buzz the bear

Buzz the Bear

Buzz the Bear
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Target text

Objective

Associate the uppercase letter B and lowercase letter b with the /b/ sound as in bear, bake, and birthday.

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Lesson Plan

Target Words:

  • bear
  • bake
  • bowl
  • beat
  • batter
  • birthday

Materials:

  • Mixing bowl and spoon
  • Picture cards* 
  • Stuffed bear or Buzz the Bear graphic*
  • Buzz’s Birthday Batter target text*

*Items included below.

State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will make a birthday cake for Buzz the Bear and will practice saying the /b/ sound in words that start with the letter B, such as big, berry, butter, birthday, and bear.
 
Literacy Activities
Find ingredients for Buzz's birthday cake

  • Place the picture cards around the room.
  • Write the uppercase letter B and lowercase letter b on the whiteboard, and point out that the letter B makes the /b/ sound.
  • Explain to the children that it is Buzz the Bear's birthday and that he wants a cake made with only ingredients that start with the letter B
  • Tell the children that they need to find those ingredients (the picture cards), which are hidden around the room.
  • Have the children find the pictures and help them decide whether or not each word starts with B as in bear.
  • When the children find a word that begins with the /b/ sound, ask them to say, “The letter B says /b/,” and have them circle the letter B in the word on the card.
  • Ask the children what other words they can think of that start with the /b/ sound, write them on the board, and have the children circle the B or b in their word.

Beat the batter

  • Let the children put the picture cards in the bowl and tell them they can pretend that the cards are cake batter.
  • Allow the children to take turns beating the batter, then pretend to bake it.
  • Have the children pretend to feed Buzz the Bear the baked birthday batter.

More Practice
Read target words in a text

  • Display the Buzz’s Birthday Batter target text so that all of the children can see it.
  • Read the text as a group.
  • Have the children underline the letter B throughout the text and have them say the /b/ sound each time they underline the letter B.

Writing the target letter

  • Create a hopscotch-like game by drawing bubbles in a hopscotch formation on a large piece of paper or by taping circles of paper on the floor.
  • Invite the children to write a B and b on each bubble.
  • Have the children say the /b/ sound as they bounce from bubble to bubble.
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SEEL Target Texts

Buzz's Birthday Batter

Add butter, berries, and bananas to a bowl of batter.
Beat the batter in the bowl.
Bake the batter to make a birthday cake.
Feed big bites of birthday cake to Buzz the bear.
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Objective
Associate the uppercase letter B and lowercase letter b with the /b/ sound as in bear, bake, and birthday
 
Materials

  • Bowl 
  • Paper
  • Toy bear (or other stuffed animal)

Activity: Make a birthday band

  • Cut a piece of paper in half lengthwise and tape the ends together to make a birthday band (crown) about the size of your child’s head.
  • Invite your child to help write simple words that begin with the letter B (bat, bin, box) and some that do not (cat, car, cot) on small pieces of paper, put them in a bowl, and stir them up.
  • Tell your child that you need to find words that begin with B to make into a birthday band for a toy bear (or other stuffed animal).
  • Take turns pulling papers out of the bowl and reading them to identify which ones start with the /b/ sound (support as needed).
    • If a word starts with /b/, have your child circle the B or b, then tape or staple the paper to the band.
    • If a word does not start with /b/, place it in a discard pile.
  • When all the words that begin with B have been attached to the birthday band, put the band on the stuffed animal and have a pretend birthday party.
  • Take turns pointing to the letter B and reading the words on the birthday band to the bear together.
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Standards

SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.

http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/