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It’s a rainy day and the Berenstain family is stuck in the tree house. But never fear, Papa Bear has a great idea. The Berenstain Bear family goes to the Beartown Cinema. But the scary movie put some fright in their night. --- Conversation Questions---

(1) Retell the story in your own words. (Answer) Any logical response. (Follow Up) Share with me your favorite part.

(2) Imagine you were the Berenstain Bears, what would you have wanted to do on a rainy day? (Answer) Any logical response. (Follow Up) Describe a fun rainy day that you have had.

(3) Suppose the Beartown Cinema had been closed. What else could the bears have done? (Answer) Any logical response. (Follow Up) Tell me something that you and your family like to do together.

(4) Estimate how long it took them to watch the movie. (Answer) Any logical response. (Follow Up) Share with me a time you went to the movies.

(5) Replace the word “fright” with another word with the same meaning. (Answer) Scared, afraid, frightened, scary, spooky, or creepy. (Follow Up) Use that word in the sentence.

(6) Hunt in the book for the name of the movie they watched. (Answer) Attack of the Swamp Slime. (Follow Up) Explain what kind of movie it was.

(7) Search for the reason Papa Bear covered his eyes during the movie. (Answer) It scared him. (Follow Up) Describe something that scares you.

(8) Look on page 5 and tell me what is happening. (Answer) The slime swamp was going to get the professor. (Follow Up) Tell me what the Sister Bear said.

(9) Find what the Berenstain Bear family was eating during the movie. (Answer) Popcorn. (Follow Up) Share with me what treat you get when you go to the movies.

(10) Name which bear was frightened at the end of the story. (Answer) Papa Bear. (Follow Up) Tell me what you do at night when you get scared. Activities

1. Draw a picture of the Berenstain Bears at the movies.

2. Write a short story about something fun you’ve done on a rainy day! Write at least four sentences.

3. Draw a picture of a movie you have watched. Write two sentences about what you liked about it.

4. Write a list of all the things you could do if you were stuck on a rainy day. Write at least five things.

Introduction

1. Discuss with the children about the Berenstain Bears family. Ask them if they like them. What do they think today’s book might be about? Let’s read and find out.

2. Show the children a picture of items from a movie (EX. Tickets, popcorn, candy, coke). Ask them where you would find these things. Ask them about a movie they have seen. Today, our book is about the Berenstain Bears going to the movies. Let’s see what they watch.

3. Make copies of the book. Show the children and ask them what they think the book is about. Let’s read and find out.

Book Title: The Berenstain Bears Go to the Movies Author: Jan and Stan Berenstain Illustrator: Jan and Stan Berenstain ISBN: 02-0055001 # of Text Pages: 7 AR: N/A LEX: N/A Building Oral Vocabulary 6 slime 7 terrible 7 fright Prediction Questions 4 What do you think that they will watch? 6 Do you think the swamp slime will get the professor? 7 Do you think they will sleep with the lights of?

This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.