UNIT: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

ACTIVITY SHEETS UNIT: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

This kit contains: Brown Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See? game, Print n Communicate software, bear puppet, wooden box, Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? book, kaleidoscopes, finger puppets, communicator switch and corresponding puzzle pieces, paw switch, tri-fold literacy board, binoculars, telescope, switch toy

Activity Environmental Material Simplify the Child Special Peer Support Adult Support Adaptations Activity Preferences Equipment/AT Support Oral Expression: Read Brown Bear aloud Book Use board book and Read 1-1 Child chooses to PECS symbols of Pair up by Verbal cues and encourage students attach mini clothes “be” an animal animals in book “animal” to comment on the pins for easy page from story story turning

Vocabulary: Identify and match List of color words Use fat crayons Focus on Child chooses Use large print Kids pair up by Verbal and color words to crayons and crayons primary colors color they match color choice gestural cues (use colors from Brown only Bear book)

Phonological Awareness: Using music sticks tap Music sticks, book Use wider sticks for Use claps instead Children choose Using puffy paint, Tap sticks with Verbal and out syllables in colors easy grasping of sticks order of colors to add dots under neighbor gestural cues of animals (i.e brown “tap” syllables in color equals 1 tap, purple words for tactile equals 2 taps, etc) experience

Letter Knowledge: Create letters with “cat Pipe cleaners None Provide tracing Child picks color Offer bright colors Pair up by hair Model and whiskers” (pipe cards and limit of “whisker” on contrasting color encourage cleaners) letters of focus color tracing cards

Print/Book Awareness: Identify the spine of the Brown Bear board Highlight spine with Present in small Child chooses None Trace neighbor’s Model and book and find own book washable marker group (2-3) color of spine with finger assist those spine (both help make highlighter who need things stand up) assistance ACTIVITY SHEETS UNIT: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Activity Environmental Material Simplify the Child Special Peer Support Adult Support Adaptations Activity Preferences Equipment/AT Support Written Expression: Decorate letters using Sheets with various Draw dots on letters Use yellow Child chooses Use puffy paint to Boy/girl pairs Gesture and “duck food” (corn) letters in print, corn, to prompt children crayon and letters to draw dots for verbal cues glue where to glue corn pretend it’s corn decorate tactile cue

Number and Number Sense: Number hunt: use Binoculars Hold binoculars for Use toilet paper Child chooses None Peer buddies Offer hints and binoculars to find child with motor rolls instead of child who is next hunt together cues (verbal numerals around the needs real binoculars to hunt and gestural) if classroom – compare needed numbers more/less

Computation: Count animals as they Book and picture Use board book and Focus on 1-5 Have student Picture symbols Ask neighbor for Verbal and arrive in the story symbols to represent print picture symbols only turn pages of help if needed gesture cues animals on tag board for book easier manipulation

Measurement: Bear Races: measure Grizwald switch toy Use masking tape to Race 2 kids at a Child chooses Toy and switch Race in teams Monitor and distance that and paw switch and mark distances to time direction and allow kids to use appropriate “Grizwald” travels and yard stick show visually Grizwald will come up with vocabulary compare race team name related to objective (i.e. feet, farther, how far?,etc) Geometry: Shape Hunt: Observe Book, shape cards Scan book into Focus only on Child chooses SMART Board and Hunt in pairs Monitor and animals in story and PowerPoint for larger one animal animal they projector, offer hints as discuss shapes found on viewing on SMART observe PowerPoint needed bodies (i.e. beak equals Board triangle, etc) ACTIVITY SHEETS UNIT: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Activity Environmental Material Simplify the Child Special Peer Support Adult Support Adaptations Activity Preferences Equipment/AT Support Data Collection: Gather data on a bear’s Binoculars, clip Velcro clip board to Have one chart Children come Velcro Hunt with child Model first, habitat and answer boards, pencils, wheel chair tray for for observations up with of same birth then encourage questions of interest paper, website or child with motor versus clip questions of month prompt as book about bears needs boards for all interest necessary

Patterns & Relationships: Explore AB and ABC Multiple copies of Use brightly colored AB patterns only Children choose Picture cards Allow child to Consider patterns with animals picture cards ink for easy viewing animals to insert request help differentiation from story (i.e. cat, representing animals in patterning from peer and prompt as sheep, cat, sheep, etc.) needed

