LESSON 24 TEACHER S GUIDE by Samantha Rabe Las abejas hacen miel Fountas-Pinnell Level L Narrative Nonfiction Selection Summary Honeybees live in groups called a colony in a nest known as a hive. A colony has one queen bee, thousands of worker bees, and a few hundred drones. Bees collect pollen and nectar, which they turn into honey. The life cycle of honeybees, like that of other insects, goes from egg to larva to pupa to adult. por Samantha Rabe HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Number of Words: 378 Characteristics of the Text Genre Narrative Nonfi ction Text Structure Content Themes and Ideas Language and Literary Features Sentence Complexity Vocabulary Words Illustrations Book and Print Features Table of contents Section headings that indicate content Honeybees Honey production Honeybees life cycle An insect s life cycle involves changes in form. Honeybees live in communities and have different jobs like people. Simple, straightforward language Writer talks directly to the reader: Tal vez hayas escuchado las abejas zumbar a tu alrededor en los días cálidos. A mix of short and more complex sentences Prepositional phrases: Cuando una abeja obrera deja la colmena Content words, some of which are defi ned in text: colonia, abeja reina, panal, polen, néctar, larvas, pupas, capullos, enjambres Target vocabulary words highlighted in text Words labeled in photographs Multisyllable words, some of which may be diffi cult: alrededor, amenace, zánganos Photos on every page that support the text Diagram of the honeybee life cycle Nine pages of text, with photos on every page Section headings indicate content Labels on photos identify content vocabulary 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Copyright by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Permission is hereby granted to individual teachers using the corresponding (discipline) Leveled Readers to photocopy student worksheets from this publication in classroom quantities for instructional use and not for resale. Requests for information on other matters regarding duplication of this work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Attn: Contracts, Copyrights, and Licensing, 9400 SouthPark Center Loop, Orlando, Florida 32819. Printed in the U.S.A. 978-0-547-32248-3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0940 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format.
by Samantha Rabe Build Background Read the title to children and talk with them about bees. Encourage children to use their knowledge of bees to think about the book. Ask questions such as the following: Les dan miedo las abejas? Qué clase de cosas ven hacer a las abejas? Introduce the Text Guide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions: Page 2: Explain that this book gives facts about honeybees and their life cycle how a bee gets from egg to adult. Remind children that a table of contents lists the sections of a book and the page on which the section begins. Suggested language: Miren el índice de la página 2. Si quisieran leer sobre abejas obreras, a qué página irían? Page 4: Miren la foto. Qué está pasando en la rama de este árbol? El rótulo dice colmena. El nido de las abejas se llama colmena. De qué manera esta foto te ayuda a reconocer una colmena? Qué harías si vieras una? Page 5: Hallen el título de la sección Clases de abejas. Cuántas clases diferentes de abejas hay en la foto? Los zánganos son una de las clases de abeja. Los zánganos ayudan a la abeja reina. Digan zánganos. Cuáles dos letras esperan ver al comienzo de la palabra? Encuentren la palabra resaltada zánganos en la página. Page 9: Remind children that diagrams are a simple way of showing what the text describes. El título de este diagrama es Ciclo de vida de una abeja. De qué manera el diagrama los ayuda a entender las distintas etapas de una abeja? Cuál dibujo luce como una abeja que reconoces? Ahora vuelvan al comienzo y lean sobre el mundo de las abejas. Learn More Words colmena zángano 2
