Next week we start the story, “Honey Bees” from Reading Street. It seems so weird to read and learn about Honey Bees in JANUARY. I really wish Reading Street could align their stories with the seasons (#teacherproblems). I decided that I would introduce reading for research in my small groups. The students will use a variety of texts to locate facts about bees. I will use the basal, reading a-z stories, and a variety of texts I have pulled from other sources. We will work to locate 6 interesting facts about bees. We will talk about moving past the obvious. Yes, bees are yellow and black! We don’t need to put that down as a fact. Once the students have chosen 6 facts, they will circle their favorite 3 facts that they want to include in their research writing piece. We will work together to add those 3 facts to the graphic organizer. We will also work on a topic sentence and conclusion as we fill out the graphic organizer. I have made a graphic organizer with labels so students can easily transfer the information from the graphic organizer to their writing paper. I will post the student’s final products after they finish.
If you are interested in checking out my packet for this activity you can find it {here}.
Honey Bee Facts!
December 31, 2015
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Lisa