Bears

Name: Brittany Mitchell

Grade

Topic

Science

Date

November 2014

Allotted Time

Approx. 1 hour

Cite sources used to develop this plan:

Pinterest
Teachers Pay Teachers
Every Autumn Comes the Bear - by Jim Arnosky
1. Rationale: Why is this lesson relevant at this time with these students?
Last class students learned about the characteristics of mammals and what some local mammals are.
Today students will learn about Bears. Bears are local to Vancouver Island and it is likely many students
have seen a bear before or know a bit about them, therefore it is meaningful to them. We will begin by
reading a book, then have students create their own book about bears.
2. Provincial Learning Standards: What competencies and concepts and content does this lesson
develop?
-describe and illustrate in detail the appearance and behaviour of familiar animals
-identify and compare similarities and differences between animals
3. Assessment
Lesson Outcome
What will students learn?

-Students will identify

characteristics of a Black
bears habitat, food and life
cycle
-Students will build on prior
knowledge of mammals

Sources of Evidence
What product or action will
show what students have
learned?
-Students brainstorming ideas
-Students will complete their
own Bear Life cycle and
characteristics book

Criteria
What will you look for in this
evidence?
-Evidence of knowledge about
mammals/omnivores in
brainstorming
-Accurate completion of life
and characteristics book

4. Resources, Material and Preparation: What resources, materials and preparation are required?
Hard copy of Jim Arnoskys Every Autumn Comes the Bear, whiteboard and whiteboard pens, precreated blank booklets, pencils, coloring utensils

5. Lesson Development

Pacing

Introduction: How will you introduce this lesson in a manner that

engages students and activates their thinking?

Students will be gathered on our circle carpet, and will be reminded about our
last lesson on Mammals. It will be revealed that today we are going to read a
book about a bear, which is a type of local mammal. Teacher will read Every
Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky aloud to students.

8 minutes

Teaching/Learning Sequence: What steps and activities are you going

to use to help students acquire and practice the knowledge, skills
and/or attitudes needed to meet the outcome?
10 minutes
As a group we will record all that we know about bears on the whiteboard
based on our prior knowledge and the book weve just read together. Students
will be prompted to think about some ideas about a bears habitat, food and life
cycle.
It will be explained to students that using this information that we know about
bears we are now Experts and are going to create our OWN Bear Books today,
just like the one by Jim Arnosky all about its life cycle, habitat and food. We
can take this home later to share our knowledge with people we know.
Distribute bear booklets for students to complete.
Instructions:
Title Page- Draw a picture of a bear and write your name
Food page- Bears love to eat honey! Draw 3 other things bears like to eat
Habitat page- Draw the bears habitat around it
Life Cycle page- label the different stages of the life cycle

30 minutes

Closure: How will you solidify the learning that has taken place and
deepen the learning process?

We will go through our Bear Books together page by page, asking students for
their answers or to show what theyve drawn. Bear Books will be submitted to
drop box for assessment and we will clean up.

7 minutes

6. Accommodations (adaptations, extensions, other ): How will you plan for students who have
learning/behaviour difficulties or require enrichment?
Students will be able to color and decorate their book upon completion. Students may work together or
individually and some students have the option to type and print their answers for their Bear Book.