Visit and familiarize yourself with the Stapleless Book. Make a paper-bag bear puppet using the Bear Puppet Template to show students as an example. Practice the song "Little Bear," which is sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques," and the finger motions that accompany "Bear Finger Play." Fischer's Kinder-Themes on chart paper or overhead transparencies. You can also use the Facts About Brown Bears handout with your students.Ĭopy "Big Paws" and "Little Bear" from CanTeach: Songs & Poems - Bears and "Bear Finger Play" from Bear Unit: Mrs. Pick the amount and type of information that is appropriate for your students (see Session 2, Step 1). Use the National Geographic Kids: Brown Bears, North American Bear Center, National Wildlife Foundation: Grizzly Bear, and the NatureWorks: Grizzly Bear websites to find information to share about bears and hibernation. (Pages 26-28) Why do you think the bear is curled up? How long will he stay in the den?.(Pages 24-25) Where is the bear going? What will he do there? Do you remember another name for a den?.(Pages 15-21) As we look at the next few pages, what other animals are in the forest with the bear? Does the bear notice the other animals?.(Pages 13-14) Where is the raccoon? What is the bear doing?.(Pages 7-12) What do you think the bear is searching for?.(Pages 5-6) Can you tell what season it is? How?.(Pages 1-4) What is the setting of the story?.(Pages 24-25) Why is Bear so grouchy? Would a real bear be grouchy?.(Pages 22-23) What is Bear doing? What made him sneeze?.(Pages 20-21) Mouse is adding something to the stew.(Pages 16-19) What are the animals doing while Bear is sleeping? Would real animals do this?.(Pages 14-15) Would it be hard to sleep if someone was crunching on nuts?.(Pages 10-11) Why does Hare look frightened?.(Pages 4-5) Why is Mouse building a fire? Will it wake Bear?.(Pages 2-3) Why do you think the bear is curled up?.You may want to write some of the following prompts on sticky notes. Practice reading the two books aloud, preparing to pause and ask students questions as you do so. The story tells about a series of routines the bear does before finding a den among the hilltop boulders where he sleeps all winter. The second is a nonfiction book about a bear that shows up at a farm every autumn. The first is a fictional picture book that shows a bear sleeping in his cave while other animals join him for a midwinter party, eventually waking him up. Obtain and familiarize yourself with Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and Every Autumn Comes a Bear by Jim Arnosky.
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