Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?

Welcome to the first week in the Summer Story Workshop Series!

First up:  Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?

This book is a favorite among teachers, parents and kids alike!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? is a wonderful read aloud book that contains rhymes and predictable text.

But, how can the story of a brown bear and his colorful friends ignite learning?

Join us this week for fun ideas, a giveaway and a Linky PaRty!

Let's Get STARTED!!!

I know that this Story typically draws a younger crowd, but I wanted to explore how this book might be used in other grade levels as well.  Below are some skills that could be covered as a part of a Brown Bear, Brown Bear story unit:

Pre-K

*Color recognition

*Sequencing

*Animal Identification and sounds

*Use shakers when telling the story.  Keep the rhythm of the story with the shaker.

*Guess the Animal: describe an animal by it's attributes, guess which animal it might be.

*rhyming

Kindergarten

*Sequencing story events

* Sight words

*Sorting: animals that can fly vs. animals that can't fly or animals that walk on 4 legs vs. animals that walk on 2 legs (etc.)

*Reading color words

*rhyming

First Grade/Second Grade

* Work on creating bar or picture graphs by graphing favorite animals from the book.

* Verbs:  create a new book using verbs.  Sample: Crawling Crab, Crawling Crab, what do you see?  I see a jumping frog looking at me.

*Sight words

*Question Mark/Period (Question vs. Answer)

*Reader's Theatre

*Spelling color words

* Create a class book at the beginning of the year to learn classmates names.  Sample: 'First Grader, First Grader, Who do you See?  I see Camden looking at me.'

I know the list could go on and on!  If you have a SKILL for one or more of these grade-levels (not activity- save that for the Linky Party!) please leave a comment and I will add it to the list!

  by Eric Carle and Bill Martin Jr.