Star Watch / Stars in the Sky

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, Star Watch, Riley and her family head outside at night to gaze at the stars. Colorful illustrations will help readers build strong domain-specific vocabulary and learn about constellations and stars. This fiction book is paired with the book, Stars in the Sky. In this nonfiction book, after learning what stars are, including the sun, readers learn about constellations and about the tools used to study the stars. Inspire the future star gazers in your classroom through this endearing theme book set.