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Insects: Lesson 5

Fire Ants: Invasion and Control

   
 


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Lesson Plan: View PDF
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Glossary: View PDF
Video Clip: Efforts to Control Fire Ants
News Article:
Mounds of Misery

 

TEKS OBJECTIVES

English Language Arts, Grades 4-5

• Listening/Speaking:
   1A, 1C, 2A, 2D, 4A, 5B, 5F

• Reading/Vocabulary/Word Analysis:
   8C, 9A, 9B, 9E

• Comprehension:
   10A, 10B, 10C, 10E, 10G, 10H, 10L, 11A, 11B, 11C,
   11D, 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 14A

• Inquiry/Research:
   13B, 13C, 13E, 13G, 13H, 21B

• Viewing/Representing:
   23A, 23B, 23C, 24A, 24B

English Language Arts, Grades 6-8

• Listening/Speaking:
   1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2D, 2E, 4A, 5B, 5F

• Reading/Vocabulary/Word Analysis:
   8C, 8D, 9A, 9B, 9E

• Comprehension:
   10A, 10B, 10C, 10E, 10G, 10H, 10L, 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D,
   12A, 12B, 12C, 12I, 14A

• Inquiry/Research:
   13B, 13C, 13E, 13G, 13H

• Viewing/Representing:
  22A, 22B, 23A, 23B

Science, Grade 4
• Scientific Processes:
  3D

• Science Concepts:
  8A


Science, Grade 5
• Scientific Processes:
  3D

• Science Concepts:
  9A, 9B


Science, Grade 6
• Scientific Processes:
  3D

• Science Concepts:
  12C


Science, Grade 7
• Scientific Processes:
  3D

• Science Concepts:
  5A, 10B, 12A, 12C


Science, Grade 8
• Scientific Processes:
  3D

• Science Concepts:
  6C, 11A


TAKS OBJECTIVES

Reading, Grades 4-8:
• Objectives 1, 3, 4


Science, Grade 5:
• Objectives 1, 2


Science, Grade 8:
• Objectives 1, 2


Lesson Objectives:

Learners will:

• answer questions about how fire ants
  interact with the Texas ecosystem
• compare/contrast two types of insects
• demonstrate understanding of
  cause-and-effect relationships
• discuss answers to specific questions
• find synonyms for content vocabulary
• use context clues to figure out unfamiliar vocabulary
• use text features and background knowledge to make
  connections and predictions about a news article
• view video clip to find answers to specific questions

Skills

• comparing and contrasting
• identifying cause-and-effect relationships
• locating information
• making connections
• making predictions
• using context clues


 
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