Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do you Hear?

Teaching Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you Hear? story in an ESL classroom can be a great way to engage students in the learning process. Polar bear story is a wonderful way to introduce students to a variety of language concepts and to help them practice their English skills. This story is an excellent tool for teaching language skills and can be used to reinforce other topics, such as geography and animal behavior.

This blog post will provide you with some ideas on how to teach the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you Hear? in the ESL classroom. From using props to playing games, you will find plenty of ways to make this activity both engaging and educational for your students.

Here are some ideas on how to teach the polar bear story in the ESL classroom:

Have students create a story board depicting different scenes in the story

Use pictures to help reinforce vocabulary

Have students create an original story with the same characters from the polar bear story

Use a storyboard to illustrate the story and prompt discussion of each scene

Pair students to act out the story to reinforce language comprehension

Have students act out different events from the story

Introduce a writing assignment for students to retell and reflect on the story

Have students write a persuasive essay about why we should protect polar bears

Create a role play about the polar bear and her cubs

Divide students into groups and have them create a presentation about the story

Have students create short skits based on the story

Create a game of charades to help students learn new vocabulary from the story

Discuss true and false statements about polar bears and their environment

Have group discussions about the themes and main points of the story

Create a writing prompt for students to write a short story from the perspective of the polar bear

Produce a video documentary about polar bears in the wild

Have students draw pictures of the story

Learn about Polar Bear life cycle

Have students come up with their own endings

Hold a discussion about polar bears and their environment

Provide a polar bear activity sheet for the students to complete

Have students research facts about polar bears and write reports

Ask students to record themselves reading the story and play them back

Use playdough cards to review and consolidate vocabulary

Use a filefolder to practice alphabetical order

Play Would you rather questions

Use Jeopardy game to consolidate Winter themed grammar structures

Play games such as Taboo, Dobble, Bingo or Memory Games

Read aloud a story about polar bears

Have students create polar bear puppets

Invite a guest speaker who has seen polar bears in the wild

Use the internet to explore polar bear habitats

Show pictures of polar bears and have students describe them

Make a collage of polar bear images

Have students create a board game about polar bears

Have students write a story about polar bears

Create a word search puzzle with key vocabulary

Have students create a song or rap about the story

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Practice listening with talking flashcardsIn conclusion, teaching the Polar Bear story can provide a fun, engaging teaching opportunity for the ESL classroom. Not only does the story provide material for instruction on grammar and word formation, but it also allows for an exploration of topics such as adaptations and climate change. With guided discussion, creative writing exercises and art projects inspired by the text, this story can be used to create an enjoyable lesson that students will remember long after they’ve left the classroom.