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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell M
Reading Recovery 20
DRA 28
The Beekeeper
Interview (nonfiction), 1,200 words, Level O (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Sequence Events
Grammar and Mechanics Verb Tense
Word Work Suffixes

Book Summary
This book is an interview with a working beekeeper. He describes the different types of bees, their role in the hive, and how honey is made.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge
  • Sequence events to gain understanding
  • Identify past- and present-tense verbs
  • Recognize and use adjective and adverb suffixes -y and -ly

Vocabulary

  • Content words: Africanized bees, anther, antibacterial, bee suit, bellows, Caucasian bees, cells, colony, congregate, extract, hives, honeycomb, native, nectar, pistil, pollen, pollinate
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