Another Celebrated Dancing Bear written by Gladys Scheffin-Falk
This book is about a true friend who shares his time and expertise.
Social studies-(geography,culture)
This book takes place in Russia so we placed the story disk on the map. We colored a map and flag of Russia. We Made and played Bingo.The kids had fun learning about Russian culture and matryoshka dolls. We watched a movie and read a couple books too.
Language-(Drama)
We acted out some of the new words we learned like applauded,giggling,chattering and leaping.
Science-(Boiling point and Freezing point)
Max the bear sets his semovar to boil. I explained why the water boils and freezes. Lily and Aj did an experiment using thermometers, boiling water and ice cold water.
Mathematics-(time,days of the week)
In this book Borris the bear has his dance lessons 3 days a week at a certain time. We talked about time.We played a game using a clock and telling time. We discussed how many days in a week and Lily copied the days of the week in a work book.
Art-(Architecture)
In this book their is a picture of the Russian skyline. We found that these buildings were very different from the buildings around us. They have onion shapped turrets and unusual colors. We looked at pictures of St. Basils Cathedral,The Kremlin and Red Square. After we decided to cut and color turrets out of paper. Then paste them on a larger piece of paper. We drew many shapes using rulers to make a picture of our own Russian skyline.
