In the novel Sign of the Beaver, Matt's father tells him that there were no bees in America until the colonists brought them from England (p.22). I will have students to research this information using their iPads and verify this fact. Students will also research the appropriate first aid for a bee sting and research some of the remedies the Native American Indians used for bee stings.
After researching this information, students will use their iPads to create a Wordle using some of the key words for bees and bee sting remedies. Students will be grouped into partners also use the information to write a brief report. Students will then compare their wordles and see if they used the same words to describe bees and bee stings. Students will be allowed to give an oral presentation of their report. Students will also act out a scene from the novel when the character Matt climbs a tree so he can get honey from the bee’s hive. I will use my iPad to video the students’ reenactment and then we can view each skit on the Smart board. This should be a lot of fun!
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