A Home for Sue / Carpenters Use Wood
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 fictional narrative, A Home for Sue, a sweet black cat named Sue lives in an empty lot. She watches as a house is built, from scratch to finish. Builders use tools and engineering to create a new home. Readers will love the ending, as Sue gets her own new home thanks to a friendly carpenter. This fiction book is paired with the book, Carpenters Use Wood, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. This excellent nonfiction STEAM book shows a craftsman at work, using natural materials to make a useable work of art. Kids can see the process from tree to finished woodwork and the sequence of steps. Inspire future builders and architects through this well paired theme set.
