Wednesday, March 21, 2012
first day of spring with bears
Book: Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson illustrated by Jane Dyer
Activity: building a bear den
We read Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson at the beginning of winter and discussed hibernation. For the first day of spring we read Bear Wants More and talked about what animals do when they come out of hibernation. (You could also read Bear Snores On first.)We built a bear den and my daughter took her nap in there like a bear.
Snack:
After her nap we ate berries (and some grapes that she insisted on) just like Bear in the story. Other snack ideas would be graham crackers like the honey cakes or honey Teddy Grahams.
Links to other activity ideas:
Karma Wilson's website
For a Bear Snores On and Bear Wants More event kit click here.
5 components of reading suggestions:
{phonemic awareness}
have your early bird tell you the individual sounds when you say "den"
{phonics}
have your early bird work on the r-controlled vowel "ea" by writing -ear and using replacing the consonant in front of the word to make new words
{fluency}
you and your early bird can read "the bear wants more" out loud together each time it appears in the story
{vocabulary}
have your early bird act out the words hibernate, waddle, nibble, scamper, tramp, shuffle, romp, sniff and snuffle, wail, gobble
{reading comprehension}
have your early bird draw pictures of the food bear eats and put them in order
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- dshrock
- I am a wife, mom, teacher, and student. I love my husband, daughter, son, and pug! I'm currently finishing a doctorate in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in reading from Baylor University, but also have degrees in elementary ed and school counseling from The University of Tulsa. I've taught in Memphis and Waco. We are now living in the dorms at a boarding school in Oklahoma for junior and senior high school students where my husband teaches.
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