Arctic Patrol Slides Interactive News Story November Expedition
Churchill, Canada
🐾 Polar Bear Week Edition
Welcome to
Polar Bear Week!
Big white bears are gathering near the bay. Let’s explore why they visit and how science keeps everyone safe!
🐻❄️
Big White Bear
King of the Frozen Arctic
Screen Touch & Read Along!
Interactive Action: Touch the polar bear on your screen to say hello!
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Town of Churchill, Canada
Chapter 1: The Gathering
Every fall, hundreds of polar bears walk toward one small town.
The town is called Churchill, Canada . The bears wait along the coast of the frozen Hudson Bay.
🍁
Why are they waiting?
They are hungry and waiting for the water to freeze into thick sea ice!
🏘️ Churchill A small Arctic town
🌊 Hudson Bay Waiting for winter ice
1,000+
Bears in the region
November
Polar Bear Week time
Interactive Sound Check: Let’s make a soft polar bear sound together: "Huuuffff!"
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Arctic Survival
Chapter 2: Why Bears Need Ice
Polar bears need sea ice to hunt for food.
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The Problem
When the weather stays warm, ice takes longer to freeze. Bears get very hungry.
👃
Super Senses
A bear has a super nose! It can smell food up to 20 miles away across the snow.
🦭
What do they eat?
Polar bears hunt seals out on the solid ice. They do not eat plants or trees!
Hungry bears wander near towns looking for snacks!
Screen Question: Point to the ice cube 🧊 on screen if polar bears love cold ice!
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New Technology Alert!
Chapter 3: The Bear-dar System
Special Radar
Meet "Bear-dar"!
Churchill uses an amazing radar tool that scans the tundra day and night—even during thick fog and snowstorms!
Keeping Everyone Safe
Workers gently guide bears back to the wild without harm.
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Radar Screen Simulation
"Beep! A polar bear is 1 mile from town!"
📡 24/7 Safety for Bears & People
Interactive Prompt: Make a radar sound! Say: "Beep... beep... bear detected!"
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Arctic Brain Break: Joke Time!
Laugh Along
❓
Question
How do polar bears stay cool in the summer?
Punchline
They use BEAR conditioning!
(Just like air conditioning... but much furrier!)
🌬️🐻❄️
Interactive Action: Give someone next to you a giant bear high-five! 🐾
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Interactive Class Check
Final Question
Touch or Point to Your Answer!
Where do hundreds of polar bears gather every fall?
🗼
Paris, France
Big warm city
A
🇨🇦
Churchill, Canada
Polar Bear Capital
B
🗾
Tokyo, Japan
Busy island city
C
Awesome job! Ready for our hands-on offline polar activities?
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Polar Bear Reader Document Essential Skills Reader Polar Bear Week
Name:
Date:
Adapted News Article
Polar Bears in Canada
Touch and read each sentence with your teacher or talker.
🐻❄️
1
The polar bear is big and white.
It lives in the cold Arctic snow.
🐻❄️ BEAR
❄️ COLD
2
Many bears visit Churchill, Canada in fall.
People celebrate Polar Bear Week together.
🍁 FALL
🇨🇦 TOWN
3
The bears wait for cold sea ice.
They walk on the ice to find food.
🧊 ICE
🍽️ FOOD
4
A special radar is called Bear-dar.
It beeps to spot bears walking near town.
📡 RADAR
👀 SPOT
5
Workers keep people and bears safe!
They guide the big bears back to the wild.
👷 PATROL
🛡️ SAFE
Touch Check: Point to the polar bear icon on your paper!
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Story Words & Talk Board Key Vocabulary
Arctic Bear Patrol Unit
Key Story Words
Practice saying, pointing to, or finding these target words on your talker.
🐻❄️
Polar Bear
Big white Arctic bear.
🧊
Sea Ice
Cold frozen water bridge.
🇨🇦
Churchill
Town in Canada.
📡
Bear-dar
Radar that spots bears.
🛡️
Safe
Protected and okay.
🎉
Celebrate
Polar Bear Week fun!
Essential Sentence Starters
Point to or say a sentence to share about the story:
👀 "I see a polar bear."
❄️ "The ice is cold."
📡 "Radar helps the bears."
🛡️ "Keep everyone safe."
Thumbs Check:
Do polar bears love cold, icy snow?
👍 YES 👎 NO
Arctic Bear Patrol • Adapted News Story Page 2 of 2
Paws On Activity Pack Hands-On Activity Arctic Bear Patrol
Name:
Date:
Bear-dar Radar Hunt
Use a marker, dot dauber, or crayon to complete each task!
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1
Radar Spot: Find Polar Bear Week Items
Dab or Circle 4 items
Dab or circle the 4 things from our Polar Bear story. Cross out ✕ the other 2 things.
