Jayla and Her Tablet / I Can Use a Tablet
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, Jayla and Her Tablet, Jayla adores her tablet, it can so many things. The tablet is ever-more present in our lives, and it is no different for Jayla. Readers follow along as Jayla uses her tablet in many different ways. This fiction book is paired with the book, I Can Use a Tablet, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. In this nonfiction book, emerging readers learn the sequence of steps needed to use a tablet and apps and provides opportunities to demonstrate 21st-century learning skills. Use this theme set to discuss the specificities of tablet technology with your readers.
