A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee
I just discovered this fabulous new-to-me book: A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee. This is one of those little treasures that makes me wonder how on earth I missed seeing it when it first came …
Bears
Teddy Bear Art
Inside: Directions for making teddy bear pop art. Our school is making art cards for one of our fundraisers. Each class is creating beautiful, non-seasonal art that will be professionally reduced into greeting cards. I …
More Bear Ideas for Grade 1
Inside: Lots of bear activities for first grade. We have now wrapped up our Bear unit. Well, except for our biscuit bears which we’ll do next week. We’re going to add a red hot heart …
Bears Bears Bears!
Inside: Lots of bear activities for a primary class. We’re learning about bears again! This is one of my favourite units because there are just so many fun things to do. We jump-started the unit …
Bear Trioramas
Happy Boxing Day! I hope everyone had a happy and peaceful Christmas. Just before our holiday break we wrapped up our bear unit with these trioramas. My fabulous TOC supervised (I was home sick). I …
Bear Freebies from my Week
We’ve been hard at work on a bear unit. We spent a week working on bear posters. The kids worked in groups of their choice to learn more about polar bears, panda bears, black bears …
The Very Cranky Bear and a Freebie
My choice today for Susanna’s Perfect Picture Book Friday is The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland. Publisher: Scholastic, 2008 Audience: 3 and up Genre: Juvenile Fiction Topic: Bears, Hibernation, Humour Opening Lines: In the …
Brown Bear Art
Hi there! We made the sweetest bears last week. The lesson plan came from Deep Space Sparkle, one of my favourite go-to art sites. It’s not a freebie but for $4.99 (I THINK that’s what …
Bear Poem Freebie
I just put together this bear poem for next week and thought you might like a copy. It’s called “Five Little Bears”. Click the image to grab. Hello from Benji and Max! JOIN THE NEWSLETTER! …