Part 2: Make Lemonade

PART 2: Getting a Handle on Honeybees  

For this lesson we observed dried bees and their parts.  We began this lesson with reviewing what we had learned about honeybees from the day before and adding to our KWL chart.  My students then observed a dry honeybee and identified the parts of the bee. They next looked at their drawing from yesterday and redrew a scientific drawing of a bee.  To finish this lesson they read the book Facts about Honeybees and added to their science journal more details about honeybees.   You can't read and observe bees with out feeling like your in a bee hive so I set the stage with bee sound effects. 

NEXT UP: Science of Lemonade

Essential Question and Vocabulary 

I always start my lessons with a purpose for our reading.  It can be an essential question I want them to answer by the end, discovering the text structure, could be something that I want them to find like main idea, or could be just gaining knowledge of new vocabulary. This helps to focus my lesson and sets a job/purpose for the students to complete.  In today's lesson I wanted the children to answer the above essential question and apply their previous experiences and knowledge on physical science.  Before seeing the FOCUS book from Science A-Z we reviewed the vocabulary above, discussed any words they may not recognize or understand, and how these words are connected, and have to do with lemonade.  To begin we always break down the text and establish if it is fiction or non-fiction.  

"Break it down 1 time (clap) nonfiction

break it down 2 times (clap) nonfiction informational all about a main idea, "all eyes on me" and we take that main idea and break it down break it down into key details" 

Resource: Hope King Get Your Teach On 

We finished reading the FOCUS book and had a great discussion on previous topics we had learned through out the year and would the balance of chemicals affect lemonade. Now it is time to apply their knowledge. 

TPT from Amy Lemons: Learning with Lemonade Lesson

The children had to take what they learned from the FOCUS Book Science of Lemonade and apply it to making their own lemonade in a bag.  I placed the above items on their desks and they used their knowledge of science to make lemonade. 

 We ended the day with reading an article from NEWSELA, 10-year-old Texas girl has a growing lemonade business.  We discussed the importance of honeybees and how Mikaila Ulmer discovered how to make her lemonade with the help from the bees.