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Berenstein Bears: Get Jealous

 Summary of Book: Berenstein Bears: Get Jealous is written by Stan and Jan Bearenstein. In this story, Brother Bear has a birthday and gets a new bike which un turn makes Sister Bear very jealous. His bike goes much faster than her own little trike. Mother Bear talks to Sister Bear and says it seems she has been caught by the Green eyed Monster and that she should not worry about not having the bike because she still has growing to do before she can ride a two wheeled bike. Sister Bear goes to bed still very jealous and has a dream where a Green eyed Monster that looks just like her but is green visits her and tells her to ride the bike to prove that she is big enough and ready. Sister Bear gets on the bike and can't control it and ends up crashing. She wakes up with a start and is so upset and admits she was wrong and is not ready to ride a two wheeled bike. She apologizes to her family and says that the next time the Green eyed monster arrives, she will be ready. 

Why you would/would not use this book in your classroom? I would use this book in my classroom because the lesson to be had from this story is very applicable to every child. Most children will have siblings, friends, or close cousins, and I think that this story could help children relate and learn about being jealous and how to handle it. 

Appropriate age group for this book: 3-7

Ideas for unit of study to include this book or how you might use this book in the classroom: An idea for a activity from this book would be a worksheet to show comprehension and also to work on writing in complete sentences. Questions could ask how Sister Bear changed from the beginning to the end and what she learned. A unit could be made from the Berenstein Bear series as a lot of these books handle real life situations that students go through, so including these stories in a comprehension unit or character trait learning series would be really good.  



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