Bear Thematic Unit For Kindergarten

Looking for a great way to fill the days between Halloween and Thanksgiving?

This 90 page Bear unit is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, social studies, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. The lessons (games or activities) included are scripted. They are written in a format that can be easily taught by the teacher or readily handed off to a parent volunteer or a classroom aide with complete confidence that objectives of the lesson will be reached. 

Literacy Activities:

Woodland Friends At the Park: Identifying Beginning and Ending Sounds

Corduroy’s Alphabet Game: Identification of Upper & Lowercase letters

ABC Honey Hunt: Identifying Alphabet Letters & Naming Letter Sounds

Bear Match: Matching Letters of the Alphabet

Bear Twins: Compound Word Deletion

Math Activities:

Teddy Bear Picnic: Spatial Intelligence and Estimation Strategies

Bears & Buttons: Counting With a One-to-one Correspondence

Pattern Bears: Extending Patterns

Race Car Riot: Ordering Numbers 1-12

Counting Hives: Number Sense Worksheet

Art Projects

The Three Bears

Poky Bear

Corduroy Portfolio Sample

How To Draw A Bear

Social Studies

Families: Portfolio Page

Writing Prompts/Word Wall

What I Know About Bears

The Three Bears

Bears Word Wall Words

Science

Hibernating Bears: Bear Facts

Songs

Three Brown Bears

Poky Bear

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Corduroy

Guided Reading Books

Where Is My Bear?