I am sorry about such a lapse in my blogs. The past few weeks have been nuts-o at school! I will try to catch you up.
Last week to go along with our Scott Foresman Reading Street Story, we studied our unit on honey bees. The kids studied all about how honey bees make honey and about what goes on inside of a bee hive. Of course we started the unit by making a KWL chart to set our goals and objectives for the week.
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| Our honey bee KWL chart. |
The kiddos learned some really neat stuff! Did you know that honey bees use their saliva and beat their wings to help dry nectar so that it ripens into honey? We all thought that was really interesting... and a little gross too! I was very impressed with how well the students were able to understand the honey making process. We practiced sequencing the order of events by writing about how honey bees make honey. The kids used words like "first," "next," and "last" in their writing.
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| First, the honey bees gather nectar from flowers. Then, the honey bees take the nectar to their hive. Last, the honey bees dry the nectar until it ripens into honey. |
One of my favorite parts of the week was reading Patricia Polacco's wonderful story-- The Bee Tree--- to my cookies. It is a lovely story that teaches a very valuable lesson to the main character, which is that reading-- just like HONEY-- is sweet and rewarding. Afterwards, the students got to eat biscuits with honey... just like in the story... as a sweet treat.
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| Comprehension worksheet on story elements from The Bee Tree. Students were asked to describe the characters, setting, problem, and solution in the book. |
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| The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco---- a beautiful children's book that teaches the importance and value of reading. |
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| Biscuits and Honey! A sweet treat to reward my cookies for being such good students. This week we are reading lots and lots of fun books about Christmas and the holiday season. I will add another blog very soon to keep everyone updated! Love, Mrs. Cook |
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