BEAR FEELS SICK activities and lesson plan ideas

This BEAR FEELS SICK Activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages.

Following an interactive read aloud of the picture book, BEAR FEELS SICK by Karma Wilson, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills. We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book!

THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH:

◼️READING STRATEGIES

☐ CAUSE AND EFFECT

☐ IDENTIFYING THEME | MESSAGE | MORAL

☐ MAKING CONNECTIONS

☐ RHYME | RHYTHM | REPETITION

☐ SUMMARIZING AND RETELLING

◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS

☐ SYNONYMS

☐ ANTONYMS

☐ CONTRACTIONS

☐ NOUNS

◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS

☐ COMPASSION

SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT:

It’s a windy fall day, and Bear is alone in his cave. He is feeling achy and sneezy. Bear’s friends come over to see if he wants to play, but he tells them he is feeling sick. He can’t stop sneezing and wheezing, and his friends find that he is feeling very hot.

Bear's friends immediately start taking care of him. They ensure he is warm and cozy. Budget and Gopher feed Bear some broth, and the friends make sure Bear sips some tea. Bear’s friends never leave his side.

Finally, Bear is able to fall asleep. When he wakes up, he feels so much better! Bear is ready to go outside and play. He wants to celebrate. However, that’s when his friends start to sneeze and wheeze. They’re sick now! Bear starts to take care of them right away, just like they did for him.

THIS COLLECTION OF ACTIVITIES and LESSON IDEAS INCLUDES:

➜ Comprehension Questions categorized by reading strategy; text-dependent
➜ Social Emotional Learning guidance lesson ideas & discussion topics based on the story
➜ Vocabulary Activities with kid-friendly definitions
➜ Grammar Topics selected to align with the text
➜ Focus Sentences use the book & author's craft as a mentor text to improve writing
➜ Lesson Planner summary, background info and planning space

➜ Story Mapping Printable identify character, setting, problem and solution

➜ Making Words Activity Page use any word from the book

➜ Focus Sentence copy work, identifying elements of the sentence, rewriting)

➜ Design a New Book Cover demonstrate understanding of the text by creating an illustration

➜ Predicting Activity primary-ruled and wider-ruled versions
➜ Summarizing Somebody → Wanted → But → Then → Finally

➜ Comparing and Contrasting using a Venn Diagram

➜ Cause and Effect analyze how events affect one another

➜ Visualization illustrate visualizations from the story and support thinking with text-based evidence

➜ Making Connections identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections

➜ Thematic Writing Paper Use with the Writing Prompts... Makes a Great Bulletin Board

➜ 2 Sequencing Activities First → Next → Then → Last and Beginning → Middle → End

➜ 2 Vocabulary Activities Vocabulary Booklet and Word Mapping

➜ 2 Character Trait Activities listing traits and supporting traits with text-based evidence
➜ 30 Text-Based Writing Prompts 3 prompts for each of the following types of writing:

• narrative
• persuasive / opinion
• descriptive
• expository / informative
• creative / story writing
• procedure / how-to
• list making
• letter / postcard writing
• poem
• book reviews

INCLUDED DIGITAL ACTIVITIES:

➜ 5 Teaching Slides to use for instruction (add questions, vocabulary, instructions, etc)

➜ 15 Student Pages for use in Google™️ Classroom or as editable files to create customized printables