Grade 2 - Read-Aloud Insets

Insects: Supplemental Guide 4 | Social Insects: Bees and Wasps 73

Vocabulary Chart for Social Insects: Bees and Wasps
Core Vocabulary words are in bold.
Multiple Meaning Word Activity word is underlined.
Vocabulary Instructional Activity words have an asterisk (*).
Suggested words to pre-teach are in italics.
Type of Words Tier 3
Domain-Specifi c Words

Tier 2

General Academic Words

Tier 1

Everyday-Speech Words

Understanding

abdomen

cocoon

drones

hive

honey

honeybee/

honeybees

honeycomb

larvae

nectar

pollen

pupa

wasp/wasps

communities

cooperate*

male/female

protect/protected/

protecting

social/solitary

societies*

adult/adults

bee/bees

build

egg/eggs

food

insects

job/jobs

queen

worker/workers

Multiple Meaning

cell

colony/colonies

mate

hatch

nests

comb

produce

flower

plant

returns

Phrases

paper wasps

forager bee

queen bee

worker bee

layered cells

waggle dance

in common

Cognates

abdomen

polen

comunica

social

comunidades

cooperar*

proteja/protegido/

protegiendo

sociedades*

producir

adulto/adultos

insectos

flor

planta