Dolphin's Big Day / The Life of a Dolphin
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 narrative book, Dolphin’s Big Day, the life cycle of a dolphin is explored along with concept of then and now. This fiction book is paired with the book, The Life of a Dolphin, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. This nonfiction book provides emerging readers with a science based immersion in the world of dolphins. Engage your excited learners with this captivating pairing.
