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Twin Trouble
6-pack
ISBN: 9780790322254
Copyright Date: 2005
Grade Level:
5
Reading Level:
T
Strategy/Skill:
Comprehension strategies, Making inferences, Making predictions
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Theme/Topic:
Family, Life Science, Relationships
Classification:
Fiction
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Book Summary
Rosa and Maria are mirror-image identical twins. They decide to swap for a day to prove that they can be the same. After some difficult situations, they trick almost everyone. This narrative explores the humorous outcomes of their switch.
Features of the Book
- Realisticfiction
- School and family settings
- Scientific information in a fictional story
- Everyday exploration of genetics
Purpose
Twin Trouble can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:
- making inferences
- making and checking predictions
- recognizing how each organism carries in its genes
- a set of instructions for how it looks and behaves
- understanding that no two people are exactly the same – even identical twins are different in many ways, for example, they have different fingerprints.
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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