Grade 2 - Read-Aloud Insets

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

Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud and Extensions may have activity

options that exceed the time allotted for that part of the lesson. You

will need to make conscious choices about which activities to include

based on the needs of your students.

Exercise Materials Details

Introducing the Read-Aloud (10 minutes)

What Have We Already

Learned?

KWL Chart You may wish to revisit the KWL Chart

and update it with information presented

in Lesson 3.

What Do We Know? Image 4A-2

Vocabular y Preview:

Honeycomb, Wasp

Images 4A-3 and 4A-5;

honeycomb, if available

Images 4A-10 and 4A-11

Purpose for Listening Instructional Master 4A-1

(Response Card 3: Bees and

Wasps)

Students may refer to the Response Card

as you discuss the lesson.

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Social Insects: Bees and Wasps Note: Pause after Image 4A-9 to briefly

review read-aloud content about the

honeybee.

Find a video of a honeybee’s waggle

dance to show to students.

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions

Word Work: Cooperate

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day

Extensions (20 minutes)

Multiple Meaning Word

Activity: Comb

Poster 2M (Comb)

Syntactic Awareness Activity:

Adverbs

Vocabulary Instructional

Activity: Societies

Insects Journal Instructional Master 4B-1 (Insects

Journal Page 4)