Activities for "We´re going on a bear hunt".

Those are some activities for the book "we´re going on a bear hunt". Those links work before-activities and after activities. It is also a lesson plan. 

From my point of view, they are different from the typical ones.

Building settings of " We´re going on a bear hunt".

Lesson plan.

"We´re going on a bear hunt" - Storytelling.

An activity that we have to do for practising storytelling, was to choose a book and tell the story to our schoolar friends.

For that, I have choosen a book that can be read, told or also sung: "We´re going on a bear hunt", by Michael Rosen.

I decided to tell this book for those reasons. Children enjoy it, because it has lots of movements. It´s really easy to memorise for the teacher because it has a repeated structure. This story has a repeated and short structure in which only change two or three words, the ones that are "new" vocabulary.  All the illustrations are good descriptors for ongoing the story and understand the vocabulary. 

I will add here a link of a video from the writer of the story, telling it.


We´re going on a bear hunt, by Michael Rosen. 

Storytelling (book dvd) "We´re going on a bear hunt". 

The very hungry Caterpillar. Before, while and after activities.

1.- Butterflies from the world: We are going to visit Faunia, a specific place where are lots of butterflies for all over the world.

2.- Life-cycle of the butterfly: The teacher brings to the class some caterpillar in a box. In this way, we can se the life-cycle. We have also to feed them.

3.- The number song: We are going to sing some songs like, "Ten little fingers" or "Five little monkeys". 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9KmC1-jGNc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1MxtTPm-Ek

4.- Mathematics: We are going to work shapes: circles, rectangles and triangles; for creating a caterpillar. 

5.- Arts & Crafts: With collage, we can create a caterpillar and a cocoon, too.

6.- ICT: Find some interactive activities about food, using the smart board, or something similar.

7.- For recognising different types of food, we are going to create a bingo game.

ZOG - It´s an appropiate book?

ZOG

From our point of view, “ZOG” it’s a good book for five years old, when they learn English as a second language. Also, illustrations are really useful for four years old. Because, they explain the story really good, so they can follow the book.

The characters, as they are dragons, it increase creativity.

The plot, help to social and emotional development. At first, the Princess helps to Zog, because he gets damage, but finally they are friends. As well, children can feel identify with the characters because they are learning how to do thing at the school, they have a teacher…too. The end, it’s nice and different from the typical ending, because no one die.

As the vocabulary it’s a little bit difficult, we think that telling the story is the best way for the first time, because the adult can change vocabulary and grammar structures in a easier way.

Later, the book can be read. In this time, they can learn rhymes or repeated structures.

Create a reader.

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.

Charlie Bucket is a small boy. His family is very poor and so they live in a very small house.

This house has got only two rooms. In the first one, sleep Grandpa Joe, Grandma Josephine, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina, in the same bed. In the other one, sleep Charlie with Mum and Dad, upon mattresses on the floor.

Charlie, love chocolate, but he only recive one chocolate bar, as a present, for his birthday, because it is very expensive.

But the worst of all for Charlie, is living near a CHOCOLATE FACTORY!! Exactly, WONKA´S FACTORY!! The factory is enormous an it spreads really lovely taste of sweet chocolate.

Resources for narrative.

 In this webpage you can find lots of differents types of stories: stories and tales, audio stories, classic tales...and also, teaching with tales, that is realy useful. Most of the stories, are based in values. 

I hope it will help you!!

http://freestoriesforkids.com/