Reading Lesson Unit 5: Week 2: Lesson 1 Identifying and Using Nonfiction Features and Structures The Buzz About

Honeybees

Lesson Objective:
The learner will activate prior knowledge about honeybees The learner will use a contents page

During the Lesson:

Begin the lesson by having students turn and talk with the person sitting next to them o What do you know about honeybees? o What do you know about beekeepers? Preview the book and make predictions The Buzz about Honeybees is an informational text because it gives facts about honeybees. o Beekeeper (page 5)- a person who raises bees o Larva (page 11)- the second stage in a honeybees life, what an egg hatches to o Pollen (page 3)- a powdery substance made by flowers Table of contents o Sometimes you may not want to read the whole nonfiction book o You may be looking for specific information o When you are looking for something specific, you can use a table of content o While Im looking for some information about honeybees, I first must look at the table of contents to figure out where to look what is in the table of contents Read aloud story to the class

Assessment:
No assessment today, they will write in their reading response journals about their own reading today