Bear Feels Scared is about Bear getting caught in a storm. Themes explored through this book include storm safety and helping others. This resource is geared to address vocabulary and reading comprehension skills. It's set up in a before-during-after format with the options for skills listed below. The resource works well for guided reading groups, for whole group modeling (mentor text lessons), and for partner work.

Product Descriptions:

Skills addressed in this unit include:

• schema building
• vocabulary
• story plot (problem/solution)
• character traits (character webs)
• author's purpose
• genre
• point of view (flipbook foldable)
• cause and effect
• making connections
• questioning (10 questions to check comprehension)
• 16 pages (Lapbook for Bear Research)
• Class Book about Bears (3 pages)

The book level is a strong second grade level, but the book would work well as a read aloud for younger readers to model skills in either small or whole group.