Teddy Bear Workshop. For further information contact. Jill Whitley O Leary

Teddy Bear Workshop ~ A Returning Developer ~ For further information contact Jill Whitley O Leary Berkley Charter 5420 Berkley Road Auburndale, FL 33823 (Courier route B) 863-968-5024 jill.oleary@polk-fl.net n PROGRAM OVERVIEW Teddy Bear Workshop is a fun integrated six week program using bears to cover a wide range of objectives, including Reading, Math, Writing, Science and Social Studies. The students learn facts about real bears through reading passages, books, internet and class discussion. Students bring in their teddy bears to read to them, write stories, interview the bears, and do math activities involving their personal teddy bears. One of the students favorite activities is gummy bear math. Students graph their bag of gummy bears and solve all strands of math such as fractions, computation, problem solving, geometry, time, and multiplication on a teacher made worksheet for whole class practice. My program excites the students by allowing them to review math skills, concepts, and reading practices by using teddy bears every child s first toy! I close the unit by having a Berkley Build a Bear Workshop. Each child constructs a paper bag bear by following directions, visiting stations to decorate, stuff, and glue the bears. As an extra resource, if funding allows, the class visits the Build a Bear Workshop and builds a real stuffed bear once in December where the students build a bear to give away to needy families in our Berkley toy drive and another time in May when the students make one for themselves. It s one of their favorite memories of second grade. n OVERALL VALUE By using Teddy Bears we accomplish the goals of public schooling by making it innovative and enticing correlating with a child s best friend his teddy bear. Students make meaningful connections among musical, linguistic, mathematical, scientific, social and creative ideas. They not only get to learn facts about real animals but the students apply the information into creative projects that they can be proud of. I have five students who are substantially deficient and in my bottom twenty-five percent who need extra help. Our school is not Title I although we have 33% of our students on free and reduced lunch. Berkley Charter made AYP last year and my average Star Reading scores in the beginning of the year was 1.4 (which means the students were reading on a first grade after the fourth month level) and 3.2 (which means the students were reading on a third grade level after the second month level) at the end of the year. My average math scores were 61% at the beginning of the year and 88% at the end of the year. n LESSON PLAN TITLES Gummy Bear Math Teddy Bear Introduction and Comparison Blubber Mitten Activity Bear Art Workshop n MATERIALS Zippable baggies, construction paper, and brown bags from grocery store. n ABOUT THE DEVELOPER Jill O Leary graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.S., in Elementary Ed. She taught in Pinellas County in 1 st, 3 rd, and 4 th grade before joining Polk County schools in 1999. She taught 2 nd at Polk City Elementary and then transferred to Berkley Charter when it opened and is currently teaching 2 nd grade. She has taught a total of 13 continuous years. She was awarded an Adapter Grant and now this is her second Developer Grant from Teacherto-Teacher Connection. H H H

Lesson Plan No 1: Gummy Bear Math n SUBJECTS COVERED Math n GRADES One - Three n OBJECTIVES To be able to use gummy bears as manipulatives to solve multiplication sentences, and the following math skills: graphing making fractions estimation computation comparing measurement, and problem solving n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS M.A.2.A.4.2 Classify numbers as odd or even and explain why. M.A.2.A.4.3 Generalize numeric and nonnumeric patterns using words and tables. M.A.2.A.6.1 Solve problems that involve repeated addition. n MATERIALS Gummy bears randomly portioned in baggies teacher made worksheet white boards markers ruler erasers n DIRECTIONS Students are given baggies and teachermade worksheet. 1. Have students estimate total bears in the baggie, least color, most color, then they open their baggy and sort the colors to write the actual amount for each. 2. Students put tally marks for each color. 3. Whole class does the following: - Students are given multiplication number sentences for them to use gummy bears as manipulatives. For example, 3 x 5 = what? - Students put gummies in 3 groups with five in each group. - Then they write the answer on white boards. When I say show me they show their answer. - Continue using several number sentences. n EVALUATION/ ASSESSMENT Teacher Observation and/or see attached rubric H H H

