Classroom Activities 

Objectives:  

1.  Students should use the books recommended on this page to read independently for pleasure and information.  

2.  Students should use the links on this page to gain factual information about bears.  

Activities:

1.  Set up a "bear" reading center in the classroom including many of the books listed below.  Students should "click" on the book titles below to read annotations and then select the books they think they might enjoy.  After each child reads a book, he or she should fill out a comment block and rating guide in a folder kept for each of the books.  Other students can consult the comment blocks and rating to make decisions about which books they would like to read.  

2.  Students should write a one-minute speech about the book they like the most.  This should be a very convincing speech that will persuade others to read the book.  Each day students may elect to read (or recite) his or her speech.  Records should be kept as to which books the students indicate as the best. 

3.  Students should click on the links below to visit sites relating to bears.  These sites are not annotated on screen.  Small groups of students may work together to visit 3 or 4 sites.  They should make notes describing some of the features of the site.  A scoring guide should be developed that allows students to note the most helpful or informative sites.  These annotations and/or rankings can be displayed for others to read and to benefit future classes of students studying bears.

4.  Students should develop learning logs or notebooks about bears.  Each notebook or log should be divided into categories of facts about bears (i.e., size, diet, oddities, etc).  Students should use a variety of materials, including sites listed below, to locate and record information.  This information should be shared in group.  Any discrepancies in facts should be investigated and resolved.  This resolution may involve email or letters to authorized personnel or agencies who are experts on bears.  

Web Sites about BEARS

http://www.bearden.org/
    Try the memory game.  

http://www.polarbearsalive.org/facts3.htm
    All about polar bears. 

http://www.nature-net.com/bears/

http://www.smokymtnmall.com/mall/blackb.html

http://www.ool.com/hunting/aboutblackbear.html

http://www.imsa.edu/~neener/bears.html

http://www.bears.org/

http://www.nature-net.com/bears

http://www.nature-net.com/bears/cubden.html

http://www.bearsmag.com

http://www.vitalground.org

http://home.att.net/~jrmusgrove

http://esther.la.asu.edu/personnel/ramsey/bears.html

http://www.appbears.org

http://www.americanbear.org

Click on the TITLES of the books listed below for a link to AMAZON.com.  You can read reviews about the books and find ordering information.  Your child will recognize many of these books from our class.  

    Goldilocks and the Three Bears
                     by James Marshall
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (February 1998)
                     Puffin; ISBN: 0140563660
 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Bears Should Share! (Another Point of View)
                     by Alvin Granowsky, Lyn Martin (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback - 48 pages (May 1996)
                     Raintree/Steck-Vaughn; ISBN: 0811466345
 
 Just Right : A Twice upon a Time Tale : Goldilocks and the Three Bears
                      (Osmond, Alan. Twice upon a Time.)
                      by Alan Osmond, Leo Dunbar (Illustrator), Thomas Aarrestad (Illustrator),  Alan Csmond,                                        Suzanne Osmond
                      Reading level: Ages 4-8
                      Hardcover - 32 pages 1 Ed edition (October 1998)
                      Ideals Childrens Books; ISBN: 1571021329

   Goldilocks and the Three Hares
                     by Heidi Petach
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Hardcover - 1 pages (October 1995)
                     Grosset & Dunlap; ISBN: 0399228284

Somebody and the Three Blairs (Orchard Paperbacks)
                     by Marilyn Tolhurst, Simone Abel (Illustrator)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback 1 edition (September 1994)
                     Orchard Books; ISBN: 0531070565

 The Three Bears
                     by Paul Galdone (Editor)
                     Reading level: Ages 4-8
                     Paperback Reprint edition (October 1985)
                     Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 089919401X

Abuelo Y Los Tres Osos/Abuelo and the Three Bears (Mariposa, Scholastic En Espanol)
by Jerry Tello, Ana Lopez Escriva (Illustrator), Ana Lopez Escriva (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages (April 1997)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 059004320X

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (February 1992)
Paws IV Pub; ISBN: 093400711X

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
by Jan Brett

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback Reissue edition (May 1996)
Paper Star; ISBN: 0698113586

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 16 pages Book & toy edition (September 1998)
Council Oak Distribution; ISBN: 1571780769

Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 40 pages (October 1999)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590383582

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Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (October 1997)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152015647

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages 1 Ed edition (October 1998)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152008365

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (September 1999)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152020160

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