Where+is+Cub?

Day 1

 * Introduce title and covers. Make predictions. Check that they know what a cub is.
 * If no one predicts that the mom can't find her cub, model a prediction based on the cover.
 * Ask how a mom would feel if she couldn't find her child. Bring up the word "worried" if they don't and make sure they know what it means. Have everyone make a worried face.
 * Do a picture walk and preview each page. Go over character names as you guide them through. "What do you think Freddy Fox is saying?" Model how they could figure out some of the tricky words: tap out "freddy" to help them remember that name; look for parts you know and tap it out for "missing."
 * Start reading. Stop them at page 5 and model checking a prediction: We predicted that mother bear was going to have lost her baby. Now I can see that we were right, and she really is worried. I wonder if she will find him?"
 * Students read independently the rest of the book.
 * Share a prediction they checked and what they thought when they found out if what they predicted was right or now. Have them really say a whole sentence of what they thought in their minds as they read.

Day 2

 * Model pointing by sweeping instead of pointing word-by-word. Have them practice as they re-read or finish the book if they didn't the day before.
 * Share strategies for figuring out tricky words.
 * Talk about what happens if you make a prediction that turns out to be wrong. "The first time I read this book, I thought Baby Bear got lost when he was exploring. I was wrong! He got lost when he was looking for honey."
 * Comprehension: Why does Mother Bear look for her cub in a cave?
 * Talk about quotation marks and notice them. Model / echo how to read them.

Day 3

 * Comprehension: Mother Bear is worried. How do you think Baby Bear is feeling in the book? At the beginning? At the end? What's your evidence?
 * What were Mother Bear and the cub doing before the cub got lost? Find evidence on a page.
 * Introduce readers' theater. Work on it together, taking turns with parts. Work on expression.