Hatching Day / Robins Lay Eggs

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, Hatching Day, readers learn about how birds are born. Sequential text and colorful illustrations will help readers follow along as three birds hatch in a nest and their mother feeds them. This fiction book is paired with the book, Robins Lay Eggs, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. In this nonfiction book, a large, plump robin is ready to lay her eggs. Readers are treated to a very close look at the life cycle of robins. Your readers will love learning about the life cycle of robins in this science based theme set.