Unit Plan: A Beary Good Beginning
My Bear Book
Children learn best by building upon things they know. With this in mind, students will use something familiar to them, bears, to learn classroom rules and procedures as well as to develop writing and counting skills.
OBJECTIVE
Students will:
- Learn rules and procedures for the classroom and school.
- Acquire the early literacy skills of identifying the parts of a
book including the front and back cover, title, author, illustrator,
as well as one- to-one correspondence and tracking.
- Become familiar with an illustrated story through listening.
- Learn their basic colors.
- Count with gummy bears.
LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: Beary Necessary Rules
Lesson 2: Class Bear Book
Lesson 3: Counting With Bears
REPRODUCIBLES
Bear Counting Sheet
CULMINATING ACTIVITY
Students will have a picnic celebrating what they’ve learned.
They will bring their teddy bears to school and read the book, The
Teddy Bear Picnic by Jimmy Kennedy.
SUPPORTING BOOKS
- Teacher Store
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Touch the Poem
The Teacher Store 
Touch the Poem
by Arnold Adoff and Lisa DesiminiEating an ice cream cone, rolling in a pile of leaves, scratching daddy's stubby beard -- happy moments such as these offer your child an enticing introduction to the world of verse. Colorful photographs illustrate each poem, reinforcing the wordplay and further fueling her imagination. This engaging book may even encourage your young writer to pen her own poems!
$16.95
Hardcover Book | Grades Pre-K-3
Grades Pre-K-3 $16.95
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Math Center
The Teacher Store 
Math Center
Turn every area in your classroom into a literacy-rich learning area!
$16.25
Book Collection | Grades Pre-K-1
Grades Pre-K-1 $16.25
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