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Little Bear’s Visit Resource Set
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Little Bear’s Visit by Else Holmelund Minarik
Little Bear loves to visit Grandma and Grandpa Bear’s house in the woods. He likes to play with Grandpa’s hat and listen to Grandma’s stories. Readers will easily connect to the story of Little Bear, making it the perfect text for introducing students to chapter reading, as well as retelling and determining importance within a longer story format.
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- Comprehension Strategy Lesson Plans
- Page by Page Guided Think Sheets
- Text Based Reader’s Notebook Prompts
- Word Work Lesson Plan and Activities for Two-Syllable Words
- Interactive Vocabulary Games and Activities
- Running Record Assessment
- Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
- Extension Activities for Early Finishers
- Answer Keys
- Complete Common Core Alignment
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Little Bear’s Visit Resource Set
Determining Importance with Little Bear’s Visit
Little Bear’s Visit is a smart choice for readers who are beginning to determine importance to improve reading comprehension across longer texts. Readers will have to determine which information is most important for enhancing understanding in each chapter of the book.
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.6 RF.1.1 RF.1.2 RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.1.2 SL.1.1b SL.1.2 SL.1.3 W.1.5 W.1.8
TEKS Alignment:
1.10A 1.10E 1.13D 1.13E 1.1A 1.1C 1.1D 1.6A 1.6E 1.6G 1.6I 1.7B 1.7C 1.7D 1.7E 1.7F 1.8A 1.8B 1.8C 1.9C
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Making Connections with Little Bear’s Visit
This book and lesson plan will support readers who are learning to make different types of connections to improve reading comprehension. Most children will be able to make text-to-self connections between Little Bear’s visit to his grandparents’ home with time spent with their own grandparents. Text-to-text connections can also be made between the family relationships described in this story and stories from other lessons.
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.6 RF.1.1 RF.1.2 RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.1.3 RL.1.4 RL.1.9 SL.1.1b SL.1.2 SL.1.3 SL.1.5 W.1.5 W.1.8
TEKS Alignment:
1.10E 1.13A 1.13D 1.13E 1.1A 1.1C 1.1D 1.6A 1.6E 1.6I 1.7A 1.7B 1.7C 1.7D 1.7E 1.7F 1.8B 1.8C
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Retelling and Summarizing with Little Bear’s Visit
For readers who are learning to retell longer pieces of text, Little Bear’s Visit works well because the cast of characters is limited, and readers can focus on the events, problems and solutions in each chapter. Use this book to guide readers in sustaining comprehension across longer texts by encouraging them to summarize and retell after each chapter.
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.6 RF.1.1 RF.1.2 RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.7 SL.1.1b SL.1.2 SL.1.3 SL.1.5 W.1.5 W.1.8
TEKS Alignment:
1.10A 1.10E 1.13D 1.13E 1.1A 1.1C 1.1D 1.6A 1.6G 1.6I 1.7B 1.7C 1.7D 1.7E 1.7F 1.8A 1.8B 1.8C 1.8D 1.9C
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Understanding Text Structure with Little Bear’s Visit
This is the perfect book for introducing the chapter text structure to beginning readers. With four chapters, readers will learn that chapter books are longer stories broken into shorter sections that work together to support a specific story line.
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.6 RF.1.1 RF.1.2 RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.1.6 RL.1.7 SL.1.1b SL.1.2 SL.1.3 SL.1.5 W.1.5 W.1.8
TEKS Alignment:
1.10B 1.10C 1.10D 1.10E 1.13D 1.13E 1.1A 1.1C 1.1D 1.6A 1.6D 1.6E 1.6G 1.6I 1.7B 1.7C 1.7D 1.7E 1.7F 1.8A 1.8B 1.8C 1.9C
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Little Bear’s Visit Extension Activity
The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Little Bear’s Visit Running Record
Use this "done for you" Running Record to assess oral reading fluency of Little Bear’s Visit. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.
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Little Bear's Visit Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Little Bear's Visit.
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Student Resources in Spanish
This set of Spanish student facing resources includes comprehension strategy practice pages, reader's notebook prompts (complete with Spanish Common Core "I Can" statements), and extension activities for use with Little Bear’s Visit by Else Holmelund Minarik. These resources are intended to be used with the lesson plans included in the Super Pack for this book.
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Little Bear’s Visit Word Work - Two-Syllable Words
Little Bear’s Visit is not only an excellent anchor text for teaching comprehension strategies; it also pairs well with a phonics lesson about two-syllable words. Either download the Super Pack for Little Bear’s Visit or this individual Word Work package to access lesson plans, interactive games and fun worksheets that directly tie word study to your classroom reading.
Common Core Alignment:
RF.1.3 RF.1.4
TEKS Alignment:
1.2B(i) 1.2C(i) 1.2C(iii)
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Little Bear’s Visit Vocabulary Connections
Before your students can fully comprehend and enjoy Little Bear’s Visit, it’s helpful to review the new vocabulary used in the story. Either download the Little Bear’s Visit Super Pack or this individual Vocabulary Builder for resources and activities that support Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary growth through fun and productive interactions with new words.
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.4a L.1.5c L.1.6
TEKS Alignment:
1.3A 1.3B 1.3C 1.3D 1.7F
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TEKS Alignment
Complete TEKS alignment for all of the mini lessons, resources, and activities in the Little Bear’s Visit Resource Set.
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