HEY LITTLE ANT activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas

This HEY LITTLE ANT Activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages.  Following an interactive read-aloud of the picture book, HEY LITTLE ANT by Phillip M. Hoose, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills. We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book!   THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH:   ◼️READING STRATEGIES ☐ POINT OF VIEW ☐ MAKING PREDICTIONS ☐ AUTHOR’S PURPOSE ◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ ANTONYMS  ☐ CONTRACTIONS ◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ PERSPECTIVE-TAKING ☐ MAKING GOOD CHOICES   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: Hey, Little Ant tells the story of a boy who finds an ant and wants to squish it, and an ant who doesn’t want to be sq