Preview the selection prior to reading and select 5 sightwords to focus on during Working with Words Block. Also select 5-6 vocabulary words that you feel will be difficult for your students to read. Be very selective as you do not want to take away an opportunity for them to practice their strategies. The sight words will be chanted and added to the word wall, so also be selective. Children are placed into groups to read the chapter.
Children then work in group to read the chapter.
They are told to focus on a problem that Little Bear had, and how he solved that problem. In discussions after reading, children identify the problem and what they felt was the solution. The next day, they reread the chapter and were given a long piece of white drawing paper. The paper is folded in half and one side is labeled Problem, the other Solution. Chapter Two was used to teach Sequence of Events.