The Amazing Ant

Explore anthills, bat and bird baseball, and the world of safety with these three Houghton-Mifflin stories ("Officer Buckle and Gloria," "ANTS," and "The Great Ball Game"). Your 2nd grade ELD learners will enjoy the lively animals in the...

Students complete a unit on insects and spiders. They explore various websites, identify and label spider and insect body parts, compare/contrast spiders and insects, identify five butterfly or moth species found in their state, and...

Arthropods are the stars of a fine science lesson. Learners look at the diversity, characteristics, adaptations, and important roles that these insects play in the Sonoran Desert environment. A terrific document called "Amazing...

For kids who have already mastered the basic concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on amazing animals, here's a packet of enrichment activities sure to provide food for fertile minds. 

Students complete a unit on the differences between a spider and an insect. They conduct Internet research, create a spider and write a story about it, draw a spider web, make honeybee fingerprints, describe an ant colony, and create a...

This resource is comprised of four different reading assignments, a board game, and a collection of worksheets about energy. You will need to peruse the individual handouts to see which apply to your curriculum and specific grade level,...

To be used with the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on amazing animals, the exercises and activities in the 30-page packet are designed for those learners who require extra support to master the concepts in the unit.

This packet, the second in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on amazing animals, contains exercises and activities designed for the ESL/ELD classroom.

Gain access to the lives of ants with this twenty-page, beautifully-illustrated interactive book. Discover the unique behaviors of different types of ants, such as the leafcutter, army, honeypot, or door keeper ants. Conclude by being...

Students list the number of legs, body segments, and antennae of an insect, in particular, an ant, and explain verbally why ants' legs and antennae are important. Students complete instructional activity by creating their own ant with...