1. Ants! They are Hard Workers!
Second Grade
Unit 2 Lesson 1

2. insect a six-legged bug
An ant is an insect that lives almost everywhere.

3. squirt to shoot a liquid out of a small hole
The firefighters squirted water onto the burning house

4. invade To enter without being asked
My mom got mad when the ants invaded her plate.

5. tunnel an underground passage
The ants dug big tunnels in our backyard.

6. enemy a person or thing that wants to hurt another thing
Luke Skywalker has to fight his enemy Darth Vader.

7. protect To keep something or someone safe
Wear your helmet to protect your head.

8. Cocoon a case that protects an insect while it changes to an adult
We found a butterfly cocoon in the apple tree.