The Beeman

The Beeman is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a man who looks after bees in his garden and house. He looked in his diary and saw that he has no work today until the phone started ringing! People had bees in their shoes, hats, bath, and kitchen so the beeman went and got them. The story is narrated with illustrative text, speech bubbles, and onomatopoeia.

The Beeman is a simple narrative story. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the changes in font style like bold and illustrative text as well as the information, layout, and design of a diary. There is an exemplar of a diary to show a schedule. An activity on making a simple visual diary is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (garden), high-frequency words (looks), and positional words (in). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters for the beginning of names (Beeman), full stops, commas, quotation marks, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend sl (sleep), word family et (wet), and suffix ed (looked).

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Guided reading: F

DRA: 10

Grade: 1