We're Going on a Bear Hunt Colouring worksheets
Engaging Bear Hunt colouring sheets that are perfect for fun practice of nature and family vocabulary from the story.
♦ Choose from 4 different sheets to easily differentiate according to ability, age group, and vocabulary focus.
♦ Helps you practise useful nature and family vocabulary.
♦ Useful activity suggestions give you plenty of ideas to increase interaction, engagement and learning AND give you ideas for incorporating story retelling.
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What will my ESL young learners learn?
Follow the included Activity Suggestions for ways you can complete these sheets in an interactive way. There are lots of opportunities for listening and speaking skills practice AND ways you can include game langugae too!
Nature vocabulary
grass, river, mud, a forest, a snowstorm, a cave
People/characters
man, woman, girl, boy, baby, dog, bear
Family vocabulary
dad/father, mum/mother, sister, brother, baby
Prepositions
over, under, through
Sample story language
We’re going on a bear hunt. / We’re going to catch a big one.
What a beautiful day! / We’re not scared.
Oh no! What’s that?
It’s a (river) /It’s (mud).
We can’t go (over/under it). / We have to go through it.
Quick! Back through the (forest)
Structures
- ‘going on’ + noun
e.g. We’re going on a bear hunt. / I’m going on a bus. / You’re going on holiday.
- ‘going to’ + verb
e.g. They’re going to catch a bear. / He’s going to go through the river. / She’s going to see a bear.
- exclamations
e.g. What a beautiful day! What a horrible day!
Game and activity language
Is it…? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. What is it? It’s a.. It’s…
Can you find the…? I can see a… Where’s the bear? Here it is! It’s here.
Where does this go? Like this? Put it under, then over, then under.
Can I have..? Here you are. Thank you. You’re welcome. Colours, pencil, crayons, pens.
What do teachers say about the resources?
Frequently asked questions
Yes, of course! Maybe you have the time and enjoy creating things, but it has to be said that being a young learner teacher can involve a HUGE amount of extra work making materials. Give yourself a break!
All my materials have been tried and tested in the classroom. As well as having almost 20 years of teaching experience, I am also a qualified trainer for the Trinity TYLEC (Teaching Young Learners Extension Certificate), so you can rely on the quality.
Yes! They work great for mixed aged groups and different abilities because they come with different templates AND different suggestions with how to use the resource. No time wasted on adapting different worksheets!
The provided activity suggestions give you plenty of ideas to create a fun and engaging lesson for your young learners. Add in the storytelling with the book or video, and a vocabulary game or two, and you’re ready to go! Find supplementary material on the Bear Hunt Story Resource Page.
You can certainly find some free worksheets out there, but I can guarantee your young learners will be much more excited to create this. Engaged and motivated children make for a happy lesson (and teacher!)
Once you’ve had a chance to use your materials, don’t forget to come back to leave a review. As a thank you, you’ll receive a 20% discount on any other resource : )
