What are Blue-tailed Bee-eaters?
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What's Inside
Read this with a child who is curious about birds and science. It also works well when you want a short, focused nonfiction read aloud about a bird with a distinctive name.
Let's discover the Blue-tailed Bee-eater bird! Science is the magic in the universe just waiting to be discovered.
Children practice bird vocabulary and science language as they learn about the blue-tailed bee-eater. This book fits early grade readers who are building knowledge about animals and the natural world.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn What are Blue-tailed Bee-eaters? into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Bird vocabulary
- Science observation
- Building background knowledge
- Understanding compound animal names
- Listening comprehension
- Nature and STEM vocabulary
Discussion Questions
- 1 What do you notice when you hear the name blue-tailed bee-eater?
- 2 What clues in the title tell you this book is about a bird?
- 3 Why do you think the bird has the word bee-eater in its name?
- 4 What would you want to learn about this bird if you were reading with a grown-up?
- 5 How is learning about a bird a part of science?
- 6 Can you think of another bird you know and compare it to the blue-tailed bee-eater?
Words to Learn
- bird
- A bird is an animal with feathers, wings, and a beak.
- science
- Science is learning about the world by asking questions and finding answers.
- discover
- To discover means to find something new or learn something you did not know before.
- bee-eater
- A bee-eater is a kind of bird with a name that tells about what it eats.
- blue-tailed
- Blue-tailed means it has a tail that is blue in color.
- species
- A species is a group of living things that are the same kind.
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