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Bumble Bee
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478121049
Grade Level:
1
Reading Level:
D
Strategy/Skill:
Comparing and contrasting, Information skills, Vocabulary and word study
Genre:
Explanation
Theme/Topic:
Animals, Birds, and Insects
Classification:
Nonfiction
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Book Summary
Bumble Bee is a simple explanatory text that describes how a bumble bee flies.
Features of the Book
- The use of ellipses.
- Initial “b” consonant – “bumble bee,” “big,” and “body.”
- The contraction “that’s.”
- The high-frequency words – “very,” “can,” “has,” “but,” “are,” and “How.”
- Capital letters for emphasis – “VERY.”
- The labeled diagram at the back of the book.
- The difference between the diagram and photographs.
Purpose
Bumble Bee can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:
- reading an increasing range of high-frequency words in context
- summarizing the main parts of the story
- discussing several books that relate to the same theme
- gathering information and sorting it into categories
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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