Frameworks Objective: Know that animals need air, water, food, and shelter to survive.

The students developed this understanding through the use of a webquest, "The Bear Facts"

In this webquest, students explored facts about black bears, grizzly bears, and polar bears. When students were finished discovering facts, the teacher did a shared  reading of Winnie the Poohwith the students projecting the story for the class to read using the LCD projector. The students went online to read Goldilocks and the Three Bears,   an interactive story. The teacher also read other fiction books to the students.

The students created a Venn diagram to compare the fiction stories about bears and the facts the authors used in these stories with the facts that students learned about bears. 

The final project was for students to write, with a partner, their own fiction bear story using at least two facts about bears. Students used Kidspiration to make a web to guide them in writing their stories. The web included a setting, characters and two facts about bears. After the graphic organizer was completed, students composed stories in Student Writing Center and added an illustration.

Where is Willy? I see Willy in a tree eating honey. A bee stung him on the nose. Willy fell off the tree and went home to his cave.  by Hannah and Judge

Willy the Bear One windy, fall day Willy the bear was looking for food. He found his food in the forest. Willy climbed the trees to look for berries. He ate berries off the tree. Willy climbed down the tree and went home to sleep.  by Jeremy and Matthew

Willy and Grizzly live in a cave. In the fall, Willy and Grizzly hunt for food and climb trees. They are eating the food they found so they can hibernate in the winter.  by Stephanie and Brandon