What's the buzz these days? Learn some fun and interesting facts about honeybees with an informational reading passage, including the steps for successful pollination and honey creation.

Concepts

honey, honey bees, nectar, pollination, reading comprehension, informational texts, sequence of events

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in your science unit about bees and pollination
• Use as an example of informational text in a language arts reading lesson 
• Have learners research more about the life and society of bees, including the different kinds of bees and their geographic habitats

Classroom Considerations

• Pictures are in color; consider printing in color and laminating to use in multiple small groups, or printing in black and white with a color projection up on the board

Pros

• Text is interesting and engaging for all reading levels
• Comes with explanatory pictures and trivia

Cons

• The passage is structured and informative, but only includes one reading question

Common Core

RI.2.1 RI.2.2 RI.2.3