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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
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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.