BEAR SAYS THANKS activities and lesson plan ideas

This BEAR SAYS THANKS Activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages. Following an interactive read aloud of the picture book, BEAR SAYS THANKS by KARMA WILSON, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills. We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book!   THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH:   ◼️READING STRATEGIES ☐ SUMMARIZE / RETELL ☐ ANALYZING SETTING ☐ SEQUENCING ☐ RHYME | RHYTHM | REPETITION ☐ IDENTIFYING THEME | MESSAGE | MORAL   ◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ PRONOUNS ☐ IRREGULAR VERBS ☐ PREPOSITIONS ☐ HOMOPHONES   ◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ SHARING ☐ MANNERS   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: It is a cold day and Bear is alone in his