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Honey bee

Bumblebee

Wasp

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Oral Language Questions

What is the same about the bees?

What is different about the bees?

Writing Motivation

Different Bees

Honeybee

Bumblebee

Carpenter

Mason bee

Hornet / Wasps

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Oral Language Questions

What do bees do?

Gifted Vocab

Guarding the hive and honey

Gathering pollen and Nectar from Flowers

Writing Motivation

What Bees Do

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A Beekeeper’s Hive

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Oral Language Questions

How does the worker bee do the waggle dance?

Honeybees:

Gifted Vocab

Worker bees

Making Honey

Waggle dance

Direction of sun

Oval shape

Writing Motivation

The Bees Waggle Dance

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Oral Language Questions

How do bees hatch?

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Gifted Vocab

Egg

Larva

Pupa

Adult

Laying eggs

Worker caps cell

Spins cocoon

Writing Motivation

The Lifecycle of Bees

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Oral Language Questions

How does the bee get pollen from the flowers?

What does “bee bread” look like?

Video:

Gifted Vocab

Collecting and trapping pollen

Protein-packed food

Hairs like spiky brushes and flat combs

Antenae like windshield wipers

Squish pollen into balls with saliva and nectar

Bee bread

Writing Motivation

Pollen and… Bee Bread!

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Oral Language Questions

How do bees make honey?

Where does the nectar go?

Video:

Gifted Vocab

Made from nectar

Long tongues

Two stomachs

Digestive enzymes turn it to sweet gold

Vomit the nectar

Regurgitation

Beating their wings to take away water

Cap with wax

Writing Motivation

How Bees Make Honey