Lesson Plan No 2: Bear Introduction and Comparison n SUBJECTS COVERED Reading and Writing n GRADES One - Three n OBJECTIVES To use Kagan structures for team building and class building while using teddy bears. To gain knowledge of real bears and compare and contrast with teddy bears using a Venn diagram n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS L.A.2.5.2.2 The student will begin to use language appropriate for different occasions, audiences, and topics. L.A.2.6.2.1 The student will generate research questions by brainstorming, identify key words, and group related ideas. n MATERIALS Students bring in teddy bears interview questions on Smartboard while using Eiki projector, Venn diagram, book Growl: A Book About Bears by Melvin Berger n DIRECTIONS 1. Students do a team interview, Kagan structure to introduce their bear to the team. Students ask questions to each teammate about their bear. Some examples are on the Smartboard for the students to refer to. 2. Read Growl: A Book About Bears to class. Have a class discussion on facts about bears. 3. Do Kagan structure Give One, Get One, on as many facts about bears. Students make 2 columns on notebook paper by folding it hot dog fold. Titled the first column Give One, the second Get One. Students first independently write under the Give One column. Then students circulate the room getting a new idea from each teammate and writing it under Get One. 4. Students complete a Venn diagram comparing real bears to teddy bears. n EVALUATION/ ASSESSMENT I assess the Venn diagrams having the following: ten facts about real bears, ten facts about teddy bears, and five facts about what real bears and teddy bears have in common. H H H

Lesson Plan No 3: Blubber Mitten Activity n SUBJECTS COVERED Science n GRADES One - Three n OBJECTIVES To understand and demonstrate what it s like to have a layer of blubber. n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS SC.G.1.1.3 many different plants and animals living in many different kinds of environments n DIRECTIONS 1. Fill one of the zipper bags about 1/3 full of shortening, then turn the remaining zipper bag inside out. Place it carefully inside the bag with the shortening so that you are able to zip the one bag to the other. This creates a blubber mitten for the students to put their hand in. 2. Students put their bare hand in the bowl of cold water to see how cold it is. 3. Next, have students place their hand in the blubber mitten and place the mittened hand in the ice water. How cold does the water seem with the blubber mitten on? n EVALUATION/ ASSESSMENT Teacher observation and/or Attached Rubric H H H n MATERIALS Materials Crisco (or other fat) 2 zippable sandwich bags A bowl of ice water with ice cubes

Lesson Plan No 4: Bear Art Workshop n SUBJECTS COVERED Reading, Art n GRADES One - Three n OBJECTIVES Students will follow multi step directions to make a paper bag bear. n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS L.A.2.6.1.1 The student will read information text to follow multi-step instructions, perform tasks, and sequentially carry out the steps of a procedure. n DIRECTIONS Set up stations with written directions on the tables. 1. Students cut out bear pattern and trace on brown paper bags. 2. Write a wish on the heart and bring to the teacher to glue almost all edges except the top of the head. 3. Stuff bears with newspaper and then have teacher glue the top. 4. Glue on eyes, nose, and make a face 5. Cut out clothes on construction paper and decorate. 6. Now you can write a story about your bear. n EVALUATION/ ASSESSMENT See Attached rubric of entire program n ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Plan a field trip to Build a Bear. H H H n MATERIALS Google eyes buttons brown paper bags yarn construction paper ditto of hearts ditto of bear pattern ripped newspapers markers glue gun for teacher use only

Rubric 1 2 3 Score Gummy Math Many mistakes, incomplete Few mistakes, Completed and correct graphs, number sentences Venn Diagram Less than 8 correct facts about bears, less than 8 correct facts about teddy bears and less than 3 facts they have in common. At least 8 correct facts about bears, 8 correct facts about teddy bears and 3 facts they have in common. 10 correct facts about bears, 10 correct facts about teddy bears and 5 facts they have in common. Bear Workshop Unable to construct a paper bag bear by following step by step directions and create a story. Few mistakes when constructing a paper bag bear by following step by step directions and create a story. Able to construct a paper bag bear by following step by step directions and create a story. Total Score:

Lesson Plans Materials Budget Materials Budget Supplier Item Description Cost Quantity Total Cost Wal Mart Gummy Bears 3.99 3 11.97 School House Bear Thematic Unit 9.95 1 9.95 Read! Write! Publish! making books 7.98 1 7.98 AIMS AIMS Primarily Bears 18.95 1 18.95 Lakeshore Teddy Bears sorting kit 39.99 1 39.99 Collage box w/ eyes & buttons 49.95 1 49.95 Amazon.com Growl by Melvin Berger 13.60 1 13.60 Peef The Christmas Bear by Tom Hegg 13.22 1 13.22 Living with Bears 11.53 1 11.53 Peef A Silent Night by Tom Hegg 13.22 1 13.22 Teachers.net Friendship/Kindness literacy activities 13.60 1 13.60 Jill Whitley O Leary Berkley Charter Teacher s Name School: Subtotal $203.96 Tax if applicable Shipping if applicable TOTAL BUDGET AMOUNT $203.96

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