Granny's Guacamole / My Avocado Plant

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 fictional narrative, Ben has a fun-filled day when he visits his grandmother's house. Explanatory, procedural text and colorful illustrations will help readers to follow Ben as he learns how avocados grow. He will even get to learn how to plant an avocado seed and make guacamole with Granny. This fiction book is paired with the book, My Avocado Plant. In this nonfiction book, readers follow along as a seed is planted, breaks through the soil, and becomes a leafy plant. Inspire your readers with this well paired theme set.