click this image to learn how to draw cartoon ants.



DLTK's has the directions for this cute egg carton craft.




You could buy one of those cool looking ant farms from Scholastic OR you could click on this image and learn how to make your own ant farm.


https://amzn.to/2RfYFbd

This is a great fictional text to go along with your ant studies.



Enjoy your long weekend, my fellow Canadians!



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17 comments

  1. Barbara17 May 2013 at 19:41

    Any reason to pull out Hey, Little Ant and dust it off is good enough for me. One of my all-time faves. What fun ANT activities you compiled!

    EnJOY your long weekend,

    Barbara

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    1. Barbara18 May 2013 at 03:13

      Hey thanks, Barbara. It was fun looking for all the ant-tivities!

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  2. Sarah Paul17 May 2013 at 20:51

    SUch a great post Barb! THose are such great ideas and look like so much fun. I totally want to make my own ant farm now. I've never read Hey Little Ant but it looks adorable. I love those National Geographic Kids books. My students love those too!

    Sarah
    Sarah's First Grade Snippets

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    1. Barbara18 May 2013 at 03:13

      Thanks Sarah. NG books are always pretty good. I need to buy more:)

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  3. Sandi 17 May 2013 at 21:05

    I have a few of the National Geographic KIDS books - all are excellent. We also love Hey Little Ant. Enjoy the long week end.

    sandi
    rubberboots and elf shoes

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    1. Barbara18 May 2013 at 03:14

      Thanks! You too. I started it off with an 18k run. I'm pooped:)

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  4. Joanna18 May 2013 at 02:13

    Melissa Stewart is such a fabulous non fiction writer - I know I would find this fascinating. Cool choice.

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  5. Lori18 May 2013 at 08:20

    Lots of great ant ideas! Kids love National Geographic and it is so good for informational text. Thanks for all the ideas!
    Lori
    Conversations in Literacy

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    1. Barbara20 May 2013 at 23:19

      You're welcome, Lori. I agree about NG's awesome books.

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  6. Anonymous18 May 2013 at 17:33

    Interesting book. Great for kids study. Thanks, Barbara!

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  7. Anonymous18 May 2013 at 20:16

    Who woulda thought that ants could be so fun! Thanks for the good activities!!

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    1. Barbara20 May 2013 at 23:20

      Thanks for stopping by, Patient Dreamer and Rhythm:)

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  8. Kimberley Moran19 May 2013 at 17:43

    I love those Nat'l Geo books. My first graders always got so much out of them.

    Kimberley
    First in Maine

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  9. Anonymous20 May 2013 at 11:48

    I am on the way to the library with ants in my antsy pants to find this book! It sounds so interesting! Love the cover. And, as always, you have great activities for kiddos.

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    1. Barbara20 May 2013 at 23:20

      Aw thanks, Penny. That's kind of you to say.

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