“Busy Bees” – Level D
My next songbook I’d like to highlight is Busy Bees. I’ve determined the Fountas & Pinnell Reading Level for this title to be Level D based on the characteristics I’ve noted below. It would be most appropriate for ages 4 – 7 and beginning first grade readers. (Of course, PreK through second graders love this book!)
- 2 – 3 sentences per page
- 4 – 8 lines of text per page
- repetition throughout
- rhyming structure
I have identified the various teaching points when using Busy Bees during your Shared Reading lessons below. *Please note my Blog dated October 25th at normagentner.com as to how to plan out your week with one of my Songbooks of Science!
- VOCABULARY: queen, hive, drone, mate, date, honey, money, colony, cooperate, fruit, flowers, bzz-bzz, buzz-buzz, group
- INFLECTIONAL ENDINGS:
ing – laying s – bees, makes, flowers
- CONTRACTIONS: I’m, can’t, we’re, there’s, couldn’t
- PUNCTUATION: ?, !, bzz-bzz and buzz-buzz (hyphen), buzzin’ and hummin’ (apostrophe)
- ADJECTIVES: special mate