Flee from the Bees!

Flee from the Bees!
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Target text

Objective

Read and write words spelled with the long-e vowel pattern ee.

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Lesson Plan

Target Words:

  • bee

     

  • see
  • tree
  • flee
  • need
  • wee

Materials:

  • A real tree, a tree made out of paper,* or a picture of a tree*
  • Flee from a Bee target text*

     


    *Items and examples included below.

State the Objective
The children will play a game called Flee, Bee! and will read and write words spelled with ee, such as flee, see, bee, and tree
 
Literacy Activities
Flee from the bees

  • Hold three fingers together like a bee and tell the children that you will be the "bee.
  • Take the children to a tree, a tree made of paper, or a picture of a tree (see below).
  • Buzz like a bee and approach the children. When you come near, have them wave their arms and say, "Flee, bee!:

     

Read target words

  • Read the Flee from a Bee target text (see below) as a group.
  • Underline all the ee words found in the text.

Write about the activity 

  • Have the children write ee words from dictation (e.g., peek, feel, need, seek, greet, meet, flee, see, bee, need, tree, free).
  • Let the children help fill in sentence frames:
    • I ___ (see) a ___ (bee).
    • The ___ (bee) is in a ___(tree).
    • I don't want to ___ (meet) a ___ (bee).
    • I ___ (need) to ___ (flee).
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SEEL Target Texts

Flee from a Bee

I see a tree.
Up in the tree, I see three bees.
I see a big bee.
I see a wee, little bee.
I see a bee with fuzz!
 
I flee from the tree!
I flee from the bees!
 
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Standards

SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.

http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/