1) The story describes a bear helping five different animals in need over the course of his day. 2) The animals he helps include a blue jay stuck in a tree, a baby bee with a bent wing, a worm that needs help getting to a magic pond, a goldfish struggling to return to a lake, and a baby turtle afraid of seagulls. 3) For each animal, the bear kindly asks how he can help, then lifts, fixes, carries, or guides the animal to safety.

1. The Bear Helps
By Dana C. (4th Grade)
Collaborator - Passion Cultivator, Sara Salem

2. This Passion Challenge (PC) was created by
Dana in three 60 minute classes with her passion
cultivator Sara Salem.
PC Definition
An intrinsically motivating and challenging
goal that learners collaborate on with
passion cultivators to achieve.
Elements of this PC that were based
on Dana’s intrinsic motivations:
● Helping people
● Story writing
● Storyboarding
● AnimalsDescription of this PC
Create a story of a bear who helps 5
animals that need help in a different way.
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Thiebaut Method teaches students
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3. The bear wakes up and goes in his kitchen for a morning honey breakfast.

4. Then the bear goes out for his morning
jog and sees a little blue jay sitting on the
ground.
He asks the bird what’s wrong and the
bird says I can’t go up my tree.
So the bear lifts up the little bird and puts
the bird in the nest. The bird says thank
you.
You’re welcome. The bear leaves.

5. When the bear goes to get more honey for
tomorrow, he goes to step but sees a baby bee
struggling trying to fly up into his hive.
He says to the baby bee, what is wrong?
I bent my wing because I hit a tree on the way
home. Would you help me straighten my wing
so I can fly home?
So the bear used a little stick to help him fix his
wing. And when he’s done fixing the wing the
bee says thank you and I’ll give you extra
honey!

6. The bear is jogging and when he is about to
step he hears, help me! coming from the
ground. He kneels down and sees a worm
and asks him what is wrong.
How can I help you?
My home is far away. Will you pick me up and
take me close to the magic pond?
Sure!
The bear picks up the worm and starts to
remember where the pond is.

7. The bear drops off wormie and he decides to go
to the lake for his afternoon swim. So he goes to
his home and gets his trunks and gets some
snacks and drinks.
On his way to the water he goes over the rocks
and sees a goldfish flopping.
Gold fish, what’s wrong?
I am trying to go back to the lake so I can meet
my family.
Can I help?
Yes, please.
So the bear gives hims him a little push with his
palm into the lake!

8. The bear is at the lake and sees a baby
turtle. It is struggling to go in the lake. The
bear asks the turtle what’s wrong.
The turtle says there are seagulls close to
me so I need to some help, can you help
me.
Okay.
So the bear picks him up and walks him
close to the lake and puts him close to the
water so he can walk there by himself.

9. The End