Unit 2 Week 6

Reading Practice

 Word Wall Words

 The Ants Go Marching

The ants go marching one by one, 

Hurrah, hurrah.

The ants go marching one by one,

Hurrah, hurrah.

The ants go marching one by one,

The little one stops to have some fun.

And they all go marching down,

To the ground,

To get out

Of the rain.

BOOM!  BOOM!  BOOM!  BOOM!

Honey Bees

by:  Jesus Cervantes

What happens inside a bee hive?

The sun shines.  The honey bees wake up.  It is time for these insects to work.  Buzz, buzz, buzz.

In the hive, bees live together like a family.  In the family, there is a queen bee, many worker bees, and some drones.  This is the queen bee.  She rules the hive.  These are the drones.  They help the queen.  Their hive is hidden in a tree.  Worker bees keep this hive safe.  It is not good to make bees mad!  Bees will attack.

Worker bees make wax cells in the hive.  These wax cells are small holes.  Bees save honey in some wax cells.  Little bees live and grow in other cells. 

Honey is food for bees.  Worker bees feed honey to other bees in the hive.  Bees make honey from nectar.

Bees get nectar from flowers.  Honey bees find flowers with sweet nectar.  They take this sweet nectar back inside their hive. 

Worker bees also get pollen from flowers.  Worker bees feed pollen to the queen bee and the little bees.  It helps them grow big.  When those little bees get big, it is time for a new hive.

Worker bees make the new hive.  A new queen will also go with them.  When it gets cold, the bees will go inside their hive to sleep and rest.  The bees will wake up when the sun shines.