We're Going on a Bear Hunt
This book is best for:
- adjectives
- describing
- sequencing
Review
A family embark on an exciting adventure to find a bear. On their journey, the family encounter many different terrains. They slide down a grassy slope, splash through a deep cold river, sludge through thick oozy mud, stumble through a deep dark forest, and walk through a swirling snowstorm. The family eventually reach a narrow, gloomy cave where they come face to face with a bear, who chases them all the way back home.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a classic, light-hearted story that is a staple in many classrooms and therapy rooms. The repetitive patterns encourages children to join in, and the simple story line makes it the perfect choice for working on children’s sequencing and narrative retelling skills. Basic descriptive language is modelled throughout the story, allowing children to improve their story retells through the use of adjectives.
For further speech and language targets in ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’, see the list below.
Book Details
Narrative Structure: Abbreviated Episode
Story Plot: Journey Tale ; Repetitive Tale
Themes:
- animals
- family
- places - forest
Speech and Language Targets
Speech Sounds:
- /b/ - bear, big, beautiful, back, bedroom, bed, stumble
- /g/ - go, googly, big
- /k/ - catch, can't, cave, covers, thick, dark, back
- /s/ blends - swishy-swashy, stumble, stairs, scared, snowstorm, splash, splosh, squelch, squerch, forest
- /w/ - we, we're, what, wavy, whirling, wet
Grammar:
- adjectives
- negatives (can't, not)
- prepositions (under, over, through)
- present progressive tense
- subjective pronouns (we)
- action verbs
Semantics:
- labelling
- identifying parts
- describing
- onomatopoeia
Concepts:
- descriptive (big, little, cold, long, dark, deep, wet, narrow)
- location (under, through, over)
Narrative:
- setting
- weather
- sequencing
- feelings
Rhyme & Sound Awareness:
- copying sounds
Book Info
Published by Walker Books Ltd in 1995 (ISBN: 9780744523232)