By Karen Wallace

• Karen Wallace was born on April Fool's Day in 1951. She grew up in a log cabin where she could watch bears from far away. She still loves animals today.

• Before Karen Wallace was a writer, she was a singer. She almost became an eel farmer.

• Karen Wallace lives in Herefordshire, England, where she likes to work in her vegetable garden.

Meet Author:

Genre –NonfictionIn nonfiction, the author

gives information about a subject.

Look for:•Details about worker bees do.•Information about how bees row.•Information in the pictures.

Story Summary:  The story tells about the behavior and lives of bees, how they collect nectar from flowers, care for their eggs and queen bee, and communicate with each other.

Pop Quiz• What does the author do?

• He or she writes the stories.

• What does the illustrator do?

• He or she draws takes the pictures.

1. Put your reading book on your desk.

2.Open your book to the glossary. (The glossary is on page 256 in the back of your reading book.)

3.When you see the word “Glossary,” get ready to find the word.

2

fieldField • Field - a meadow

Sally found a field of dandelions.

1

Touch touch

Touch - to tap

lightly

The bee’s furry legs touches the pollen and it stick to its legs.

3The table is set for twelve people.

• Twelve the sum of ten and two

Twelve twelve

Wait wait

4

The long wait has made this man sleepy.

Wait - to stay

5

Wild

wild

• Wild - something that grows by itself

This story is about wild things.

Another another

Is this dragon another kind of reptile?

5

• Another - a different one

Change change

5

A chameleon can change its color.

• Change - to make or become different

• Say the words.

• Read the sentences.

• Fill in the blank.

You should not try to _________ bees.

change field

another touch twelve

wild wait

another

wild

twelve

change

wait

touch

field

You should not pet cute ________ animals.

Is it ___________ day of school?

touch change another

wait fieldwild

twelve

twelve

wait

another

field

change

wild

touch

The pit crew will _________ the tires.

Do you know the song “The ________ Days of Christmas”?

change

twelve

another

touch

wild

wait

field

Our teacher can’t ________ to get to school.

touch

wild

change

twelve

another

wait

field

change another

wild field

touch wait

twelve

The farmer puts his cows in this _________.

A. Field - a meadow

B. Touch - to tap lightly

C. Twelve - the sum of ten and two

D. Wait - to stay

E. Wild - something that grows by itself

F. Another - a different one

G.Change - to make or become different

Match the words to its meaning.

A.a meadow B.to tap lightlyC.the sum of ten and

twoD.to stayE.something that grows

by itselfF.a different oneG.to make or become

different

1.Twelve___

2.field ___

3.change ___

4.another __

5.touch ___

6.wait ___

7.wild ___

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

Say the Sight Words

highloveopened myselfnever

onlyown pick sevenshall

New words in the story: “Busy Buzzy Bees”

crawls spreads

flower

stream

past

sweet

drops

nectar

celldronemalehatchgrubswaxycoverswelcomewaggles

narrowtonguegrainspollenfurrythousandsfemaledancewaggles

Anne Miller

Web LinksYou should be able to click on these sites and go to them by pointing and clicking.

Phonics ReviewLong o or a? 1Long o or a? 2Story It Magnets Long oToad and the Goat Poem (oa)Soap Boat

Busy Buzzy Bee 1st Grade Trophy Links  for the Teacher

The Story of Honey: The Story of Betty Bee (pdf file)Bee Fact Sheet

Web links for “Busy Buzzy Bees”

Coordinating Units:• Busy Bee song• http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/b101.html • about honey• http://www.honey.com/nhb/about-honey/honey-and-

bees/ • Baby Bumblebees• The Fly Has Married A Bumblebee Bees Buzzy Bee • http://www.mrsalphabet.com/busybuzzybee.html •