The Missing Block / Wood Blocks
Rosen REAL Readers: STEM and STEAM Collection
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 Missing Block, a great mystery is afoot when something special goes missing from Jamal's party. Counting and comparison help Jamal realize which of his new wood blocks is missing. This fiction book is paired with the book, Wood Blocks, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. This nonfiction book engages early readers about materials, counting, and colors. Stimulate readers with this theme set about blocks.
