Teacher+Notes

== =Teacher Notes= ===Overview This lesson provides a model of reflection for students as they listen to a story. The story of Corduroy allows for a personal connection by having students interact with a stuffed bear and think about friendship.===

Students will

 * Listen to a story and respond by writing about a favorite character
 * Review other books by the same author
 * Children can participate in integrated thematic activities related to Corduroy, in reading, writing, science, math, art and music
 * Children will participate in a variety of computer activities individually, in whole group or with a buddy

Teacher Preparation
1. Gather the Corduroy books that you will be using for this lesson, along with stuffed bears to use when students are ready to begin creating their teddy grams. You may even tell them the day before to bring their own teddy bear to school. 2. For your reference, an integrated unit using the Corduroy books can be found on the Integrating Across the Curriculum link at the left in case you want to take the theme of teddy bears even farther. There also are many extra links for you on the handout page.. 3. So that you will be able to share information with students about the author, gather background information on Don Freeman by clicking these links: [|Don Freeman] [|More on Don Freeman]