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PB3 and Robin land on Earth to escape the terrible OOs who are chasing them in another spaceship. They are very surprised to find some beautiful creatures. They are soft and have got wings and black and yellow stripes. They are bees! Some Earth children are telling them all about the importance of bees when they hear the roar of a tractor. An ecological disaster is about to happen. Can they stop it?
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PB3 and the Bees by Jane Cadwallader Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali
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Jane Cadwallader
and the Bees
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My name is Jane and I live in a beautiful Spanish city, Madrid. I’m an English author of children’s books. I’ve always loved creating stories and songs for children. The best ideas come to me while… I’m jogging!
Language: present simple present continuous prepositions of place and movement can / can’t there are / aren’t have got.
Jane Cadwallader PB3 and the Bees
Jane Cadwallader PB3 and the Bees
Vocabulary areas The world around us, animals, parts of the body (animals)
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t’s sunny. There are four fields and some cows and sheep. There is a horse and a donkey, too. The animals are looking up at the sky. What are those? They aren’t planes and they aren’t helicopters.
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Oh! They’re spaceships! Oh dear! The black spaceship is trying to catch the grey spaceship. Can you see our friends, PB3 and Robin, in the grey spaceship? The OOs are in the black spaceship. The OOs are very bad! Hurry up PB3 and Robin!
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3 The grey spaceship is under a big grey rock.
PB3 and Robin are coming out of the spaceship. PB3 and Robin come from a planet called P3. P3 is very different from Earth. There aren’t any fields or woods or rocks or bushes or even flowers and they only have four colours: green, black, grey and white.
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PB3 and Robin love Earth. They love the colours and the animals and the countryside. Now the OOs can’t see the grey spaceship. They can’t see PB3 and Robin. They’re going away.
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4 There are lots of flowers! There are pink,
blue, yellow, orange and red flowers! PB3 and Robin can hear BUZZZZZ BUZZZZ BUZZZZZ. Is it the OOs? No! It’s the bees! Lots and lots of bees! There are bees flying between the flowers. There are bees on, under, next to, in front of, behind and in the flowers. There are bees everywhere!!
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Robin and PB3 are very happy. They love the bees. They’ve got soft, fluffy, black and yellow bodies and big black eyes. They’ve got wings and six black legs and two black antennae. They can wiggle their tails. Are they sweets? Do you eat them?
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Ha ha ha! You don’t eat bees! Be careful! They can sting! 5
Hi. We’re Kim and Matt. Who are you?
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Hello! I’m PB3 and this is my robot, Robin.
Kim and Matt tell PB3 and Robin about bees. They carry pollen from one flower to another flower. This helps to make seeds and fruit. The seeds make new plants. Bees are very important! They help nature! We’re doing a school project about bees.
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6 Matt and Kim show PB3 and Robin a beehive
in the tree. Bees make honey there. It’s very sweet!
Can I try?
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Activity Pages 1 Write the sentences. Number the pictures in order. 1 love
PB3
bees
2 meet
Kim
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3 tractors
coming
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Robin
Matt The
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farmer
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1 _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ . 2 _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ . 3 _______ _______ _______ _______ . 4 _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______. 5 _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ .
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2 Write the words in the correct place, then write more words. antennae snail field
tail bug
seed rock lizard wing
Animal bodies
Animals
Countryside
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3 Draw a bee between, on, in, under, behind or in front of one of the flowers. Ask a friend questions to find where his / her bee is. For example Is your bee in the flower? Draw your friend’s bee.
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4 Do the Bee Quiz and learn something new about bees. 1
How many legs does a bee have? __________
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How many eyes does a bee have? __________
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Can a bee see different colours? __________
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Can a bee smell? __________
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What do ‘honey bees’ eat? __________
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Does all honey taste the same? __________
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How many queen bees are there in a beehive? __________
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How do bees help make new fruit and plants? (look on page 9) __________
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Tick the fruits which honey bees help to make: apples cherries oranges grapes pears kiwis
10 Are bees in danger? (read the story again to answer the question) __________ 30
How can you help bees?
5 You can plant flowers. Here are two flowers that bees like. Can you find more on the Internet? Draw them.
6 You can make a simple bee hotel. Number the instructions in order. You need A plastic bottle A strong paper bag
Scissors String
A ruler A pencil
Instructions Put the bee hotel in a sunny place. Use the string to tie the bottle to a tree. Cut off the top of the bottle. Put the rolls into the bottle. Use the ruler, pencil and scissors to cut the paper into strips. Roll the strips around the pencil. 31
7 Draw some animals in their new home. Write.
In the field there are __________________________ and __________________________. They are happy in their new home!
8 Do you like the story? Draw your face.
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= I love the story!
= I quite like the story!
= I like the story!
= I don’t like the story!