Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Picture Book Study
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Picture Book Study
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Picture Book Study
Brown Bear,
Brown Bear,
What Do You See?
How to Use This Resource:
From,
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Classroom Discussion Questions:
1. Throughout this book there
is a pattern and rhymes. Who
can tell me what a pattern is?
Who can tell me what rhymes
are?
Answer: A pattern is when something
happens over and over in a predictable way.
A rhyme is when two or more words have
the same ending.
2. What is the rhyme in this story that you hear over and over?
Answer: Brown bear, brown bear What do you see? I see a red bird looking at me.
3. Most of the animals are the color that they are in real life, but some of
the animals are strange colors. Which animals seem to be the wrong
color?
Answer: A purple cat. A blue horse.
4. What’s so fun about this story is that its so predictable that kids like
you can almost read the book along with me. Let’s read it again- but this
time, see if you can say the words along with me.
Match Colors
Play color matching games with the animals. Bring colored felt circles, colored paper
bean bags, colored pom poms to create color sorting games. Bring a variety of other
small items to sort by color.
Bear Snack
Bring Teddy Graham snacks and let your
students eat them while you read the book.
Prop Ideas
Make a Bear Craft to liven up your fun and get your creative juices flowing:
Make a bear paper bag puppet, mask, or paper Plastic animals or stuffed animals
plate face. to represent each animal in the
story
Make a Classroom Poster
Create a huge poster or signs to follow while Funny glasses or a magnifying
you read the book. Then the children can see glass
the order of the animals and the patterns. It
will be easier for them to read along with you! Teddy Graham snacks
I see children.
Sort The Colors
From
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
White Dog
Green Frog
Blue Horse
Teacher
Name:
Color the Story
Read the color word below each animal, then color the animal that color!
Blue
Yellow
Red
Black
White Purple
Green
Orange Brown
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Create Name:
Puppets
Cut out the animal, color it,
then tape it onto a popsicle
stick to create puppets. Now
read the book and hold up the
correct animal when it comes
up in the story. Give your
students a plastic bag in which
to take their puppets home .
Blue Horse Black Sheep
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Brown Bear,
Brown Bear
What Do You See?
Tape or staple edges
together to make the crown fit.
Name:_______________________________
Story Matching
Draw a line from the picture to the matching word.
fish
frog
duck
bird
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Name:_______________________________
Trace from Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Use your pencil to trace the lines.
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Name:
BBB
BBB
bbb
bbb
Circle the letter Bb
z
S EW c R
b B n u
A
B a l M b
bear
Name:
Bb
BBB
BBB
bbb
bbb
baby
banana
bear
blue
ball
bat
bird
Name:
Bb
B
f
v
Z
Bb A
b
b
C
l
y
i
B
r
u
Follow the B’s to connect the bears.
B
b
B
A
y
B
E
e
m
a
B
b
v
G
a
T
b
A
a
n
B
b
f
H
Y
B
a
v
h
N
b
b
B
U
a
k
r
B
o
a
I
S
b
b
BBB
bbb
Write the Story Sequence
What happened first, next, and last in the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear.
Remember to add good details.
Fill In The Missing Story Word
Read the sentence out loud and write in the missing word.
Title Picture
Illustrator Author
In The Story Not In The Story
Story Sorting Cut out and glue the words and pictures that were in the story. Cut out and glue words and pictures that weren’t in the story
children x teacher
x bear x
x x x
bird x tiger
x x cat
mouse dog x
Finish the Words From The Story
Cut out the letters and glue them in the right place to make a real word from the story.
mo u ? e
bea ?
s ?e l l
s h?re
s amr
Cut out these
letters
and glue them to
make words
Brown Bear,
Brown Bear, Name:
What Do You See?
Bear
Bird
Duck
Horse
Frog
Cat
Dog
Sheep
Fish
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Brown Bear,
Brown Bear, Name:
What Do You See?
Sight Words
Trace and write the words DO and SEE
do do do do do
see see see see
Highlight all the words that say DO and SEE
br br br br br
Trace each word
and highlight
the BR blend Highlight all the BR blends you see below:
The children see all the animals and the teacher looking at
them.
______________
Brown Bear, Brown Bear ______________
Title of a similar story
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What Do You Think About This Story? Name:_______________________________
Draw a picture or write about something interesting you thought about during this book.
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Fold this flap over the string.
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Why is the
Cat Purple?
Why is the
Horse Blue?
What Do You See?
Look around and draw and write about something you can see.
Name:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear,
What Do You See?
Thank You!
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