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B12 Hood River News, Wednesday, July 8, 2015 G ATHERINGS J ULY 3 AND 4 Independence Day, and Inde- pendence Eve, both bring peo- ple together in a variety of ways. At right, firefighter Michelle Beaman (center in blue shirt) greets the next group in a long line of diners at the Hood River Fire Department barbecue at the community July 4 celebration at Jackson Park. Most people ate their picnics or listened to music in the shade on the park periph- ery but the heat did not deter three young dancers from mov- ing to the sound of the Hood River band Willie and Nelson. Below: Luke MacMillan, 23, and his mother, Debbie Dobbs, of Hood River, listen during the Radio Tierra 95.1-FM live broad- cast from Bingen Theater; MacMillan and Dobbs both read poems by William Stafford as part of the “Independence Eve” broadcast. Photos by Kirby Neumann-Rea © 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 31, No. 30 Your mission is to combat the Evil Power Master who has reportedly allied with the Ant People. Are your missing group members playing a prank, or have the Ant People taken them prisoner? Unscramble the title of this book. Then, check it out at your local library this summer! Ask a friend to give you each type of word. Fill in the blanks and read the story aloud for some silly fun. Ambrose Ant Unlike most ants, Ambrose Ant had a terrible sense of direction. Instead of following the trail to picnics, he often wound up in _____________. All the ants By Nellie Fly ost ants build their homes or . nests underground d They dig tunnels an t rooms. The extra dir d is carried outside an the forms a hill around entrance. following him would have to een room where the qu lays eggs. A team of r worker ants cares fo the queen, her ant s. larva and the cocoon nt nests also have special rooms to ry store food, a nurse and ts an g un yo r fo sts Underground ant ne ent resting rooms for contain many differ t worker ants. rooms with differen a functions. There is Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Read age-appropriate text in a variety of genres. lick rainforest When an ant finds a large piece of food, it returns to the nest and enlists other worker ants to help carry the food. On the way back to the nest, the ant leaves a trail of odors as landmarks, so that it can find its way back to the food. nest pieces compost Oops! Leafcutter ants removed some words from this article. Draw a line to where each word belongs. cutting feed grow don ’t Leafcutter ants live in the and collect leaves by first them into small pieces using their sharp, pointed jaws. They carry the back to their nest, holding them high above their heads. Surprisingly, they eat the leaves. Instead, they use them to food! Back at the , smaller worker ants the leaves clean and cut them into tiny pieces. These are then chewed up and made into miniature heaps to grow the fungus on which they . Standards Link: Life Science: Living organisms have distinct structures and body systems that serve special functions in growth, survival and reproduction. QUEEN REST AREA NURSERY FOOD STORAGE Jobs We Share Workers in ant colonies have a variety of different jobs. Many of these are similar to jobs people have. Look through the newspaper to find people that do the following ant colony jobs: • childcare • security • communications • armed forces • earth movers • engineers • flood control Standards Link: Life Skills: Students study different life choices and the skills required. COCOONS LARVA LEAVES WORKERS FUNGUS COLONY NURSERY STORE TRAIL LANDMARKS ODORS COMPOST ARMED FACTS Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities. S Y R E S R U N C S A R S R E K R O W K S R O B C O C L C R L U M D E O O O O A E A G E O R L N M M A Y R N D D O W P D ________ through __________ bowls of ________________. The Queen of the ants became very __________. She declared that Ambrose could never leave the ____________ anthill. Unfortunately, on his way to the food storeroom, Ambrose took a wrong turn, went through a _____________ tunnel, and ended up in V E S V U L N T O N ________________. He lives S L I A R T E R T L going for a __________, E S T C A F Y L S A Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. there today, where he enjoys munching on _____________, and working as a tour guide. All the ________ bugs agree Planet of the Ants According to the National Pest Management Association, the world harbors 12,000 species of ants. Look through the newspaper and find four or more numbers that add up to exactly 12,000. Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate sums to 12,000. Ant Vacation Imagine the ants are going on vacation. Where will they go? What will they do? What will they pack? that the _________ thing about one of Ambrose’s tours is that they’re always a surprise—you never know WHERE you’ll go! Standards Link: Grammar: Identify nouns, verbs, adjectives and interjections in reading. Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word ANTS in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you.
