Blue Sky Day / All About 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 the fictional narrative, Blue Sky Day, children spend a cloud-free day playing outside. Through descriptive text structure, key ideas, and bright illustrations, readers will learn about fun activities they can experience outside on a lovely day. This fiction book is paired with the book, All About the Sky. This nonfiction book discusses key details about the sky and the objects in it, both at nighttime and daytime. The sky is conveyed through bright photographs and supporting informational text. Broaden your readers minds with this interesting pairing about the sky.