Brown Bear, Brown Bear S

Lesson Plan:

Activity:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Lesson plan developed by Aurora Tollestrup, BS Ed.

Age Group:

School-Age

* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with preschoolers.

Objectives:

Children will:

identify the difference between an author and an illustrator.
practice emergent writing skills.

Washington Common Core Standard

Reading Standards for Literature K-5

The Washington State K–12 Arts Learning Standard:

Kindergarten students:
Craft and Structure
6. With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

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Materials:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? book by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle

Brown Bear, Brown Bear printable

pencils

coloring materials

Procedure:

Read the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? during circle time or story time.
Be sure to point out the author and illustrator and the difference between the two roles when it comes to creating the storybook.
After the story, ask the children what they see around their classroom.
It may be a friend, a decoration, or a desk.
Invite the children to become their own authors and illustrators by completing the Brown Bear, Brown Bear printable.
The children should write their name twice on the top line, just like the title of the book.
Next, the children will illustrate what they see, and then write about it on the provided lines.
If the children are emergent writers, it is appropriate for them to use inventive spelling to sound out the words.

Assessment:

Assess children's ability to identify the role of author and illustrator
Assess children's ability to apply phonological awareness to write about their illustration

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BOOM CHICKA BOOM

** circle time chant **

Leader: I said boom chicka boom
Everyone repeats: Boom chicka boom
Leader: I said boom chicka boom
Everyone repeats: Boom chicka boom
Leader: I said boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.
Everyone repeats: I said boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.
Leader: Uh-huh
Everyone repeats: Uh-huh
Leaders: Oh, yeah.
Everyone repeats: Oh, yeah.
Leader: One more time.
Everyone repeats: One more time.

(Keep a steady beat; pat knees or clap. Leader starts chant, echoed by the hole group. As each verse is repeated, try a different way to say it: whisper, shout, baby voice, daddy voice, hold your nose, etc.)