The Big Bug Hunt / Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

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, The Big Bug Hunt, Andy and Tim are in search of some bugs. Colorful illustrations will help readers learn domain-specific vocabulary as they follow along with Andy and Tim to find a lot of different bugs in the garden. This fiction book is paired with the book, Bugs, Bugs, Bugs, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. In this nonfiction book, colors, shapes, and features of various bugs are explored. Detailed photographs introduce backyard favorites such as the dragonfly, butterfly, snail, and ladybug. Share these fun bugs and excite your beginning readers with this fun theme set.