

Introduce the book Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson. STEM Key Concepts: Sounds have a source Different objects make different sounds Sounds vary in three ways: volume, pitch, and timbreĮLA Focus Skills: Concepts of Print, Making Connections, Speaking and Listening, Story Comprehension, Vocabulary © Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Early Education and Care (Jennifer Waddell photographer). Logic and Reasoning/Symbolic Representation: Recognizes the difference between pretend or fantasy situations and reality.Įnglish Language Arts/Reading and Literature 6: Listen to a wide variety of age appropriate literature read aloud.Įnglish Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.Įnglish Language Arts/Reading and Literature 10: Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book. Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge: Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials. Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences. Literature/RL.PK.MA.9: With prompting and support, make connections between a story or poem and one’s own experiences. Literature/RL.PK.MA.6: With prompting and support, “read” the illustrations in a picture book by describing a character or place depicted, or by telling how a sequence of events unfolds. (Aug.Literature/RL.PK.MA.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud. Meanwhile, in the cozy fire-lit lair, preparations for Bear’s rescue-replete with lantern and string to tie the searchers to one another-evoke warm feelings about teamwork and support.

Chapman’s acrylics capture the motion of the blowing winds, while Bear’s ultra-expressive eyes and lumbering hulk demonstrate his vulnerability readers will immediately connect to his experience. ) once again tap into the psychology of preschoolers, exploringa common childhood emotion.

Via rhyming text and the repeated refrain “And the bear feels scared,” Wilson and Chapman ( Bear Snores On He cries and trembles, curling up amid the gnarled roots of a huge tree until his ever-faithful band of woodland friends-who have carefully formed a proper search party-come to his aid. While Bear is on the trail of a snack, things quickly turn windy, wet and, as Bear gets lost, downright spooky. Beloved Bear gets another emotional workout, this time a frightening episode in the dark and stormy woods.
