Sara Tries Again / It's OK to Make Mistakes
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 this third-person fictional narrative, Sara works on an arts and crafts project. Colorful illustrations and key vocabulary will help readers learn alongside Sara that it is OK to make a mistake and to keep on trying until you get it right. This fiction book is paired with the book, It's OK to Make Mistakes. In this nonfiction book, a daughter tries to bake cookies for her father's birthday. Her mother helps, but the daughter fails to follow instructions. Readers will delight after seeing how correcting mistakes can lead to delicious results. Inspire your readers through this thoughtfully paired theme set.
