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5 of My Favorite Non-Fiction Series to Engage Readers. FREEBIES to go with each book series. Perfect for elementary and upper grades.

Remember those classic tales you grew up on, written and rewritten by so many by different authors? Well here's a new spin on them......

Freebie from the blog post: 5 Reasons to Use Mentor Texts With Big Kids. This freebie contains six lists of suggested mentor texts for key reading concepts using literature, including inference, theme, characters, figurative language, point of view, and compare and contrast.

We are full into the swing of things here in Mrs. Jones’ Class! Yesterday during writing we talked about the rules and expectations of writing and we practiced some sustained writing time in our journals. Today, I wanted to kick things off with a fun lesson! I saw the book, Rocket Writes a Story, […]

Hey there! I'm here to share a lesson that we use when we are introducing persuasive/opinion writing. We use this super cute book: Summary from Amazon: "On weekends, redheaded Tillie climbs trees and teaches her little brother how to skip. During the week, of course, she goes to school. Her principal, Mr. Keene, is the kind of gung ho leader any school would be lucky to have. That is, until he goes a little over the top. "Oh!" he says. "Aren't these fine children? Aren't these fine teachers?…

So going to use this next year! Mentor text for teaching Reading CCSS. It has 4th, 5th, and 6th grade! #mentortext

LOVE!! Mentor text for teaching 4th grade CCSS!! #mentortext

Read Alouds for Teaching Figurative Language | Mentor Texts for Reading - Teaching with Jennifer Findley

With October mid way through, I've been thinking about OWLS! My next thematic unit will be two weeks of owls. I'm over the moon with the possibilities. I just completed a book companion for Little Owl's Night. This story is precious! Take a look at the book trailer... I scooped up the book at the scholastic sale last year. The illustrations are dynamic! You will be captivated immediately. The book targets PreK through 1st. I found a video online with the story being read... I'm working on an…

This is a fun linky for a lazy Saturday! We’ve been enjoying our freedom since yesterday and it is so nice to take it easy! The girls at Collaboration Cuties are hosting a linky for the next 4 weeks to showcase great Mentor Text across subject areas. This week is Literary Mentor Text and we’ve chosen to share a book/acvitity we did for Opinion Writing. Opinion Writing was new for us in 1st grade this year. We searched for strong texts to use as models to teach our kiddos about this form of…

My fifth graders are avid persuaders. They have opinions about everything! And they are often more than willing to share said opinion :) Today I'm linking up with Jivey for her "Wednesday Workshop" This week's theme is persuasive writing Earlier in the year, we read these two great books: and did a fun persuasive writing unit. You can read all about it HERE. Today, however, we took a different spin on persuasive writing. We read the book Earrings by Judith Viorst The story is about a young…

I just found a linky that I am super excited about! It is a new mentor text linky going on over at Collaboration Cuties. Every Sunday, people can link up with their favorite mentor texts. After this week, there will be a schedule to follow based on subject area, but this week, anything goes. I can't wait to see what everyone links up with! Since anything goes this week, I will write about one of my favorite books to use at the very beginning of Writing Workshop, when kids think that they…

I love finding new books to read and purchase for my classroom! Amanda and Stacia of Collaboration Cuties are having their first ever linky party on mentor texts. I'm so excited to join them! My Mentor Text: Ugly Fish by Kara LaReau Ugly Fish is about a fish that is mean to other fish introduced to his tank--he chases them, refuses to share his tank with them, and eventually eats them. Ugly Fish realizes that he's lonely and wants to share his tank with others. However, a new fish is…

Collaboration Cuties is hosting the most amazing linky! With my love for children's books and my udder addiction to buying so many books, I just had to join in on all the fun! As many of you know, I am a HUGE Denise Brennan-Nelson fan. I am thrilled to pull out her books and get them ready to share throughout the duration of this linky and each book has a companion PDF file to download! Free to you and me! Thanks Denise! (This is why I love her so!) My all-time favorite is "Willow". April…