Scientific Investigation: Group animals by Velcro backed Color code animals Only compare Children choose Felt board, Velcro Pair children by Verbal and considering how they pictures represent as cue (i.e. those that animals that fly animals hair color to gesture cues primarily move (i.e. animals and felt fly may be posted on and walk work as teams sheep walk, ducks fly, board pictures to blue paper, those that frogs hop, etc.) represent modes of walk on green, etc.) movement

Force, Motion, Energy: Give students magnets Various colored Use large magnets for Present activity Child chooses None Work in pairs Offer cues with poles marked to magnets with poles easier handling 1-1 color of magnet related to explore – discuss marked to use observations attraction and pushing and describe as away “the like each other and they do not” ACTIVITY SHEETS UNIT: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Activity Environmental Material Simplify the Child Special Peer Support Adult Support Adaptations Activity Preferences Equipment/AT Support Matter: Retrieve “pond water” Bucket, ice, trays, Use small, wide Bring “pond Children choose None Have children Monitor safety, from the ducks home freezer, kiddy pool buckets with wide water” in from their own bucket help child with assist and cue and recognize water in handle for easy “teachers visit to and ice tray limited mobility as needed its forms (solid, liquid, carrying pond” retrieve their gas) water

Life Processes: Hatch ducks in Incubator, eggs, feed, None Go through Children name Incubator and eggs Children observe Monitor safety classroom using water, sink for process in books ducks once and report in and vocabulary incubator cleaning bowls versus in reality hatched groups relate to life regularly processes

Space Systems: Allow “Brown Bear” to Telescope, pictures of Use light box to show Use paper towel Child pretends to Light box One child uses Monitor use telescope to see day and nighttime pictures of nighttime rolls as be “Brown Bear” scope and report activity and stars, moon, etc. skies sky printed on telescopes using scope and one child cue children as transparency “documents” needed encouraging language

Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Change: Go on a nature walk Pinecones, leaves, Affix Velcro or Read story about Child directed Velcro or magnets Walk in pairs Monitor safety and gather natural seeds, etc., and magnets to some nature and walk and cue as objects to be used in magnifying glasses materials allowing provide objects needed science center (watch child with motor from teacher’s out for bears! ) needs to gather home ACTIVITY SHEETS UNIT: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Activity Environmental Material Simplify the Child Special Peer Support Adult Support Adaptations Activity Preferences Equipment/AT Support Resources: Starfall recycling Plastic, metal and Use tennis ball on Teacher works Child chooses SMART Board, Children choose Monitor, activity: paper samples for dowel rod for easier SMART Board trash to clean projector, web who goes next prompt and www.starfall.com/n/hol view selection on SMART based on child’s access encourage iday/earthday/load.htm Board directions vocabulary related to recycling and the importance of a clean environment

History Similarities and Differences: Offer mirrors to Mirrors Velcro mirror to wall Use pictures, not Children pair up Velcro Peers offer cues Prompt by children and encourage at wheel chair height mirrors with who they if needed saying them to note similarities will compare “Johnny, and differences face with Johnny, what between theirs and do you see?” others Cue as needed

History Change over Time: Share pictures of old LCD projector, Scan copies of Limit number of Child runs LCD projector, Pick seat by Monitor safety telescopes/binoculars pictures to represent pictures into pictures shared PowerPoint by screen or blank choosing friend and offer and compare to more concept of change PowerPoint for easy and focus on touching next wall space, to sit beside discussion modern versions over time, scanner, viewing from only one object button computer, scanner related to computer projector concept and answer questions as appropriate ACTIVITY SHEETS UNIT: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Activity Environmental Material Simplify the Child Special Peer Support Adult Support Adaptations Activity Preferences Equipment/AT Support Geography/ Location: Add plastic models of Blocks and plastic Use animals with Use animals Lesson/activity None Limit number of Ask open- animals from story animals wide base so they from only one should be child children at center ended block center and stand easily habitat directed to encourage questions to facilitate pretend play verbal encourage in their habitat (i.e. interactions creativity pond – duck and frog, etc)

Geography Descriptive Words: Sing the “Brown Bear Bear, body part cue Use cue cards to Do lesson in Children choose Cue cards Hold hands with Words like Pokey” to encourage cards prompt kids to use smaller groups next part to sing neighbor for the claws, snout, knowledge of direction name of body part (4-5) about turn yourself hind, paws, etc words (in, out and around verse should be around) included to connect bear theme to descriptive words concept

