

Read with expression, emphasizing the sounds in the story. Ask, Have you ever heard someone snore? What does that sound like? Do all snores sound the same? Set a reading focus for children by asking children to listen carefully for the different sound words in the story as you read. Tell children that the sleeping bear in this story snores.Explain that bears wake up in the spring when the weather is warm and come out of their caves. Tell children that it’s hard for bears to live outside during the cold winter, so they go into a very deep sleep called hibernation. Point to the bear and say, The bear in this picture is asleep.

Ask, Have you ever seen a bear or read a story about a bear? Encourage children to share what they know about bears. Help children identify the different animals. Ask children to describe what animals they see on the cover.Point to the words as you read aloud the title and the names of the author and illustrator. Hold up the book so children can see the front and back covers at the same time. 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. Literature/RL.PK.MA.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud.
