Sloth Sees The World & All About Sloths , 2-in-1 Fiction & Nonfiction Book Series
Sequoia Kids Media-Sloth Sees The World & All About Sloths
According to the Journal of Literacy Research, 80% of first graders opted for nonfiction books when invited to choose their reading genre. Interestingly, in a three-year study published by the Teacher Librarian Journal, when students in grades one through six were given a choice of which books to check out, more than 40% opted for nonfiction. Surprisingly, younger students were attracted to this genre as well.
Nonfiction reading is essential within the classroom and at home across all grade levels. This reading genre builds students' conceptual knowledge, vocabulary, and opportunities to deepen comprehension skills like summarizing, identifying main ideas and details, and strengthening questioning skills in explicit, implicit, and higher-order thinking questions.
My favorite approach to reading is when I can pair nonfiction with fiction to teach students about a specific topic.
Sequoia Kids Media offers a unique book series where a fiction and nonfiction passage are combined in a 2-in-1 book. I had the opportunity to read one of these books by Susan Rich Brooke, titled Sloth Sees the World and All about Sloths.
Did you know that sloths are excellent swimmers? Brooke's nonfiction story includes fun facts about nature's slowest animal. With eye-catching illustrations, this book easily captivates its audience into the fascinating world of Central America's cutest and quietest hanging mammal. Colorful maps and interesting captions offer intriguing facts about sloth hangouts. With a lively font, creative graphics, and humor, Brooke perfectly demonstrates how captivating nonfiction text can be! Children learn about what makes the Sloth so slow and its eating habits, among other interesting facts.
With a quick flip of the book, Brooke provides a fictitious story about a sloth named Brady who is curious about the big world outside his comfortable tree. He travels to Rio and stumbles upon its big city, a completely different environment than his rainforest habitat. New vocabulary is introduced at the end of the story, and it's a wonderful compliment to its nonfiction passage.
This book is the perfect read for primary and elementary-grade students. It also serves as an excellent mentor text to inspire students to create and write exciting and captivating nonfiction stories about a specific concept or animal. Having a nonfiction and fiction passage together in one book creates an exciting and engaging reading experience for children.
