Exploding Ants

1. Exploding Ants Day 2

2. Concept talk How do animals adapt to survive?

3. Partner Share • Why are adaptations a necessary part of an animal’s defense? • Discuss how animals can be both predators and prey, or food. • Why do animals sometimes assume fearsome shapes or attitudes.

4. Amazing Words • Mimicry- a process animals go through to resemble an animal or a plant • The chameleon uses mimicry to make itself look like a leaf. • Camouflage- a disguise in appearance or behavior designed to protect an animal by helping it blend with its surroundings • Camouflage helps protect an animal from harm.

5. Animal Mimicry • Let’s look at how animals mimic other animals to protect themselves from predators. • Animal mimicry • animal defense

6. Animal Mimicry • Discuss with your neighbor the methods of mimicry and camouflage you saw the animals use. • What did you learn about animal defenses?

7. Camouflage • Animals sometimes use camouflage to help protect them from predators or to help them sneak up on their prey. • 25 amazing camouflaged animals

8. Word Analysis Suffixes change the meaning of the word when added to the word --ize Means to make or become. Can be added to nouns and adjectives to form verbs. Critic-criticize Fantasy-fantasize Harmony- ?

9. Literary Terms • We are going to need our books now. • 1-5 • 6-10 • 11-15 • 16-20 • 21-26

10. Metaphor Metaphors are figurative language that goes beyond the literal, or everyday meanings of words. It makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things that are actually alike in at least one way without using like or as

11. Metaphors • That girl is a hot mess. • My sister has to bear the responsibility for this. • Spill the beans • Give someone a hand. • They were eaten up with hatred. • Let’s read p. 100 read this story “The Art of Mimicy”

12. Vocabulary • Critical- necessary • It is critical to eat every day. • Enables- makes it possible for • Studying for the test enables me to get a good grade. Teach your partner these words.

13. Vocabulary • Scarce- not plentiful • Owls are scare in my neighborhood. • Specialize- adapt to an environment • Polar bears specialize in hunting seals. • Teach your partner these words.

14. Vocabulary • Sterile- clean • He kept the bandage sterile before he put it on the wound. • Mucus- thick substance made in the body • This cold has my chest filled with mucus. Teach your partner these words.

15. Synonyms • Synonyms-words that have the same meaning as another word. • When you come to a word you don’t know what it means, you can look for context clues in the sentence, including synonyms • In fact, their small size enables them to adapt quickly. • Enable—allow and permit are synonyms

16. Synonyms • Let’s try our luck: • Synonym Toast

17. Possessive Pronouns • It’s a shame that the owl broke its wing. • It’s is a contraction • The contraction it’s is never used to show possession.

18. Daily Fix it Lets take a look at our Daily Fix it

19. Writing • Persuasive writing; • Introductory paragraph-your position • Each paragraph should focus on your evidence • Describe and then prove the opposing views key points wrong • Restate and reinforce the thesis and supporting evidence

20. Writing • Your topic is: • Kids should be able to vote.