Read Have children read silently while you listen to individual children read. Support their problem solving and fluency as needed. Respond to the Text Personal Response Ask children to share their personal responses to the book. Begin by asking what they liked best about the book, or what they found interesting. Suggested language: Qué aprendieron sobre las abejas que no sabían? Qué los sorprendió de las abejas? Ways of Thinking As you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points: Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text Honeybees live in a group called a colony in a nest called a hive. A colony of bees has one queen bee, thousands of worker bees, and a few hundred drones. Bees gather pollen and nectar to eat and to make honey. An insect s life cycle involves changes in form. Insects can be interesting to learn about. Bees have different jobs in their community like people do. Labels in the photos help readers understand what is shown. The author makes it easy to understand how honeybees grow from an egg into an adult. The author believes that honeybees are important in nature and useful to people. 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Choices for Support Fluency Invite children to choose a passage from the text to read aloud. Have them demonstrate appropriate stress on words, pausing and phrasing, intonation, and use of punctuation. Phonics and Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities: Build Sentences Materials: index cards. Write high-frequency words and the content words zánganos and colmena from on index cards. Have children build sentences using the word cards. Have them read the sentences aloud and illustrate them if they wish. Build Words Materials: whiteboards, markers. Write these syllables on three cards: o, bre, ras. Have children put the letters together to make a word from the story, blend the syllables, and say the word: obreras. Repeat for other words in the story. 3
Writing About Reading Critical Thinking Read the directions for children on Hoja reproducible 24.8 and guide them in answering the questions. Responding Read aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities. Target Comprehension ension Skill Sequence of Events Remind children that when they read, they can look for details that tell the order in which things happen. Model how to think about the sequence of events in a book: Think Aloud Cómo sé qué cosa pasa primero, después y al final? Sé que la abeja reina pone un huevo. Eso es lo primero que pasa para crear una abeja nueva. En la página 8 leí que luego de tres días, del huevo nace una larva. Eso es lo que pasa después. Para descubrir qué pasa a continuación, voy a leer y buscar más detalles. Sé que lo que pasa al final es que las abejas salen de sus capullos. Practice the Skill Have children tell the order in which things happened in another nonfiction book they read. Writing Prompt Read aloud the following prompt. Have children write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6. Which kind of honeybee do you think is most important the queen, workers, or drones? Write a paragraph that tells what you think and why. 4
Responder DESTREZA CLAVE Secuencia de sucesos Una abeja comienza su vida como un huevo. Qué pasa luego? Cómo se transforma ella en adulta? Haz un diagrama. A platicar! El texto y tú Imagina que ves una abeja afuera. Adónde podría ir ella? Qué podría hacer? 11 Lección 24 HOJA REPRODUCIBLE 24.8 Nombre Fecha Escucha la pregunta. Escribe una respuesta. Las respuestas pueden variar. 1. Qué sucede si alguien molesta una colmena? Las abejas obreras salen y pican. Hacer conexiones Piensa en lo mejor que aprendiste sobre las abejas. Escribe varias oraciones acerca de lo que aprendiste. Lea las instrucciones a los niños.. All rights reserved. 10 Grado 1, Unidad 5: Mira cómo crecemos 1_352879RTXSAN_U5_LR_TAI.indd 10 8/11/09 9:4 5
Nombre Fecha Qué clase de abeja crees que es más importante: la reina, las obreras o los zánganos? Escribe un párrafo que diga lo que piensas y por qué. 6
Nombre Fecha Lección 24 HOJA REPRODUCIBLE 24.8 Escucha la pregunta. Escribe una respuesta. 1. Qué sucede si alguien molesta una colmena? Hacer conexiones Piensa en lo mejor que aprendiste sobre las abejas. Escribe varias oraciones acerca de lo que aprendiste. 7
Estudiante NIVEL L Fecha Lección 24 HOJA REPRODUCIBLE 24.11 Registro de lectura page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections 3 Tal vez hayas escuchado las abejas zumbar a tu alrededor en los días cálidos. Tal vez hayas visto una abeja posarse sobre una flor. Pero, sabías que hay más de 20,000 clases de abejas? Una clase, la que produce miel, es muy importante para el hombre. 4 Las abejas viven en grupos. A un grupo de abejas se le llama colonia. Las abejas hacen su casa en un nido llamado colmena. Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read correctly/70 100) % Total Self- Corrections Behavior Code Error Read word correctly lobo 0 Repeated word, sentence, or phrase lobo Omission lobo 1 0 Behavior Code Error Substitution lodo lobo 1 Self-corrects lodo sc lobo Insertion el ˆlobo 1 Word told T 1 lobo 0 ISBN-13: 978-0-547-32248-3 ISBN-10: 0-547-32248-8 90000 9 780547 322483 1416105 8