A Day at the Strawberry Patch / Let's Pick Strawberries
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 fictional narrative, Day at the Strawberry Patch, concepts of math and plant growth cycles are combined in this fun trip to the strawberry patch. Readers will learn the difference between unripe and ripe fruit while counting berries. This fiction book is paired with the book, Let's Pick Strawberries, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. In this nonfiction book, elementary school students get out into the fields of pick strawberries. They learn the stages of growth of strawberries, from seedling until the fruit is ripe and can be picked. Entice your readers with this yummy pairing about strawberries.