🐻❄️ Polar Bear
🏀 Basketball
🧊 Sea Ice
🌴 Palm Tree
🏘️ Churchill
📡 Bear-dar
2
Essential Skills Story Questions
Dab or color the circle next to your answer.
1. What is this week's news about?
A
Baseball Game
B
Polar Bear Week
C
Outer Space
2. Where do polar bears visit every autumn?
A
Churchill, Canada
B
Paris, France
C
Tokyo, Japan
3. How does Bear-dar radar help keep the town safe?
A
Makes loud music
B
Spots bears early
C
Bakes cookies
Arctic Bear Patrol • Student Worksheet Page 1 of 2
Offline Project & Snack Sleeping Bear Kitchen
Arctic Bear Patrol Unit
Sleeping Bear Snacks Guide
A fun sensory culinary project from our news story!
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Ingredients to Touch & Gather: Serves 6
🥐 Pastry Sheet
🍫 6 Chocolate
🧸 6 Bear Grahams
🥚 1 Beaten Egg
Step 1
📐
Cut pastry into 6 rectangles.
Step 2
🍫
Put chocolate square on top.
Step 3
🧸
Tuck bear in and fold blanket.
Step 4
♨️
Bake at 400° for 10-12 min.
Polar Bear Picture Box
Draw or Stamp
Draw or color your polar bear on the cold white snow!
My polar bear is: BIG or LITTLE
The polar bear feels: COLD or HUNGRY
Arctic Bear Patrol • Student Project & Journal Page 2 of 2
Arctic Skills Activity Mats Essential Skills Mat Cut & Paste Sorting
Name:
Date:
✂️
Polar Bear Sort: Cold Arctic or Town?
Cut the pictures below. Glue cold Arctic items in the blue box and Town items in the yellow box.
❄️ Cold Arctic Sea Ice
Glue 3 cold Arctic pictures here:
Glue picture here
Glue picture here
Glue picture here
🏘️ In the Town
Glue 3 Town pictures here:
Glue picture here
Glue picture here
Glue picture here
Cut Out These 6 Picture Tiles: Adaptive thick border guides
🐻❄️ Polar Bear Cold Arctic
🚗 Town Car In Town
🧊 Sea Ice Cold Arctic
🏠 House In Town
🦭 Arctic Seal Cold Arctic
📡 Radar Tower In Town
Arctic Bear Patrol • Category Sorting Mat Page 1 of 2
Fine Motor & Matching Dot & Match Mat
Level 1 Essential Skills
1
Dab the Path: Help Bear Walk to the Ice!
Use Dot Marker or Stamp
Dab each circle with your marker or finger paint as the bear walks across the tundra to the icy bay.
🐻❄️
Start
1
2
3
4
5
🧊
Ice Bay
2
Picture-to-Picture Matching
Draw a line between matching pictures
Find the exact matching picture on the right side and draw a line to connect them.
🐻❄️ Polar Bear
••••••••••••••
Sea Ice 🧊
🧊 Sea Ice
••••••••••••••
Polar Bear 🐻❄️
📡 Bear-dar Radar
••••••••••••••
Town 🏘️
🏘️ Town
••••••••••••••
Bear-dar Radar 📡
Arctic Bear Patrol • Dot Marker & Matching Mat Page 2 of 2
Polar Talk Communication Boards AAC Communication Board Polar Talk Mat
Core & Story Fringe Vocabulary
Sentence Strip:
I see the ...
Point to Talk
🙋 I Want
👀 Look
🟢 Go
🛑 Stop
🐻❄️ Polar Bear
🧊 Sea Ice
🏘️ Town
🍽️ Food
📡 Bear-dar
🥶 Cold
🐘 Big
🛡️ Safe
👍 Like
🆘 Help
✅ Yes
❌ No
💡 Facilitator Tip: Model by pointing to symbols while reading the story and during slide time. Page 1 of 2
Participation Cards Yes/No & Choice Strips
Direct Selection / Eye Gaze
1. Jumbo Response Cards (Cut along dotted line or point directly)
✓
YES
Thumbs Up / Agree
✕
NO
Thumbs Down / Disagree
2. Dual-Choice Question Strips (Point, Touch, or Peg Clip)
Question 1: Who is our news story about?
🐻❄️
Polar Bear
Arctic Animal
🐶
Puppy
Pet Animal
Question 2: What do polar bears wait for to freeze?
🧊
Cold Sea Ice
On Hudson Bay
🔥
Campfire
Hot Fire
Question 3: What special tool keeps people safe?
📡
Bear-dar Radar
Safety Tech
🍦
Ice Cream
Sweet Treat
Arctic Bear Patrol • Participation & Choice Cards Page 2 of 2