Standards for the Bumblebee Queen

The Bumblebee Queen English/Language Arts Standards K.1.1 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. K.1.2 Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom on the printed page. K.1.3 Understand that printed materials provide information.

Bumblebee Queen Math

For a teacher’s workshop recently, I was asked to share some ideas about using THE BUMBLEBEE QUEEN (Charlesbridge) in the context of math. Below are some of my informal ideas. I’m sure they will spark lots more activities in educators out there. Let me know what you do!   BUMBLEBEE MATH  (A mathematical look at …

Bumblebee Math

Here are some ideas, sketched out, for what educators might do with the book, THE BUMBLEBEE QUEEN.      BUMBLEBEE MATH  (A mathematical look at The Bumblebee Queen by April Pulley Sayre)    BEING A MATH DETECTIVE (Building number literacy and sensitivity)    After a first read of the book, as a story, look through …