Mike's Math Game / I Can Play a Computer Game
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, Mike’s Math Game, math isn't always a favorite subject, for some students, it can be downright intimidating. Mike and his father find a way, using technology, to make Math fun. Readers will count along with Mike on the time he spends doing homework and playing games. This fiction book is paired with the book, I Can Play a Computer Game, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. This narrative nonfiction book, shows age-appropriate uses of technology within a STEAM educational setting. The domain-specific vocabulary acquisition opportunities are numerous. Inspire your readers with use of math though the use of technology with this well paired theme set.
