1. Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Re-written Version Desi, Desi What Do You See?

2. Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Revised It’s My Life. Extracted from http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/family/index.html. http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/family/index.html The above link offers a host of suggested lessons and activities. I extracted the suggested lesson idea from the Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see? Story. I revised it to include my granddaughter’s name and some of the wildlife that we see in my backyard. Original Lesson Idea Writing Have your child take pictures of things around them. Print out the pictures and make their own book using their name. For example: Luke's book might have a picture of a cup and it would say, "Luke, Luke what do you see? I see a cup looking at me." Objective: 1.To identify various wildlife and objects in nature. 2.To use New Literacies media in addition to traditional resources to capture pictures too use while developing personalized stories. 3.To engage families in the literacy process. Writing Standards - Text Types and Purposes - K–5Standard: 2. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. Materials: camera phones, laptops/computers, printers, pencils, pens, paper, binder rings, glue sticks, lyrics to Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Desi, Desi What Do You See? Using the original lesson idea along with the revised version: Take students on a nature walk around the school building. Using camera phones, take pictures of various wildlife and other objects. Send the pictures to the school’s E-mail address. Back in the classroom, assist the students with uploading and printing the pictures. Distribute the pictures and instruct the students to begin developing their own personalized picture book. Using their first names and the Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Theme, write their own lyrical story version about what they saw on their nature walk. Invite the students’ families to a Literacy Night to hear the students read their personalized story version. An extension to the lesson could include, writing another story about what they observe in their own homes or backyards.

3. Desi Desi What Do You See? Brown Bear, What Do You See lyrics Brown bear, brown bear What do you see? I see a red bird Looking at me Red bird, red bird What do you see? I see a yellow duck Looking at me Yellow duck, yellow duck What do you see? I see a blue horse Looking at me Blue horse, blue horse What do you see I see a green frog Looking at me Desi, Desi, What Do You See lyrics Desi, Desi What Do You See? I see a beige goose looking at me Beige goose, beige goose What do you see? I see a blue crane looking at me Blue crane, blue crane What do you see? I see a pink dog Looking at me Pink dog, pink dog What do you see I see a purple fish Looking at me

4. Desi Desi What Do You See? Green frog, green frog What do you see? I see a purple cat Looking at me Purple cat, purple cat What do you see? I see a white dog Looking at me White dog, white dog What do you see? I see a black sheep Looking at me Black sheep, black sheep What do you see? I see a gold fish Looking at me Gold fish, gold fish What do you see? I see a mother Looking at me Purple fish, purple fish What do you see? I see a black bird Looking at me Black bird black bird What do you see? I see a brown deer Looking at me Brown deer brown deer What do you see? I see a white cat Looking at me white cat What do you see? I see a gray squirrel Looking at me Gray squirrel gray squirrel What do you see? I see a father Looking at me

5. Desi Desi What Do You See? Mother, mother What do you see? I see beautiful children Looking at me Children, children What do you see? We see a brown bear A red bird A yellow duck A blue horse A green frog A purple cat A white dog A black sheep A gold fish And a mother looking at us That's what we see Father, father What do you see? I see lovely children Looking at me Children, children What do you see? We see a beige goose A blue crane A pink dog A red fish A black bird A brown deer A white cat A gray squirrel And a father looking at us That’s what we see

6. Resources It’s My Life. Extracted from http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/family/index.htmlhttp://pbskids.org/itsmylife/family/index.html J-force. Brown Bear, What Do You See lyrics. Extracted from http://www.moron.nl/lyrics/raffi/brown-bear,-what-do-you-see-lyrics.htm