Minds On

Sweet as honey

Let’s explore the following video, "Honey Bees Part 2."

  • What do you think the video might be about? What does the title “Honey Bees Part 2” and the image of the video tell us?
  • After exploring the video, be ready to share what it reminded you of.

Student Success

Think-Pair-Share

Did you make any connections to the story? If possible, discuss your connections with a partner or record your ideas in your paper or digital notebook or in an audio recording.

  • What did this remind you of?
  • What did you already know about bees?
  • Have you ever read or heard any information about bees before?

Note to teachers: See your teacher guide for collaboration tools, ideas and suggestions.

Action

Types of connections

Let’s learn about 3 types of connections: text-to-self connections, text-to-text connections, and text-to-world connections.

Match each type of connection with the corresponding definition.

Honeybee connections

This time we are going to play the matching game with connections to the honeybee video. Match the connection from the video to the type of connection.

Your connections to the honeybee video

Let’s return to your connections to the honeybee video from the Minds On section activity.

Did you make a text-to-self connection, a text-to-text connection, or a text-to-world connection?

Now that you have matched connections, try to create your own connections. You can first explore the video again.

Complete the My Connections: Honeybees task in your notebook or using the following fillable and printable document.

Press the ‘Activity’ button to access My Connections: Honeybees. 

Activity(Open PDF in a new window)

Consolidation

Making new connections

You have practiced making connections. Now it’s time to make new connections. Explore the following video, “Quebec Winter Carnival,” and be ready to make connections in the My Connections: Headlines of the Week chart.

Can you make any connections to the title and the image before the video begins?

You can use this chart or a method of your choice to record your connections.

Complete the My Connections: Headlines of the Week task in your notebook or using the following fillable and printable document.

Press the ‘Activity’ button to access My Connections: Headlines of the Week. 

Activity(Open PDF in a new window)

Let’s reflect on Quebec Winter Carnival

We learned information about honeybees and the Quebec Winter Carnival and made some connections to these oral texts.

Choose two of these questions to answer by recording your thoughts.

  • How did making connections make a difference in your experience with the video?
  • What type of connections were easier to make than others? Why do you think that might be?
  • When do you make your best connections? Before the oral text, during the oral text or after exploring the oral text?

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity? Which of the next four sentences best matches how you are feeling about your learning? Press the button that is beside this sentence.

I feel…

Now, record your ideas about your feelings using a voice recorder, speech-to-text, or writing tool.