Talking with Grandpa / I Can Use an App

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, Talking with Grandpa, Ben and his mother figure out what apps on their computer will allow Ben and Grandpa to talk daily, as if they're right in front of each other. This fiction book is paired with the book, I Can Use an App, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. This narrative nonfiction book, shows a student displaying a component of STEAM mastery through the age-appropriate usage of technology. Excite readers through this theme set about technology.