Lesson Plan

Ants Lesson Plan: Middles Edition

Run a real bait experiment, build an observation jar, and think like a colony.

This is the Middles Edition of Ants: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 4-6. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: How does a colony of thousands work together with no one in charge?

The Week

• Mon: Inside the Colony (Reading) • Tue: A Worker's Day (Writing & Words) • Wed: Sugar or Protein? (Science & Math) • Thu: Ant Observation Jar (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Colony Report (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Ants has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 4-6 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Middles (grades 4-6), about 60 to 90 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Sugar or Protein?
• Sequence cards (How a Colony Begins) and a cut-and-sort page (Who Does What?)
• Writing page: A Day in the Life of a Worker
• Hands-on project: Ant Observation Jar
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 5 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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