The Summer Picnic / Corn in the Summer

Fiction and nonfiction pairs provide opportunities for students to analyze and compare different perspectives. This pairing supports thinking across texts by illustrating how different authors treat a similar topic. Excitingly, this pairing contrasts craft and structure of fiction with craft and structure of informational texts. In the narrative book, The Summer Picnic, all the great things about summer are summed up in this fun narrative about counting. Readers follow along as Joe enjoys all his favorite things, including ears of corn and hot dogs. This fiction book is paired with the book, Corn in the Summer, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. This nonfiction book provides photographs of a corn crop from seedling to harvest, which illustrates cause and effect. Engage your readers about mindful reading and science based standards with this fantastic pairing.