A sweet business

A Sweet Business L3 Nov 2016 Journal

Make a copy of this Doc and file it in your reading folder.

1. WALT identify information (facts) in this text.

Write each of the sub-headings from this text and ONE main fact about that sub-heading, e.g.

Bees in the Garden:  To have bees in a garden you must have bee-friendly plants.

mar Pick 6 of the topic words from the vocabulary slide and write the word, its meaning and add a picture.

Analysing - Notice the problems and solutions the students had in starting their honey business.

Complete this table:

Problem	Solution
How to attract the bees to the garden.	Need a  beehive and bee friendly plants.
It would cost about $500 to start a beehive.	Martin donated some money.
There would be ongoing costs (costs that kept coming).
Keep going. Find 3 more problems and solutions.

Hedging

bees in the garden

Fact

The te aro school is making a business of honey.

hedging

The bee man

Fact

the bee man has been beekeeping for many years.

Hedging

Varroa mites

Fact

Varroa mite are a pest for the bees.

Hedging

Earning their keep

Fact

keeping bee are seem easy.

Hedging

Budget time

Fact

More honey more incomes

Hedging

The big Question

Fact

The good news is you seem to have viable business plan.

Hedging

Money in the bank

fact

Two years down the track the school’s honey business is a great success.

Concept square

the income is budget for the te aro school for there bees.

Spelling

Minutes M i n u t e s Min/ut/es Minutes Minutes

Opened O p e n e d Op/en/ed Opened Opened  

Outside O u t s i d e Out/side Outside Outside

Places P l a c e s Pl/ac/es Places Places

Ready R e a d y R/ea/dy Ready Ready

Right R i g h t R/i/ght Right Right