Paired Books Tips
Promote higher-order thinking, such as making comparisons among texts, with Paired Books. Reading A-Z features three types of pairings: fiction-nonfiction, fiction-fiction, and nonfiction-nonfiction. Students first answer text-dependent questions about each text separately, and then about both texts combined. Answers to these questions guide student response to an overall key question.
Each lesson has a graphic organizer used to record information related to each question set. Students cite evidence in support of an answer.
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Grade 1Levels E-J
Nonfiction
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Grade 2Levels K-P
Fiction
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Grade 3Levels Q-T
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Grade 4Levels U-W
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Grade 5Levels X-Z
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