Blueprint for Pablo / Architects Use Math

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 problem and solution fictional narrative, Blueprint for Pablo, colorful illustrations and key details will help readers follow along as Pablo wants to build a clubhouse. He actually gets to help build it with the help of his mom, an architect. This fiction book is paired with the book, Architects Use Math. In this nonfiction book, the tools of an engineer are introduced, along with the types of buildings architectural engineers help to create. Guide readers through this fascinating theme set about how math is used in architecture and engineering.