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Teddy Bear Subtraction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Do this exercise to prime early learners for a day of subtraction. They discuss problem-solving strategies, listen to a story problem involving teddy bears, then go to their assigned math station. This is a great way to prime the day.
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Count in Steps of One

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting teddy bears worksheet, students count, one-by-one, how many teddy bears there are on the worksheet and write their answer in the sentence at the bottom of the worksheet.
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Teddy Bear Dot to Dot

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this teddy bear dot-to-dot worksheet, learners trace the numbers beginning with 1 and ending with 35 to form the picture of a teddy bear.
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Grab a Handful and Count

For Teachers K - 1st
Let's use Fruit Loops to teach counting skills! Students practice counting one-to-one correspondence using Fruit Loops with a partner and then compare them to see who has more or less.
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Count Teddies-Steps of 1

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this counting instructional activity, students count teddy bears by one, writing the total counted in a blank within a sentence. Notes for teacher are included.
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Teddy Bear Picnic

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students sit in a circle with their bears from home, each child introduces their bear, then students examine all the bears and think of one way that they can be sorted.
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Teddy Bear Addition

For Students K - 1st
In this math learning exercise, students count pictures of teddy bears that are arranged into addition problems. They choose the sum from a list of numbers from 1 through 10.
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Bears Number Flash Cards

For Students Pre-K - K
In this math worksheet, students cut out 10 flash cards, each with a number and corresponding pictures of teddy bears. Students use the labeled number flash cards to learn to count to ten.
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Brown Bear Pudding Style!

For Teachers K
Students are read the story "Brown Bear, Brown Bear". They create their own bear painting out of chocolate pudding. They are allowed to bring in their own stuffed animal to make the first day better for them.
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Count the Number of Teddies

For Students Pre-K - K
In this count the number of teddies worksheet, students count the 7 pictures of teddy bears. They write the number 7 to complete the sentence, "There are ___ teddies."
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Teddy Bear Addition

For Students K
In this addition worksheet, students count the number of teddy bears that are shown as an addition problem. They choose the answer from a list of numbers 1 through 10.
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Rainbow Fish: The Copycat Fish Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore the concept of copying one another. In this early childhood lesson plan, students discuss what a copycat is and why people copy one another. Students then discuss the story Rainbow Fish: The Copycat Fish, recording...
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Larger and Smaller Numbers with Bear

For Students K - 1st Standards
A teddy bear tops the page, for no other reason than to look cute. Ten pairs of boxes follow. For each of the first five, learners color the box with the smaller of the two numbers. For the final five, they color the larger. This is a...
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A Beary Good Beginning

For Teachers K
Students complete first day of school activities. Through instructor modeling and demonstration, they become acquainted with the rules and procedures for the classroom and school. Students create a book of their first day experience.
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Numbers Activity

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identifying quantities of items and materials using numbers.  For this counting lesson, students read The Gummi Bear Counting Book by Lindley Boegehold, and utilize a bag of gummy bears as a counting tool....
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Connect-the-Dots Activity: Beary Special Surprise

For Teachers K - 1st
In this counting worksheet, students connect the dots from 1 to 35 to discover a picture of a teddy bear inside a gift box. Students color the picture.
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Bears Odd Bears Even

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to a read aloud of Harriet Ziefert's Bears Odd Bears Even. They count cubes and counters to classify and show numbers as odd or even.
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Counting Fun with Gummi Bears

For Teachers K
Students count the numbers one through ten out loud and show the numbers using manipulatives.
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Estimation Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use a balance scale with beans or seeds to estimate how many of them would weigh as much as a teddy bear counter. In this estimation lesson plan, students hold items to estimate.
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How Many Bears in the Forest?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders model the tag and recapture of bears and use proportions to estimate the population of the bears in their forest. This is a statistical sampling method used by scientists and naturalists to determine population numbers.
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Coo Coo for Counting

For Teachers K - 1st
Students put coconut trees in order from numbers 1 through 10 that appear on each tree. In this ordering numbers lesson plan, students complete this activity after reading the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
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Buttons and Bears

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners read the problem and then identify the important information in the problem and highlight. They then brainstorm for ways to solve the problem by drawing a picture and working in pairs.
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Birthday Party

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students help plan a party for Q-Bear and think about some of the different ways people celebrate their birthdays. They then demonstrate knowledge and understanding of customs and traditions associated with participation in cultural...
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Bean There, Done Plant

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explain that events in nature follow an orderly progression when they plant seeds and observe the development of the seeds. They count seeds and find the likenesses and the differences of many seeds.