Lesson Plans
Activity card
Blackline master Think, feel, wonder
Polar bear race
Look at the photograph in the circle. What does it make you think about? How does it make you feel? What does it make you wonder about?
What to do: Cut out the polar bear counters. Take turns rolling the dice. Follow the arrows and read the message on the piece of ice you land on. The first polar bear to reach the safety of solid ice is the winner.
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Think... Stay here to make a den.
START HERE Feel...
Wonder...
A park ranger takes you home. Go back 4.
You can’t find food. Go back 2.
The webbing in your paws helps you swim fast. Move ahead 2.
You catch a seal to eat. Move ahead 4.
You swam too far from land and got stuck on a piece of ice. Go back 5.
It’s spring. You play with your cubs on the ice.
You wander into town and get shot with a tranquilizer dart. Go back 6.
You stay here to eat and build up your layer of fat. Lose a turn.
Fluent reading stage Level K (20)
Polar Bears is a report about polar bears and how they survive in their environment. Running words: 618 Text type: Report
A Bear Called Trouble is a narrative about a family who attends a costume party at the North Pole. Dad’s polar bear costume is so good that a park ranger mistakes him for a real bear and shoots him with a tranquilizer dart. Poor Dad sleeps right through the party! Running words: 769 Text type: Narrative
Content vocabulary
claws cubs den explore fish flippers frozen fur growl habitat hunt mammals North Pole pad polar bear prey rangers sea birds sea ice seals skin tranquilize tranquilizer dart webbing wild
Phonics
• Identifying the long /a/ sound as in weigh • Identifying “ou” making the /u/ sound as in trouble
Text features Polar Bears
• C ontents page; chapters; glossary • Headings in the form of questions; sub-headings
A Bear Called Trouble
• Dialogue; chapters with headings
Reading strategies
• Recognizing how a book is organized (question and answer) • Identifying where a story takes place
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
YOU MADE IT TO SOLID ICE – YOU WIN! Share your chart with a friend. Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Polar Bears / A Bear Called Trouble © 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd.
Assessment Can the student use an image to promote thinking? Can the student understand the difference between thoughts and feelings and write about them?
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