Tug-of-War Trouble / A Tug of War: Tension Force

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, Tug-of-War Trouble, readers will learn the science behind tension and force while following along as Mary's class takes on another team in tug-of-war. This fiction book is paired with the book, A Tug of War: Tension Force, for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies. Through this nonfiction book, the compulsory science strand dealing with force and motion is beautifully depicted through a tug of war, giving a real-life context to a physical science principle. Help readers explore physics through this essential theme set.