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Las asombrosas hormigasby Elizabeth Dana Jaffe
Fountas-Pinnell Level NInformational TextSelection SummaryAnts live almost everywhere in the world. There are about 12,000 kinds of ants. They live and work together in underground cities called colonies. Every colony has three types of ants: the queen, the drone, and the worker. Each ant does a job to help the entire colony.
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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Informational Text
Text Structure • Five sections with headings, each two to fi ve pagesContent • Characteristics of ants
• Specifi c jobs that each type of ant does• Life within the ant colony
Themes and Ideas • Ants have jobs, just like people.• The world of ants is very complex.• Some animals live and work together in communities.
Language and Literary Features
• Conversational language • Writer talks directly to the reader.
Sentence Complexity • Several sentences with nouns or verbs in series: Tiene dos ojos que perciben los movimientos, y una mandíbula inferior que corta, destruye, cava y carga cosas.
• Several complex sentences, some with an introductory clause: A pesar de que es uno de los animales más pequeños, es uno de los más fuertes.
Vocabulary • Terms specifi c to ants: tórax, abdomen, mandíbula, antenas, colonias, túneles, cámaras, hormiguero, obreras, larvas
Words • Compound words: sobreviva• Many words with three or more syllables• Multi-syllable words that are challenging to take apart or decode: antenas, abdomen,
mandíbula, colonias, obrerasIllustrations • Photographs closely linked to text on each page
• One diagram labeled with body parts of an antBook and Print Features • Thirteen pages of text; fi ve section headings
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Expand Your Vocabulary
antenas – un par de órganos sensoriales móviles y largos sobre la cabeza de los insectos, p. 5
aprovisionadoras – que buscan provisiones, p. 11
cámaras – espacios o compartimentos cerrados, p. 6
colonias – poblaciones de plantas o de animales en lugares particulares que pertenecen a una especie, p. 6
guardería – un lugar donde se cuida a los más pequeños en ausencia de los padres, p. 10
zángano – una hormiga macho que tiene alas, p. 8
Las asombrosas hormigas by Elizabeth Dana Jaffe
Build BackgroundHelp children use their knowledge of ants. Build interest by asking questions such as the following: ¿Qué saben acerca de las hormigas? ¿Dónde han visto hormigas? Read the title and author’s name and talk about the cover photograph. Tell children that this book is informational text, so the words and photos will give factual information about ants and how they live.
Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions:
Page 2: Explain that this is a book of information about ants.Suggested language: Vayan a la página 2. Miren el título de la sección: “Hormigas por todos lados”. Lean el rótulo: A menudo las hormigas buscan comida en un almuerzo de campo, aunque no hayan sido invitadas. ¿Alguna vez viste aparecer hormigas de repente cerca de la comida? Me pregunto cómo saben dónde encontrarla.
Page 4: Have children read the section head and look at the diagram. Read the labels as children point to the body parts. Explain that the antenas are a pair of long, thin parts on the ant’s head that help it to touch, taste, and smell. ¿Cómo creen que las antenas pueden ayudar a una hormiga a tocar o a oler cosas?
Page 6: Have children read the caption and look at the illustration. Explain that ants build underground cities, called ant colonias, and that the rooms in the colonies are called cámaras. ¿Qué están llevando las hormigas a las cámaras de la colonia?
Page 11: Have children look at the photo of three ants working together. Explain that these ants have found food for the colony. ¿Creen que una hormiga puede llevar ese pedazo grande de pan por sí sola? Parece que las hormigas necesitan trabajar en equipo para hallar comida.
Ahora vuelvan al comienzo del libro y lean para descubrir cómo las diferentes hormigas trabajan juntas en las colonias.
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ReadHave children read Las asombrosas hormigas silently while you listen to individual children read. Support their problem solving and fl uency as needed.
Remind children to use the Question Strategy and to think of questions as they read.
Discuss and Revisit the TextPersonal ResponseInvite children to share their personal responses to the book. Suggested language: ¿Qué aprendieron sobre las hormigas que antes no sabían?
Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, help children understand these points:
Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text
• Ants live together in underground cities called colonies.
• Every colony has three types of ants: the queen, the drone, and the worker.
• Each type of ant has its own kind of work to do.
• Different types of ants have different jobs that help the whole colony survive.
• Some animals live and work together in communities.
• Ants go to work everyday at a job, just like many people.
• The photographs show different kinds of ants at work.
• A diagram shows the parts of an ant’s body.
• The author includes lots of details about different kinds of ants and what they do.
• The section headings give a good idea of what information will be covered.
Choices for Further Support• Fluency Invite children to choose a page from the text and demonstrate phrased
fl uent reading. Remind them to use rising and falling tones to show the meaning of the text.
• Comprehension Based on your observations of the children’s reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind children to go back to the text to support their ideas.
• Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Have children take apart and make a full range of plurals, such as hormiga/hormigas, antena/antenas, conectado/conectados, túnel/túneles and guardián/guardianes.
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Writing about ReadingCritical ThinkingHave children complete the questions on Hoja reproducible 6.8.
RespondingHave children complete the activities at the back of the book. Use the instruction below as needed to reinforce or extend understanding of the comprehension skill.
Target Comprehension SkillText and Graphic Features
Target Comprehension Skill Remind children that they can think about how
words work with photos. Model the skill, using a “Think Aloud” like the one below:
Think Aloud
¿Para qué sirven las fotos de este libro? Para completar la tabla de la página 15, tengo que pensar qué muestran. ¿De qué manera la foto de la página 11 me ayuda a entender mejor el texto de esa página? La foto de las hormigas aprovisionadoras muestra cómo las hormigas trabajan juntas para llevar comida. Escribiré eso en la tabla.
Practice the SkillHave children choose two photographs from the book and write two sentences about how each photo helped them better understand the words on that page.
Writing Prompt: Thinking About the TextHave children write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they think about the text, they refl ect back on the text. They notice and evaluate language, genre, literary devices, and how the text is organized.
Assessment Prompts• Which words on page 9 help the reader understand the meaning of the word pupa?
• What is the author’s purpose for writing the section titled Hogares en la tierra?
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Nombre Fecha
Las asombrosas hormigasPensar en el texto
Piensa en las siguientes preguntas. Después, escribe tu respuesta en uno o dos párrafos.
La autora dividió el libro en cinco secciones y le puso un título a cada una. ¿De qué manera eso te ayudó mientras aprendías acerca de las hormigas?¿Crees que alguna de las secciones tendría que haber sido más larga o más corta? ¿Por qué?
