1. By Else Holmelund Minarik
Little
Bear's
Friend
By Else Holmelund Minarik

2. Meet Author: Else Holmelund Minarik
Else Holmelund Minarik is the author of the “Little Bear” series of children's books, which were successful as books, and were also made into a successful children's TV series.
She was born in Denmark. Her family moved to the United States when she was four. She taught first-graders during WWII.
She begin writing stories for her students when she could not find good books for her first graders to read.

3. Meet Illustrator Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak grew up in New York. He was a frail and sickly child. Spending much of his young life indoors, he turned to books at an early age.
His view of the outside world was often limited to the family that came to visit him and the little that he could see from his window.
So he began to draw and to allow his imagination to run free.
One of his best known children’s book is WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

4. Genre –Fantasy Look for:
Characters in fantasy stories do impossible things.
Look for:
People talking to animals.
Animals wearing clothes
Story Summary:  Little Bear helps a lost girl find her way home and makes a new friend.

5. Pop Quiz What does the author do? He or she writes the stories.
What does the illustrator do?
He or she draws takes the pictures.

6. Glossary Time
Put your reading book on your desk.
Open your book to the glossary. (The glossary is on page 256 in the back of your reading book.)
When you see the word “Glossary,” get ready to find the word.

7. Hello hello Hello - word said to greet someone
A Glossary Word
Sammy says hello by nodding his head. 2

8. Again again Again - one more time Our teacher is late again.
A Glossary Word
Our teacher is late again. 1

9. blue Blue The blue whale is a very big whale.
Blue - color of the sky on a sunny day
The blue whale is a very big whale. 3

10. High high High - up above This goat lives high on the mountain top.
A Glossary Word 4

11. Love love I just love rainy days. Love - to like very much
A Glossary Word
I just love rainy days. 5

12. opened Opened He opened wide so the doctor could take a look inside.
Opened - not shut
He opened wide so the doctor could take a look inside. 5

13. Vocabulary Review Say the words. Read the sentences.
Fill in the blank.

14. Molly likes to go ______ in the swing.
hello
opened
love
high
blue
again
Molly likes to go ______ in the swing.

15. Hop and Dot _______ their new home.
blue
hello
love
again
high
opened

16. They want Ms. Todd to read the story ______.
high
hello
again
love
opened
blue

17. This gopher has ________ fur.
opened
blue
again
hello
high
love
This gopher has ________ fur.

18. My grandma called to say ____.
opened
love
hello
blue
high
again

19. He _______ all but one present.
love
hello
opened
blue
again
high

20. Review the Vocabulary Words
Hello - word said to greet someone
Again - one more time
Blue - color of the sky on a sunny day
High - up above
Love - to like very much
Opened - not shut

21. Match the words to its meaning.
blue___
hello ___
love ___
again ___
opened __
high ___
word said to greet someone
one more time
color of the sky on a sunny day
up above
to like very much
not shut C A E B F D

22. Say the Sight Words high love opened myself never only own pick seven
shall

23. New words in the story: “Little Bear’s Friend”
wide
world
river
away
trees
house
could
wind
nose
brush
squirrels
time
lunch
climb
four
sideways
more
worm
there
treetop
basket
cookies
Emily
skipping

24. Enjoy your story.
The End
Anne Miller

25. Web Links
You should be able to click on these sites and go to them by pointing and clicking.
Vocabulary Review
Little Bear's Friend 1
Little Bear's Friend 2
Phonics Review
y can be a vowel
Test Tutor
ow/ou (1)
ow/ou (2)
Activity  # 1  Mixed Blends
Activity  # 2  Mixed Blends
Activity  # 3  Mixed Blends
Activity  # 4  Mixed Blends

26. Web links for “Little Bear’s Friend”
Coordinating Units:
The 3 Bears
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Packin' For A Picnic
Match Game
Brown Bear Facts
Brown Bear (video)
Brown Bear (audio)

27. Bear Links : Little Bear's Friend Little Bear Book Review
Interactive Picnic
Test Tutor: Alphabetize
Online Practice Book
The NA Bear Center
Little Explorers
Bear Quizzes

28. Bear Books
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? ~ Bill Martin, Jr. Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ J.A. Dyer Corduroy ~ Don Freeman
   * Corduroy video A Pocket for Corduroy ~ Don Freeman Bear Shadow ~ Frank Asch Mooncake ~ Frank Asch The Berenstain Bears ~ Jan and Stan Berenstain
Alphabears:  An ABC Book ~ Kathleen Hague Bedtime for Bears ~ Adelaide Holl The Teddy Bears' Picnic ~ Jimmy Kennedy Winnie the Pooh ~ A.A. Milne Little Bear ~ Else H. Minarik Blueberries for Sal ~ Robert McCloskey 
Grizzly Bear Grows Up ~ Pearl Wolf
Bear Stays Up For Christmas ~ Karma Wilson