Ms. Burrell's First Grade Class
Dahlgren School
Dahlgren, Virginia

 

To welcome spring, we decided that it would be fun to learn about honey bees. We invited a local beekeeper to come in and share his expert knowledge. Mr. Braden taught us that honey bees are important because they help plants make food for us. He also showed us a honeycomb and some of the equipment he uses when he takes care of bees. We tasted honey that his own bees made. Yummmmm! We all wrote "Important Poems" about bees in the style of one of our favorite authors, Margaret Wise Brown.
Important Poems
The important thing about honeybees is that they can live anywhere.
They make honey for the winter.
They sting to protect themselves.
They help make fruits.
Worker bees feed the larvae.
But the important thing about honeybees is that they can live anywhere.
by M.V.

The important thing about honeybees is that they get pollen.
They sting to protect themselves.
Bees are good because they make honey.
But the important thing about honeybees is that they get pollen.
by S.S.
The important thing about honeybees is that they sting.
They kill wasps that get in their hive.
A wasp is an enemy to honeybees.
They have pollen baskets to collect pollen.
But the important thing about honeybees is that they sting.
by T.J.

The important thing about a honeybee is that it stings.
It doesn't want to sting you.
It protects itself.
But the important thing about a honeybee is that it stings.
by K.D.

 
The important thing about a honeybee is that it has a hollow tongue.
It stings but then it dies.
It makes honey.
It kills wasps that get in its hive.
But the important thing about a honeybee is that it has a hollow tongue.
by Z.H.

 

We also read many other books about spring. We wrote spring acrostic poetry and made illustrations in the style of one of our favorite illustrators, Barbara Reid. (Can you find a bee in each of them?) We loved learning about spring!
Spring Acrostic Poetry
Spring by S.S.
S prouts grow
P eeping birds
R ain showers
I  ce melts
N ice days
G ood days
 Spring by B.J.
S trawberries grow
P ick flowers
R abbits have babies
I   like ice cream
N  ew babies
G ood flowers
Spring by T.J.
S ee some flowers
P lant some flowers
R ipe straw berries
I  ce melts
N ice days
G ood days
 Spring by A.B.
S pring flowers
P retty flowers
R abbits have babies
I   ce cream
N ectar for bees
G ardens grow
Spring by M.V.
S pring break
P retty butterflies
R ainbows
I   ce cream cone
N ectar for bees
G ardens are planted
 Spring by Z.H.
S ome flowers bloom
P eace and quiet
R ake the garden
I   ce cream
N ice days
G ardens grow
Spring by L.D.
S occer
P ick flowers
R ipe strawberries
I   ce melts
N ew animals
G ood days
 Spring by K.D.
S pring Flowers
P retty Butterfties
R ainbows
I   ce melts
N ice days
G ardens
Spring by J.Z.
S occer
P retty Days
R ipe things
I   ce cream with a cherry on top
N ice days
G ood days
 Spring by Z.G.
S even years old
P retty flowers
R abbits
I   ce melts
N ice days
G ardens

Spring by S.T.
S pring break
P eeping birds
R abbits
I   like spring
N ice flowers grow
G rowing plants

Department of Defense Education Activity Standards

Technology-Students will:
· Use technological tools for learning, communications, and productivity.
· Participate in a telecollaborative project.

Science-Students will:
· Understand that organisms have life cycles.
· Identify the characteristics of organisms.
· Observe and describe seasonal patterns.