Lesson 4: Brown Bear, Brown Bear
What Do You See?

Grade Level:  First, Second

Subjects: Language Arts, Science, Art, Computer/Technology

Learner Outcomes:

• The students will identify the primary colors - red, yellow, & blue.
• The students will identify the secondary colors - green, orange, & purple.
• The students will discuss the unusual colors of the various animals in the book.
• The students will discuss real and make-believe aspects of the book.
• The students will make paper animals represented in the book.

Materials:

• Book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  by Bill Martin, Jr. & Eric Carle
• Brown BearArt Internet site
• Animal stencils
• Construction paper or bulletin board paper
• Stapler
• Newspaper
• Crayons/markers

Teacher Notes:
Teachers may copy and enlarge stencil attachments or students may design their own artwork.
Pictures of the children's artwork could be taken and posted on your school's home page.

Procedures:
1. Read and discuss the book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
2. Identify and list animals in the book - compare make-believe colors and real colors of animals.
3. Make chart of which animals were primary colors and which were secondary colors.
4. Discuss colors - brown, white, & black.
5. Go to Brown Bear Art Internet site and follow directions to make large animals - stencils provided -
    attachment #4a.

Modifications:
Teachers should determine specific needs of students as indicated on Individualized Educational Plan.

Enrichment Activities:
Students could create stories about animals using Children's Writing & Publishing or Creative Writer.
Students could take an electronic field trip to a zoo.

Evaluation/Assessment:
Oral discussion
Rubric

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives:
Language Arts
    Listening/Speaking  1.1, 1.9, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 2.5, 2.9
    Reading Comprehension  1.21, 1.40, 1.41, 2.19, 2.39, 2.51
Science
     Laboratory Investigations/Hands-On Learning  1.24, 2.22
    Science Themes and Subject Matter  1.29, 2.27
Art
    Applying Media, Techniques, Processes  1.4
    Art Elements/Principles of Design  2.5
Computer/Technology  1.71, 1.72, 1.73, 176, 1.77, 1.78, 2.118, 2.119, 2.120, 2.126

National Standards:

References:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. & Eric Carle
Brown Bear Art Internet site
Web Collection CD Set from ROM-MAN Technologies'

Created by:
Anna Deem
Leanne Hoselton
Kathy Lowers

Lubeck Elementary School, Parkersburg, WV
 
 

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