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. 

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Students should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The target strategy for this lesson is: rereading for sense. 

Word and Print Skills

Word Work
Compound words
Grammar
Past- and present-tense verbs
Suffixes -y and -ly for adjectives and adverbs

Vocabulary Words
Africanized bees, antibacterial, bee suit, bellows, Caucasian bees, cells, colony, hives, honeycomb, nectar, pistil, pollen, pollinate
These are words that are important to the topic. Some of them may be unfamiliar to students. Ensure that you use these words in the pre- and post-reading discussion to help students better understand what they read. 

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as students work to understand the text. The target comprehension strategy for this lesson is: understanding the sequence of an explanatory text. 

Visual Learning
Understand the purpose of feature boxes within the text