Fall for a Bear

Lesson Plans

Unit
2
Fall for a Bear
Timeline

The following lessons are intended to start at the conclusion of Unit 1 in September and end by the end of November.

  • Lesson 2A: 2 hours + additional daily observation time
  • Lesson 2B: 2.5 hours + additional daily observation time
  • Lesson 2C: 2 hours
  • Lesson 2D: 2.5 hours
  • Lesson 2E: 3 hours
Essential Statements
  • I can identify several ways that bears know when it is time to prepare for winter.
  • I can list what bears and other Missouri animals do in the fall to help them survive the winter.

Essential Reading

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Lesson 2

  • Hello Autumn! ; Rotner, Shelley ; Lesson 2

Lesson 2B

  • Sunshine Makes the Seasons (Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2) ; Branley, Franklyn M. ; Lesson 2B
  • From Seed to Plant ; Gibbons, Gail ; Lesson 2B
  • Little Acorn ; Joyce, Melanie ; Lesson 2B
  • When Do Leaves Change Color? ; Maestro, Betsy ; Lesson 2B
  • Animal Seasons ; Wildsmith, Brian ; Lesson 2B

Vocabulary

  • Deciduous: a tree or shrub that drops is leaves each year (Lesson 2B)
  • Den: home of bears and some other kinds of animals (Lesson 2E)
  • Energy: The ability to do work. Energy comes from the food we eat and the activities we do (Lesson 2C)
  • Force: power (Lesson 2E)
  • Hollow: having nothing inside (Lesson 2E)
  • Map: a picture that shows the land (Lesson 2D)
  • Observe: what you see, smell, hear, touch or taste (Lesson 2)
  • Prepare: get ready (Lesson 2A)
  • Seedling: a young plant, grown from a seed (Lesson 2B)
  • Survive: to live and stay alive (Lesson 2E)