ELL Readers Teaching Guide Unit 2, Week 6 Bees and Flowers 23Bees and Flowers INTRODUCE THE BOOK Activate Prior Knowledge/Build Background Read the title, and ask children what they kn
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Bees and Flowers
INTRODUCE THE BOOK
Activate Prior Knowledge/Build
Background Read the title, and ask children
what they know about bees Ask: Have you ever
seen a bee? Where was it? What was it doing?
Tell children this book tells how bees and fl owers
help each other
Preview/Use Text Features Preview the
reader by talking about the photographs together
and naming the labeled items
Preteach Vocabulary Review the tested
vocabulary words that appear in this book:
some (p 5) and also (p 7) Introduce these
key words from the book: bees (p.1), fl owers
(p 1), nectar (p 2), and honey (p 2) Discuss
these words and add them to a Word Wall
READ THE BOOK
Choose among these options for reading to
support children at all English profi ciency levels
Read Aloud Read the book aloud as children
follow along Pause to verify comprehension and
to explain unfamiliar concepts
Monitored Reading Have children read
aloud a few pages at a time Use the following
questions to support comprehension:
• Page 2 Where do bees live? (Bees live in
hives.)
• Page 3 What do bees eat? (Bees eat
nectar.)
• Pages 4–5 Why do flowers need bees?
(Bees carry pollen to flowers.)
• Page 6 What do bees make? (Bees make
honey.)
• Page 7 Where is the hive? (The hive is in
the garden.)
• Page 8 What is in the picture? (a bee)
Reread Have children reread the book with a
partner, in small groups, or independently Have
them complete the Study Guide on page 24
RESPOND
Answers to the Reader’s Inside Back Cover:
Talk About It
1 Bees need nectar to make honey (Draw
Conclusions)
2 Honey is sweet and golden brown.
Write About It
3 Encourage children to refer back to the story
They should draw and write about the part of the story they liked best Possible response: I liked when the bee ate nectar
Support writers at various English proficiency levels
Beginning Provide this sentence frame:
I liked when the bee _ Have children dictate
an ending
Intermediate Provide the same sentence
frame, but have children write the whole sentence
Advanced Have children write a sentence to
say why they liked that part of the book best
Extend Language A person who takes care of
a zoo and the animals in it is a zookeeper Ask children what you call a person who takes care
of a house and everything in it (housekeeper) Answers to page 24:
Suggest that children look back at the book for words or sentences they can write Possible
responses: First: Bees eat nectar.
Next: Bees carry pollen from flower to flower Last: Bees make honey.
Family Link Read aloud the Family Link activity
on page 24 before sending copies of the Study Guide home with children Later, have them tell about family members’ experiences seeing how bees and fl owers help each other
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• Read Bees and Flowers again.
• Draw pictures to show what bees do first, next,
and last Write words or sentences to go with your
pictures.
Family Link
Ask family members to tell about seeing how bees
and flowers help each other.
First (page 3)
Next (page 5)
Last (page 6)
Study Guide
Bees and Flowers
Name