Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was written by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle. It was published by Henry Holt and Company in 1967 as an early childhood book.

The concepts represented in this book are colors and animals. Bill Martin Jr. also used a repetition of words as seen in the title.

There are many activity opportunities, but my favorite activity is making a Brown Bear character graph.

RL K.3. With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

"Use Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? to explore characters and reinforce graphing skills."

• Invite children to name the characters in Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Use the names to set up a bar graph.
• Cut construction paper into squares. Choose colors that match those in the book (brown, red, yellow, blue, green, purple, white, black, and gold).
• Invite students to choose a construction paper square in the color that represents their favorite character. Have them write their name on the paper and place it on the graph in the appropriate section.
• When the graph is complete, stretch students’ mathematical thinking by asking questions, such as “How many more people liked Red Bird than Purple Cat? Which character did our class like the most?”

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