Economics: Discuss and role play Brown Bear books, Use clothes with Present in groups Children pick None Children choose Encourage the job of a teacher (as school year book, larger buttons, pre-tie of 2-3 to teacher in year small groups children to identified in story) glasses, dresses, shirt, ties, use board book encourage book to pretend verbally ties, etc. for easy page turning interactive to be identify their or big book for easy discussions perception of viewing the teacher’s role ACTIVITY SHEETS UNIT: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Activity Environmental Material Simplify the Child Special Peer Support Adult Support Adaptations Activity Preferences Equipment/AT Support Economics Making Choices: Add “Brown Bear Board game, switch Pegs have already Offer only one Children choose Switch (pre- Teams of 2 for Offer support board game” and (pre-recorded), been added to puzzle “extra” center amount of time recorded) center time and guidance “communicator switch puzzle, center time for easy manipulation per day to assure spent at center (consider pairing and monitor with puzzles” as an choice board appropriate special needs appropriate identified center time teacher support student with play choice limited to a higher specific number of functioning peer) children

Civics / Citizenship: Use bear puppet to List of rules with Use large print for Limit rules to 5 Children help None Allow children Guide reinforce the visuals puppet rules list or less identify the rules to ask a neighbor conversation recognized class rules of the classroom if help is needed and phrase community rules positively (“use walking feet” versus “no running”) Skilled Movement: Practice moving like Book to cue animals None Only focus on 2 Children choose None Do tag relays Monitor safety, animals from story animals animal they wish (tag peer then its model and (frog hops, horse to imitate their turn) encourage gallops, bear crawls, fish swim, etc)

Movement Principles and Concepts: Perform various Song chart with None Do song with Child chooses None Hold hands when Model and movements in response pictures representing CD, not chart favorite phrase appropriate monitor safety to a verbal instruction song once complete by “Going on a Bear Hunt”

Personal Fitness: ACTIVITY SHEETS UNIT: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Activity Environmental Material Simplify the Child Special Peer Support Adult Support Adaptations Activity Preferences Equipment/AT Support After “bear crawl” Open space with Use tap for Talk about Child chooses None Race boys/boys Monitor safety races, monitor increase large mat start/finish line increase by peer to race and girls/girls and encourage in heart rate by listening for all as winners listening with breathing, stethoscope – be sure to instead of using listen before races too! stethoscope

Responsible Behaviors: Play “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Panda None Play with 1 adult Child chooses None Ask a neighbor Encourage and Panda Bear, What Do Bear board game and 1 child their seat to help if they cue as You See?” game and recall where your appropriate demonstrate match is cooperative behaviors

Physically Active Lifestyle: Carry over theme into Bear crawl through Adapt each station as Limit to 2 Free choice See Environmental Buddies travel Monitor safety PE class – assist teacher tunnel, hop like frog needed for children stations Support through centers and offer in setting up stations as in sacks, paddle like with motor with peer from praise and animal habitats ducks on bikes, etc impairments older grade level support

Self Concept: Eat animal cookies or Extra small tables Tables and chairs Place adults at Children select None Ask a neighbor Facilitate gummy bears at snack with adequate need to be at the table with their spot to help open conversation time and place children spacing correct height with youngest your juice at small tables to feet on floor children encourage conversation

Self Control: ACTIVITY SHEETS UNIT: Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Activity Environmental Material Simplify the Child Special Peer Support Adult Support Adaptations Activity Preferences Equipment/AT Support Have child size Broom and dust pan Use materials with N/A Children free to See Environmental Encourage Prompt as cleaning materials by sand table, towels wide handles for easy clean as they see Support asking a peer if needed but available and teach by water table, grasping appropriate one can help fade cues proper use sponge and bucket by hold dust pan art center when sweeping

Approaches to Learning: Draw pictures for a Various drawing Offer short wide Offer printed Child chooses Slant boards to Share materials Encourage and class bulletin board materials and paper drawing utensils for worksheets to be what they want assist kids with fine with neighbor offer cues as representing their easy grasping colored to represent motor needs needed nature walk (earth patterns, cycles, change activity)

Interaction with Others: Demonstrate Bag of 12 finger Children with limited Limit characters Child chooses Music sticks Pair up if Model and appropriate interactions puppets motor skills can hold in “play” their part children choose offer directions with peers and adults puppet on a music same parts and assistance by re-telling Brown stick Bear story with finger puppets

Social Problem Solving: Demonstrate sharing Kaleidoscopes Offer larger Use patch to Child places None Ask a neighbor Monitor and limited materials Kaleidoscope to child cover opposite patch on self what he/she sees praise sharing (Kaleidoscopes) with fine motor needs eye