See what all the buzz is about with a reading comprehension activity! Third and fourth graders read a short informational passage about bees before answering four questions about what they have learned.

Concepts

informational texts, bees, insects

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in a reading assessment or homework packet
• Use in your unit about insects or animals
• Add to an informational text lesson with articles or passages about bees from different media
• Show a short video clip in your class about bees and hive life

Classroom Considerations

• Questions are knowledge-level, which are good for a short assessment but less effective when teaching literary analysis
• Two of the answers in the final multiple choice question are lazy and stupid

Pros

• A good addition to a focus on informational text
• Subject matter is interesting for younger learners

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.4.1