Year 3 - English
Understanding and ordering how bees make honey
How Bees Make Honey: explanation text
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils research how bees make honey in order to write a clearly-presented explanation text. Pupils focus on writing facts using subject-specific vocabulary within Year 3 level sentence structures. Pupils learn to join two ideas of cause and effect across more than one sentence.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand the honey-making process and sequence it in order.
Key Notes
- Honey making is a complex, natural process which takes a very long time.
- Bees visit thousands of colourful flowers to collect nectar with their tongue.
- The nectar travels to the honey stomach where the enzymes break it down into smaller molecules.
- The bees transfer the nectar into the honeycomb cells and flap their wings to evaporate the water from the nectar.
- Bees seal the cells with a wax lid. The honey cannot leak or expire.
Vocabulary To Learn
- nectar: a sweet liquid made by flowers
- enzymes: substances in the bee's stomach that help break down nectar into honey
- regurgitation: the process of bringing swallowed food up again to the mouth
- honeycomb cell: a natural wax container for honey
- evaporation: a change of state from a liquid to a gas
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may find it difficult to remember the order in which the steps happen.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Honey making is a complex, natural process which takes a very long time. Bees visit thousands of colourful flowers to collect nectar with their tongue.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'nectar'
a sweet liquid made by flowers.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may find it difficult to remember the order in which the steps happen. Correction: Review the steps in order lots of times together before completing the ordering board.
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- Planning the second section of an explanation text about how bees make honey Study Guide
- Writing the first section of an explanation text about how bees make honey Study Guide
- Writing the introduction of an explanation text about how bees make honey Study Guide
- Writing the second section of an explanation text about how bees make honey Study Guide
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