A Watery World / Our Classroom Fish Tank
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, A Watery World, children will be introduced to the life of a classroom pet. Bright illustrations will help readers learn key details about a goldfish and its watery world. This fiction book is paired with the book, Our Classroom Fish Tank. In this nonfiction book, a whole wide world can be found in a tiny fish tank. This sequential narrative explains how to create a thriving fish tank from start to finish. Excite readers about science concepts through this well paired theme set.
