Mentor Texts

If you've been following for any length of time, you know that I love a good mentor text. They're engaging and a great way to get student...

Understanding story elements are important skills in both reading and writing. In lower graders, we often use the words beginning, middle, and end. We even briefly talk about describing the characters. But in upper elementary, we need our students to begin understanding that there is MORE than just these simple words. What is rising action? […]

Procedural writing or "How-to" is one of my favorite units! Read this post to discover some fantastic mentor texts to use in your classroom!

Read on to see my list of the 12 best mentor texts for teaching fictional narratives to 3rd grade students. You'll love these picture books!

Do you teach opinion writing in your classroom? Here is a list of 19 books that you can use to introduce opinion writing, teach students to write an opinion statement or even learn to supply reasons when writing opinions. The books range from primary grades through upper grades and give students a fun opportunity to engage with a variety of ways of writing opinions.

Strategies and books for teaching inferencing! These mentor texts are great for modeling making inferences.

23 Mentor Texts for Opinion Writing. As teachers, we want our students to write honestly and authentically when writing to persuade others. Sometimes getting your students inspired to do this can be difficult, so we put together a list of opinion writing mentor texts to help them out. #reading #classroom #teaching

My top 10 favorite mentor texts to use when modeling writing for kids! A helpful book list for teaching kids to write.

Discover the best mentor texts, both picture and chapter books, to teach (model) description using sensory images, vivid verbs, and figurative language.