Benny and Pops Have a Surprise / My Grandfather's Workshop
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, Benny and Pops Have a Surprise, Benny helps his father make a surprise for Mom. Descriptive text and colorful illustrations will help readers learn the importance of wearing safety gear. Explanatory texts will show that readers can have fun making a piece of art out of metal. This fiction book is paired with the book, My Grandfather's Workshop, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. In this nonfiction book, discover the artistic creations a family creates together with the tools in a Grandfather’s workshop. Inspire creativity in your readers with this theme set about handicrafts.
