Bring The Very Hungry Bear by Nick Bland to life with this comprehensive, hands-on literacy unit designed for PreK, Kindergarten and Year 1 students. This engaging story companion supports story retell, reading comprehension, grammar (nouns, verbs, and adjectives), sequencing, oral language, and early writing skills through interactive and purposeful activities aligned with early literacy outcomes.
 
This low-prep, high-engagement resource is perfect for helping young learners build a deep understanding of the story while developing essential literacy skills through play-based and structured learning tasks.
 
What’s Included:
 
Structured Lesson Support
• 5 detailed literacy lessons
• Tuff tray and small world storytelling setup ideas
• Teacher assessment checklist
• Author information sheet – Who is Nick Bland?
 
Story Retell & Oral Language Activities
• Character and setting cut-outs for whole-class discussions
• Stick puppets for story retelling
• Foldable images for small world play
• Character masks for dramatic play retells
• Story sequencing cards
• Story slider for oral retelling practice
• Story maps (portrait and landscape options with story mountain)
 
Writing & Sentence Building Activities
• 5 cut and paste sentence worksheets where students build and write story sentences (includes answer sheets)
• Book review worksheet
• Draw and write worksheet using a noun and verb word bank from the story
• Draw your favourite part and label worksheet
 
Grammar & Vocabulary Activities
• Character profile vocabulary and worksheet (appearance, personality and traits)
• Rhyming word matching activity
• Word sort for nouns and verbs (with answer sheet)
• Picture noun sort (with answer sheet)
• Noun sorting activity for animal, place and thing (with answer sheet)
• Adjective find – circle the adjective in the sentence (with answer sheet)
• Identify the adjective by matching drawings to descriptive words
• Adjective sorting activity to describe the bear, polar bear, setting and story objects
 
Reading Comprehension Activities
• 4 reading comprehension worksheets
1 “right there” question
1 deeper thinking/inference question
Answer sheets included
 
Additional Learning Supports
• Comprehension puzzles for fine motor and understanding
• Colour and black-and-white printing options
 
✅ Perfect For:
• Literacy centres
• Guided reading groups
• Whole-class story retells
• Small group intervention
• Dramatic play areas
• Tuff tray and small world storytelling
• Relief teacher planning
• Assessment evidence collection
 
💡 Skills Developed:
✔ Story sequencing
✔ Reading comprehension
✔ Oral language and storytelling
✔ Sentence construction
✔ Grammar skills – nouns, verbs and adjectives
✔ Vocabulary development
✔ Creative thinking and drawing
✔ Listening and responding to literature
 
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💬 What Teachers Are Saying:
 
"My students loved making and creating to demonstrate their understanding of these fantastic Nick Bland book series. Easy to prepare and fun to use as we narrated 'The Very Hungry Bear' wearing our masks. Cute!"
 
"This resource was fantastic for creating a retell area in the tuff tray. Adding different materials engaged my students. Thank you!"
 
"It is so great to find a sequencing activity that has already been done. I have used this many times for the classic story."
 
⚠️ Please Note:
This resource does not include the book. You will need your own copy of The Very Hungry Bear by Nick Bland.