At the Races / The Race Car: Velocity

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, At the Races, science, math, and technology concepts are introduced through a fun day at the track. Mac and his family count flags, learn about speed and velocity, and enjoy some yummy grandstand snacks. This fiction book is paired with the book, The Race Car: Velocity, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. In this nonfiction book, principles of velocity and acceleration are explored through race cars. Help readers make the abstract concrete with this theme set which explores some principles of physical science.