Teddy Bear Day
This Thursday, we had Teddy Bear Day in our classroom. This is my second year doing this and I have loved it both times. I always get a little nervous wondering if some of my “tough” boys will think it’s silly and not get into it, but I’ve been wrong both years. Every one of my students loved it. I told the parents about Teddy Bear Day in my weekly newsletter and then I also sent home a reminder on Wednesday, but I also made sure that I brought some extras to school on Thursday just in case. Here are some Teddy Bear Activities we completed:
-We thought of describing words about our bears. I briefly told them that these were called adjectives, but we didn’t go into that too much. We will be learning about adjectives later in the year.
-We predicted how many gummy bears were in a jar and filled out this paper. {Click on the picture to download.}
-We also made graphs using teddy bear cut-outs. I just cut out a ton of teddy bears using our Elison and passed out a handfull to each student.
-We compared real bears with our teddy bears.
-We read tons of bear themed books while discussing some great vocabulary words. (I went through each book before reading it and wrote down about 4 vocabulary words on index cards. Then, I introduced these words to the students prior to reading the book.) We kept track of them here. {Click on the picture to download.}
-We also completed some anchor charts while reading some of our bear books.
-Then we voted for our favorite book.
I had each of the students leave their bears on their desk when they left for the day. Overnight, the bears moved.
When the students came in Friday morning, they had to find their bears and write about where they found their bears and why they moved.
The students had a great time and it was a lot of fun to break away from our “normal” routine, while still learning.
I'll bet your firsties had SO much fun; how BEARY creative and engaging!
Barbara
This is so cute! Did all of your students participate? Did any kids not have a bear to bring?
🙂
Christina
Mrs. Bainbridge's Blog
I think teddy bear week is so much fun for the firsties!! Thanks for sharing 🙂 I love the sleepover part of it, so cute!
@Christina,
I had about 5 that didn't have a bear on Thursday, but I had one for them. They were so excited that they were able to borrow mine. Then on Friday, 4 of the 5 remembered to bring one of their own from home 🙂
This is so cute! Did all of your students participate? Did any kids not have a bear to bring?
doral real estate
You are so clever! I love how the bears spend the night and they just happen to move! Such a cute idea! Thanks for sharing!
Jenn
A Pirates Life for Us
You are adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
This is so adorable! What an amazing, engaging,memorable experience you have created for your students. They are so lucky to have you!
I'm going to share this on my FB fan page. It's too cute not to!
Denise
Sunny Days In Second Grade
Super cute idea!! Great job! Thx for sharing!
Nicole
http://www.todayinsecondgrade.blogspot.com
I love this! Thanks so much for sharing your great ideas…My firsties are currently enjoying "OctoBEAR" Days. Their bears are attending night class tonight. I wonder what they'll get into tonight? :o)
That is such a cute idea. I love teddy bears. I wish my teacher would have done this when I was in school.
Great idea!
wow great i have read many articles about this topic and every time i learn something new i don't think it will ever stop always new info , Thanks for all of your hard work!
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