Hank's Hike / The Big Hill

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 third person fictional narrative, Hank’s Hike, Hank hikes on a nature trail with his class. The bright illustrations and easy-to-comprehend text will help readers follow along as the members of the class take note of the many living things who inhabit the forest. This fiction book is paired with the book, The Big Hill. This nonfiction book takes readers on a topographical journey from a local hill to a giant mountain’s peak. Excite your readers about the great outdoors through this fascinating theme set about hills and peaks.