The Ant and the

Grasshopper
Language Arts, Step 3 Second Term
Indicator 1
Boston International School

OBJECTIVE
Learn the value to plan the future and made goals through
comparisons and fables.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Identify the vocabulary through sentences about animals
and create sentences using comparisons.

BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE

God is our guide

Psalm 37:5
Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him, and he will act.

 Vocabulary: Pronounce and look up the

definition of the words in your book,
afterwards write it in the dictionary

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 Phonics : long Vowel /a/ai,ay

Teacher will have students point to the word
grain on page 193 of the students Edition
and say the word aloud, and have student
repeat.
The letters ai and ay can stand for the /a/
sound. Listen for the sound as I say the
words again grain day-.Repeat after the
teacher.

Students will write sentences on their

notebook
1. A courtyard is an open area with the walls of a building
around it.
2. Farmers plant their crops in the ground in rows.
3. Jon and Billys new tent is a shelter from the sun.
4. Farmers plant their crops in the ground in rows.
5. A festival is a time to celebrate. These women dance at
a festival in Mexico.
6. It is a little past twelve oclock. It could be noon or
midnight.
7. This hourglass uses sand to measure one hour. When
the last grain of sand falls, one hour has passed.

Instruction: Students will practice the following

poem

Draw on the board three boxes of increasing

sizes
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After that have students practice making comparisons

by describing classroom objects and animals.
Have students copy the everyday words on their
notebook and write sentences to make comparissons.
for example:
This tent is smaller than the others shelters.
A grape is bigger than one grain of sand.
The winter festival is the biggest celebration of the
year.

Students will read on page 192- to 199 and

answer the following questions
THINK CRITICALLY
1. What does the grasshopper do while the ants
work?
2. Why do the ants work so hard?
3. What important lesson does the grasshopper learn at the
end of the story?
4. Are you more like an ant or a grasshopper? Explain your
answer.

Lets

Play

Students will work on their practice book page 45-50

Lets Play
Students will work on the following worksheet login on the
teachers blog:
://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_
docx/comparative_adjectives/comparison-adjectivesadjective/10163

SPEAKING PROJECT:
What will I be when I grow up?
Each student will prepare a speech or PPT to
talk about what they want to be why they
grow up or to talk about their future.