Usborne Beginners Bears by Emma Helbrough - Teaching Ideas



This book is a great beginner nonfiction book about bears. Students will learn a ton of facts about bears and their habits and habitats through text and pictures. They will learn a little bit of everything from their fur to where they live, to how they catch food.

Use the following information to help create a memorable lesson or use the packet I created to go with the book.

Reading level: 3.5
Theme: bears
Genre: nonfiction

Suggested Vocabulary: cub, den, fur, paws, claws, prey

Reading skills and strategies:
  • purpose for reading – to learn about different bears and their habits and habitats.
  • author's purpose – inform {evidence} every page is filled with facts and information about bears and their habits and habitats.
  • organization
    ideas or topics – the book is written by separating ideas and topics of bears. Within the pages you can find the following organization.
    • comparison – some pages compare different bears and their habits or habitats.
    • cause & effect – there are some explanations of why bears do certain things.
    • Sequence – the book sequences how bears climb trees and catch food.
  • classify & categorize – classify bears, categorize them by habitat, food, fur, etc.
  • compare & contrast – there is enough information to compare and contrast different bears.
  • fact & opinion – there are so many facts about bears you could easily have students come up with opinions about the bears.
  • main idea & details - {main idea}The books is about bears. {details} Bears climb trees when they are afraid. Sun bears eat honey. Bears use their claws to dig up roots to eat.
  • predict – what you can learn from each section.
  • story elements - list title, author, topic, organization, KWL
  • summarize main idea – {author} Emma Helbrough wrote the book {book title} Usborne Beginners Bears {author’s purpose} to inform the readers {statement about topic} about bears and their habits and habitats. {at least 2 detail} For example Polar bears have their cubs in snowy dens and Brown bears catch salmon in their mouth.


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Nonfiction-Book-Study-for-Usborne-Beginners-Bears-1042597

Happy planning!

2 comments

  1. So many great ways to use this book! I love Usborne books. Thank you for sharing it.
    Lori
    Conversations in Literacy

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    1. Hi Lori,
      Yes, the Usborne books are great! Great nonfiction beginner books.
      Enjoy your weekend!
      Shawna

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