Micah Learns to Read / I Can Read a Book

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, Micah Learns to Read, Micah helps early learners see that reading takes practice. He counts the days on a calendar as he is keeping track of his progress. Every day, he gets better and better. Micah reads to his Mom once he feels comfortable, sharing the art of storytelling. This fiction book is paired with the book, I Can Read a Book, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. This nonfiction book provides examples of children reading a book in different classroom and social situations. Through this theme pairing about reading, invite your early readers to discuss the things they’ve overcome when learning how to read.