Brown Bear Patterns – Pack 1
Making pupils aware of patterns is a key objective in the early maths curriculum. This resource is based on the picture book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” and features animals mentioned in the story. It is suitable for pupils in junior classes as well as SEN pupils. Pupils are required to cut up the pictures from the bottom two tables and use them to complete the animal patterns in the top two tables on the page.
Brown Bear Odd One Out – Pack 1
This resource is geared towards pupils in junior classes and SEN pupils to assist with visual discrimination and oral language skills. It is based on the picture book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” and features animals mentioned in the story. Pupils are asked to work out which picture is different in each row and say in what way it is different.
There are six pages in this pack with four exercises on each page. The pages could be laminated to be re-used again and again.
Plenty 20
‘Plenty 20’ is an original poem for number work in maths up to 20. It would work very well in 2nd/3rd class and could suit others too. It could also be used as an action poem , with the class holding up the appropriate number of digits as they say the different numbers.
Source: Séamus Mc Andrew
Brown Bear: How Many? – Pack 2
This resource is based on the picture book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” It features animal characters from the story. Pupils are presented with a grid of 20, containing sets of four different animals from the story. They have to count and record how many of each animal they find in the grid. This work is good for visual discrimination as well as number work in maths.
There are six worksheets in this pack where pupils are asked to count and record combinations of 1, 2, or 3 animals in the grid.
Brown Bear: How Many? – Pack 1
This resource is based on the picture book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” It features animal characters from the story. Pupils are presented with a grid of 20, containing sets of four different animals from the story. They have to count and record how many of each animal they find in the grid. This work is good for visual discrimination as well as number work in maths.
There are six worksheets in this pack where pupils are asked to count and record single animals in the grid.
An Teilifís
Luaschártaí simplí anseo faoin téama “An Teilifís” le haghaidh daltaí sna bunranganna.
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Foinse: Clare
Winter Olympics PE Lesson
This PE lesson is based on the Winter Olympic Games with a few hall activities and a points system. It would probably work well with pupils in middle and senior classes. In groups of 3/4 pupils choose a participating country, design the flag and learn the national anthem (from Youtube). Games include Biathlon, Bobsled, Luge, Curling, Hockey Dribble and Ski Jump!
Brown Bear Bingo
Educational bingo games are a great way for pupils to learn so many different skills. They help with listening skills, visual discrimination, group work, turn taking and the reinforcement of the learning content of that particular bingo game.
This bingo game is based on the picture book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. It focuses on colours and the names of animals and is aimed at a group of six pupils.
Brown Bear Sentence Builders
These sentence builder activities, based on the picture book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on the road to reading. It teaches left to right orientation, capital letters and full stops. They also focus on colours and animal names.
Measures Bingo
Educational bingo games are a great way for pupils to learn so many different skills. They help with listening skills, visual discrimination, group work, turn taking and the reinforcement of the learning content of that particular bingo game.
This bingo game focuses on measures in maths – mm, cm, m, km, ml, l, g, kg. It is aimed at a group of six pupils in middle and senior classes, so it would be useful for Station Maths Teaching. Print out and laminate sheets 1-6 for the pupils.