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1) Read the Passage 📖
Read carefully. Then go back to find details.
How Bees Help Gardens
Bees are busy insects that help many plants grow. When a bee lands on a flower, yellow pollen sticks to its fuzzy body. Then the bee flies to another flower. Some of the pollen rubs off on the new flower. This helps the plant make seeds, fruits, and vegetables.
Bees also collect nectar from flowers. They carry the nectar back to the hive to help make honey. In spring and summer, you can often see bees moving from flower to flower in gardens, parks, and farms. Even though bees are small, they do a very important job for people and plants.
2) Pick the Main Idea 🎯
Circle the best answer.
- A. Bees are insects with black and yellow stripes.
- B. Bees help flowers and food plants grow.
- C. Honey is sweet and sticky.
3) Find Two Details 🔎
Write or say two details that support the main idea.
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4) Answer the Questions ✏️
Use the passage to help you.
- 1. What sticks to a bee’s body?
- 2. Where do bees carry nectar?
- 3. Name one place you might see bees.
- 4. Why are bees important?
5) Main Idea or Detail? 📂
Write M for main idea or D for detail.
- 1. Bees help plants grow. —
- 2. Pollen sticks to a bee’s fuzzy body. —
- 3. Bees carry nectar back to the hive. —
- 4. Bees do an important job. —
6) Draw and Label 🎨
Draw a bee on a flower. Add one label from the passage.
Ex.2: B · Ex.3 sample: Bees move pollen from flower to flower. / Bees help plants make seeds, fruits, and vegetables. · Ex.4: pollen; to the hive; gardens/parks/farms; they help plants grow and make food · Ex.5: M, D, D, M.