Mentor Text: "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" is a book with a repetitive text and colorful illustrations. On each page, the reader meets a new animal, who helps them to discover the creature who will show up on the next page. The text is repeated in a fashion, where students can easily catch on to the pattern and follow along as the teacher is reading.
Purpose: In this lesson, the teacher will read the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" Then, using the same pattern of this repetetive text, the teacher will lead the students to create an interactive writing of their own. During this writing, the teacher will model writing conventions.
About the Author: Bill Martin Jr. was born in 1916, and was one of America's favorite children's authors. Martin's first book was "The Little Squeegy Bug" that was published in 1945. He wrote children's books for almost 60 years, giving children some of their favorite books, including: "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?" Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom," and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" Bill Martin Jr. passed away in 2004.
Academic Content Standards:
Writing Conventions Standard
Benchmarks:
A. Print legibly using appropriate spacing.
B. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.
C. Use conventions of punctuation and capitalization in written work.
First Grade Writing Conventions Indicators:
1. Print legibly, and space letters, words and sentences appropriately.
3. Spell high-frequency words correctly.
5.Spell unfamiliar words using strategies such as segmenting, sounding out and matching familiar words and word parts.
6. Use end punctuation correctly, including question marks, exclamation points and periods.
7. Use correct capitalization (e.g., the first word in a sentence, names and the pronoun I).
Lesson Plans:
1. (This would be a great writing lesson for the first couple of days of school, to help the students get to know each other better.) The teacher will read the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" by Bill Martin Jr.
2. This can either be an interactive writing activity, where the teacher writes what the children tell him or her to say, or it can be a shared writing, where the children share the pen with the teacher.
3. The teacher will help the students create a class book that follows the same text pattern as "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" On each page, instead of an animal, there would be a picture of one of the student's. (The teacher should print off each of the student's pictures before the lesson.)
Ex: Page 1.: Miss. Sexton, Miss Sexton, who do you see? I see (Name of one of the student's) looking at me.
(Picture of the teacher will go here)
Page 2.: (Name of student, Name of student, who do you see? I see (Name of another student) looking at me.
(Picture of the student)
4. The book will continue in the same repetitive form, until every child is in the book. Once the book is complete, it can be laminated and kept in the classroom library for the students to read.
5. This activity may take two or three days to complete. Once the students lose interest for the day, it doesn't do any good to continue the activity.
Websites:
1. http://www.billmartinjr.com/home
2. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/martin
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