Hop's Big Race / Our Pet Rabbits
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, Hop’s Big Race, young Jim has a very talented pet. Hop, his pet rabbit loves to hop, jump, and run. Jim takes Hop to the rabbit races and counts how many races Hop wins and loses. This fiction book is paired with the book, Our Pet Rabbits, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. This nonfiction book gives many examples of why rabbits make great pets. Stimulate discussion about animal behavior with your readers through this endearing theme pairing about rabbits.
