Grace and the Guinea Pig / Guinea Pigs in our Classroom
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 descriptive fictional narrative, explanatory text helps emerging readers learn about guinea pigs and how to care for them. Colorful illustrations will help readers follow along as Grace overcomes her fear of animals and takes care of the classroom pets. This fiction book is paired with the book, Guinea Pigs in Our Classroom. In this nonfiction book, the concepts of life science and animal husbandry are combined to teach readers all about the guinea pig. Excite the animal lovers in your classroom with this sweetly paired theme set.
