Lesson

The Amazing Honey Bee

Students investigate the three types of honey bees in a colony, identify their roles, and recognize honey bees as part of a community that works together.

Grades
K – 2
TX: Grades K – 2
Estimated Time
2 hours
Updated
December 12, 2024
many honey bees congregating on honeycomb frame
Image: usdagov/Flickr

Background

Lesson Activities

Recommended Companion Resources

Credits

Author

Michele Melius | Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

Some of the materials contained in this lesson plan were drawn and adapted from the following sources:

Standards

Texas Content Area Standards

  • ELA: K.110.2.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking - - oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

    • ELA: K.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas by speaking audibly and clearly using the conventions of language.

  • ELA: K.110.2.b.2

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking -- beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.

    • ELA: K.2.E: The student is expected to develop handwriting by accurately forming all uppercase and lowercase letters using appropriate directionality.

  • ELA: K.110.2.b.5

    Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

    • ELA: K.5.G: The student is expected to evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance.
    • ELA: K.5.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance.

  • ELA: K.110.2.b.6

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

    • ELA: K.6.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing.
    • ELA: K.6.F: The student is expected to respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

  • ELA: 1.110.3.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking - - oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

    • ELA: 1.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas about the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language.

  • ELA: 1.110.3.b.2

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking - - beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.

    • ELA: 1.2.F: The student is expected to develop handwriting by printing words, sentences, and answers legibly leaving appropriate spaces between words.

  • ELA: 1.110.3.b.6

    Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

    • ELA: 1.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance.
    • ELA: 1.6.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance.

  • ELA: 1.110.3.b.7

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

    • ELA: 1.7.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing.
    • ELA: 1.7.F: The student is expected to respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

  • ELA: 2.110.4.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking -- oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

    • ELA: 2.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas that focus on the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language.

  • ELA: 2.110.4.b.6

    Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

    • ELA: 2.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
    • ELA: 2.6.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding.

  • ELA: 2.110.4.b.7

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

    • ELA: 2.7.E: The student is expected to interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing.
    • ELA: 2.7.F: The student is expected to respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

  • Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.16

    Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.16.E: communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies

  • Social Studies: K.113.11.c.13

    Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: K.113.11.c.13.D: sequence and categorize information

  • Social Studies: K.113.11.c.14

    Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral and visual forms. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: K.113.11.c.14.C: communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies

  • Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.16

    Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.16.D: sequence and categorize information

  • Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.17

    Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral, visual, and written forms. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.17.C: communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies

  • Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.15

    Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.15.D: interpret oral, visual, and print material by sequencing, categorizing, identifying the main idea, predicting, comparing, and contrasting

  • Science: 2.112.4.b.13

    Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms have structures and undergo processes that help them interact and survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

    • Science: 2.112.4.b.13.B: record and compare how the structures and behaviors of animals help them find and take in food, water, and air