Communities Unit 2

What happens inside a bee hive? Honey Bees By: Jesus Cervantes What happens inside a bee hive?

Objectives Yesterday: Long e: e, ee and VCCV Syllable Pattern, High-Frequency Words, and Nouns in Sentences Today: Spelling and Phonics: Long e: e, ee and VCCV syllable pattern Skill: Compare and Contrast Grammar: Nouns in Sentences

Morning Warm-Up! Today we will read about honey bees. First we’ll read about the different kinds of bees and the jobs they do. Then we’ll learn about how they live together.

Question of the Day What do you know about bees?

Amazing Words individual industrious slither special romp creep Objective: Build oral vocabulary.

Just what do they mean? individual – one person industrious – working hard special – different from or really good creep – to move slowly and quietly

Just what do they mean? slither – to move along by sliding romp – to move or play in a lively way

Share Literature-Build Concepts Time to Read Share Literature-Build Concepts A Frog in the Bog This story is told in rhyme. Rhyming words sound alike at the end. The words look alike at the end too. Yesterday we read to find out how the critters in the bog moved. Listen today to find out what lessons the critters in the bog learned. By: Karma Wilson

Monitor Listening Comprehension What lessons did the critters learn? How can you tell? Would a happy animal or a sad animal romp? Why would the animals romp away from the frog?

Phonemic Awareness Do you think the frog’s scream was as loud as a trumpet? Listen to the sounds in trumpet. trum, pet I see two syllables in trumpet. Then I blend the parts together. Now listen to the sounds in kitten. kit, ten = kitten What are the syllables in kitten? What word do the syllables kit/ten make? picnic pretzel insect hidden Objective: Blend and segment syllables.

Blending Strategy Long e: e, ee we = w e seed = s ee d We have had words like these and Pete. Long e: e, ee we = w e seed = s ee d me see need sleep wheel he beef free she queen green teeth deep

Long e: e, ee Word Review

free

she

three

trees

bees

sees

seen

keep

feet

meet

speeds

wheel

feel

weed

cheese

Blending Strategy Syllables VCCV tablet = tab let until We have had words like tab and let. Syllables VCCV tablet = tab let until attic kitten rabbit problem traffic button hidden object fabric

Words To Know

napkin

ribbon

rabbit

happen

until

soccer

buttons

slippers

mitten

kittens

basket

insect

Busy, Buzzy Bees Every little bee must work to help the hive. Some must work to keep their pretty queen alive. Others fly from flower to tree To collect sweet things they see Oh, they work all day and never quit at five. A bee worker feeds the babies all day long. She must see that they grow healthy, big, and strong. Bees don’t worry about the weather. They just keep working together. As they work, they buzz out one big happy song.

he, happen, deep, rabbit, sweet, tablet, wheel, basket Sort Words e, ee Two Syllables he, happen, deep, rabbit, sweet, tablet, wheel, basket

Sentences To Read

The bee fed on sweet nectar. The cheese is a rat’s best meal. The chick peeps until it becomes free. The deep green dish belongs to Lee. It will take a week for the weeds to grow back. Keep the three things for the queen. Keep your teeth for your pillow.

Spelling Words be see he tree me feet we week she green Objective: Segment sounds to spell words.

Spelling Practice be feet he see we green me she tree week

Where do you see honey bees? First Bees get nectar from flowers. Next They take the nectar back to the hive and make honey. Last The bees store the honey in the hive’s wax cells. Where do bees live? How do bees make honey?

Connect to the Selection Build Background Connect to the Selection A beehive is a busy and amazing place! Honey bees live there in big groups. Do you think a community of insects can be like a community of people in some ways? In the selection we are about to read, we’ll find out how bees work and live together in a beehive.

Vocabulary Selection Words worker – a person, animal, or insect that does a lot of work flowers – the colored part of a plant that makes seeds or fruit nectar – a sweet liquid that is made by flowers honey – a sweet liquid made by bees cold – something that is not as warm as your body

Vocabulary

High Frequency Words Pages 140-141

family

other

also

their

some

new

High-Frequency Words Monitor Progress also new some other their family food grow little many work together

Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast Strategy: Preview Things that are alike are the same, and things that are different are not the same. As you read, ask yourself how things are alike. As you read, ask yourself how things are different. Strategy: Preview To preview means to look at the pictures and read some of the sentences to find out what kind of selection it is and what it might be about.

Comprehension Ask yourself these questions as you read Honey Bees? What kind of selection is this? What might this selection be about?

Time To Read Honey Bees Pages 142-157

Time for Stations

The bees work to gather nectar. Vocabulary Antonyms The worker bees work hard all the time. Look at the sentences and find the two words that have opposite meanings. The bees work to gather nectar. They do not stop to play. Words like work and play that have opposite meanings are called antonyms.

Multiple-Meaning Words Vocabulary Multiple-Meaning Words outside inside The workers fly outside the hive. The queen stays inside the hive. bad good We made a bad mess. Honey tastes good. hot cold The hive is hot in summer. Bees don’t like the cold in winter. large small The queen bee is large. The baby bees are small.

Writing Trait of the Week Introduce: Focus/Ideas Good writers focus on an idea. All their sentences tell about this idea. Think about the idea the author focuses on in Honey Bees. Honey bees live and work together. What do the pages of the story tell about how bees live and work together?

Writing Trait of the Week Introduce: Voice Identify and cross out the sentence that does not focus on the idea. Bees make honey for food. Honey is made from nectar. Bees store honey in wax cells. Bees will attack a bear.

Grammar – Nouns in Sentences Apply to Writing Nouns are used in sentences to tell what the sentence is about. Practice Suggest words to complete a sentence about each of the following: worker bees a bee hive honey

Grammar – Nouns in Sentences Practice Answer the questions by completing the sentence with a noun. What can make honey? What can swim?

Wrap Up Your Day! Think about what you wanted to learn before we read Honey Bees. Did you find out what you wanted to learn? How is a beehive like our classroom? How is it different from our classroom?

How is a community of insects like a community of people? fly sting buzz lay eggs cook food go to school have hobbies What Some Insects Do What Some People Do eat walk live in communities work play

Tomorrow we will read about another busy insect. Preview Day Four Tomorrow we will read about another busy insect.

Extra

Daily Fix-It 1. do you see the be? 2. Shee wants nectar

Waltke’s Web Powerpoint http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/First1.html Mrs. Waltke is a veteran teacher living in Jasper and working in the Jasper School System.

Carl’s Corner http://www.carlscorner.us.com/ Cherry Carl is a retired teacher who lives in California. She teaches at UCLA.

Time to Listen to the Story Honey Bees Pages 142-157

Extra pictures

Grammar