Brown Bear Brown Bear – Story Sequencing Activity

Nine numbered mini-book pages, each pairing an animal with a colour word from 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?', are coloured, cut, and glued into sequence.

Year groups: Reception, Nursery, Nursery, Primary, Year 2
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Updated Sep 27, 2022

Subject: Reading, English
Topic: Brown Bear Brown Bear, Emergent Reader
Resource types: Activities
Preparation: Print ready

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Nine sequential pages, each printed with a numbered line such as 'I see a red bird' or 'I see a yellow duck,' recreate the colour-and-animal pattern of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? for a listen-colour-cut-and-glue sequencing activity. Students listen to the story, colour each animal to match its stated colour, then cut and glue the pages in numbered order to assemble their own mini book. The nine featured animals run from the brown bear through a red bird, yellow duck, blue horse, green frog, purple cat, white dog, black sheep, and gold fish, mirroring the read-aloud's sequence exactly. A simple name line at the top of the title page is the only other printed element.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Students will sequence story events by numbering and assembling pages 1 through 9 in the correct order.
Students will identify each animal and its colour as it appears in the read-aloud.
Students will practice fine-motor cutting and gluing skills while assembling their own mini book.

Teaching tips

Read the original story aloud before distributing pages so students can predict the order.
Have students colour each animal to match the colour stated on its page (e.g., 'red bird,' 'blue horse') before cutting.
Point out the printed page numbers (1-9) to reinforce left-to-right sequencing as students assemble their books.

Skills covered

Story sequencing — students order 9 numbered pages (brown bear through gold fish) to match the read-aloud.
Colour-word and animal matching — students colour each animal to match the text's stated colour word.
Cutting and gluing fine-motor practice — students cut and glue each coloured page into an assembled book.

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What determines the correct order for assembling the nine animal pages?

The printed page numbers 1 through 9, each following the colour-and-animal pattern from the read-aloud (bear, bird, duck, horse, frog, cat, dog, sheep, goldfish).

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Story sequencing
Colour words
Emergent reading

Topics

Brown Bear Brown Bear Emergent Reader Preschool Cut and Paste Activities Sequence Sequencing Book Activity Book Mini Book Colour Words

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