There Are Ants! <ow>

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Creative Commons BY-NC Adapted from "Busy Ants" by Kanchan Bannerjee and Deepa Balsavar. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Free Decodable Reader with ow Words | There Are Ants!

Practice Words

Words featuring the 'ow' vowel team, producing /aʊ/ as in 'cow' or /əʊ/ as in 'low'.

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A curious child in yellow lies on the grass watching a line of ants march past, face close to the ground in wonder.

There are ants down here.

Page 2
A girl in a yellow dress and her brown dog watch a trail of ants marching in wavy lines across green grass.

Whoa! Look at them go!

Page 3
Two ants walk across orange desert sand toward a pair of roller skates, with another ant standing on top of the skates.

Get down, ant! Those are my wheels!

Page 4
Two ants carry food on a red and white checkered picnic blanket near stacked sweets and a pile of orange treats.

Now, they found the food!

Page 5
A strong ant carries an enormous green grape or ball high above its head against a soft blue and green background.

How can he lift so much?

Page 6
A trail of ants marches across gray floor toward an open green pantry cupboard filled with jars of food and snacks.

How do they find where to go?

Page 7
A line of ants climbs up a green dresser following a scent trail toward a chocolate cake with a cherry on top.

This smell shows them where to go.

Page 8
Ants march along a yellow wall following a scent trail while a hand with sponge and red bucket cleans the corner.

This smell shows them where not to go!

Page 9
A crying girl sits on grass with her dog while ants march toward a dropped lollipop, following a scent trail.

Oh no! This smell showed them my snack!

Page 10
Hundreds of ants swarm over a sandy anthill, carrying colorful food bits up to the top of their mound.

Now they go home. Bye bye, ants!

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