{"product_id":"sj-yrs-5-6-november-2025-amazing-antics-literacy-pack-copy","title":"SJ Yrs 5 \u0026 6 November 2025 Amazing Antics Interactive Comprehension Check","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"633\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"20\" data-end=\"63\"\u003eAmazing Antics: Life Inside an Ant Colony\u003c\/em\u003e by Emma Wood is a rich, accessible non-fiction text that takes students inside the fascinating world of ants, revealing how these tiny insects live, communicate, and work together in highly organised communities. Through clear explanations, labelled diagrams, and engaging facts, the text explores ant colonies as complex systems, drawing connections between ant behaviour and human societies. Students learn about roles within the colony, nest structures, communication methods such as pheromones, and the remarkable adaptability of ants across different environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"1087\"\u003eBlending scientific information with visual support and real-world examples, the text encourages curiosity, questioning, and deeper understanding of the Living World. It supports learners to build content knowledge while developing skills in reading informational texts, making inferences, and synthesising ideas, making it an ideal text for integrated literacy and science learning in the upper primary classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"550\"\u003eThis Interactive Comprehension Check has been carefully designed to consolidate and deepen students’ understanding of Standing with the Ancestors\u003cem data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"547\"\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"804\"\u003eRather than simply revisiting surface details, the questions intentionally target inference, author purpose, vocabulary in context, and deeper thinking. 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