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ILLUSTRATED BY MASHA D’YANS  \nMaterials & Resources:  \n• Read Aloud Link-read by the author  \n• 5 of the Coolest Animal  Partnerships (symbiotic species) -video link  \n• Parts of a Flower/Pollination  \n-video link  \n• Flowers and Their  Pollinators: A Perfect Match  \n-video link  \n• Pollination: Trading Food  for Fertilization-video link (should be used with students who know that pollination is “plant sex”)  \n• Materials to build flowers, including but not limited to:  \n• Colored paper  \n• Chenille Stems  \n• Cardboard tubes  \n• Index cards  \n• Masking Tape  \n• Colored pom poms  \n• Colored yarn  \n• Scissors  \n• Glue  \n• Paper clips  \n• Pony beads  \n• Toothpicks  \n• Markers  \n• Glitter or baking soda-(This will be needed for the activity)  \nSummary AND DETAILS  \nWant to know a secret? Flowers actually ‘talk’ to animals! This beautifully written and illustrated informational text is a delightful way to introduce the symbiotic relationship between plants and pollinators. Full of interesting facts and told from the perspective of a“prickly” cactus, this book will enlighten and entertain your audience.  \nGrade Level: 2nd-5th  \nLexile Level: 570L  \nGuided Reading Level: Q  \nGenre: Informational Text  \nHow to Implement the High Fliers Book Club  \n• This book can be read aloud as an introduction to the pollinator and plant symbiotic relationship. The activity in this lesson provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate an understanding of how plants and pollinators interact with an exchange of pollen for food.  \n• This book can also be used as an Independent Reading Assignment for students based on their Guided Reading Level or Lexile Level. Use the following instructions for that course of action:  \n• Determine if this book is the correct reading level for the students by Lexile Level or Guided Reading Level.  \n• Create a schedule with the students for assignments, including how many pages need to be completed along with the Post-Reading Discussion Questions and Activity expectations.  \n• Make a plan of how students will make up the work if they miss an assignment.  \n• All content can be assigned digitally through LMS orin a face-to-face learning environment.  \n1 The Bee Cause Project  \nTHE HIGH FLIERS BOOK CLUB-FLOWER TALK: HOW PLANTS USE COLOR TO COMMUNICATE  \nPre-Reading Discussion Questions  \n• Read the title of the book, what do you think the author means by the term “flower talk?”How can flowers “talk”?  \n• Can you list some of the pollinators that might be in this book? (Educator-write down a list for the activity!)  \n• What do you already know about the relationship between plants and pollinators? 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