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Jivey shares ideas and lessons to make literacy accessible for all.
💩I've got a brand new mentor sentence mini-unit coming your way, and it's a gas! Whether your students love dinosaurs, or you've been looking for the perfect book to use for Easter, there's something here for everyone!![]()
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Your students will have a rootin'-tootin' time, and I can guarantee they won't forget these grammar skills!![]()
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🤩But if you really ARE looking for some engaging mentor sentence lessons, definitely check out the All-Access Membership! (No fart books included, but still just as fun!) members.ideasbyjivey.com/all-access
🦑🐙🦕🐟🦈Whether you want to assign them as digital assignments or print, these paired texts are sure to keep students excited to practice rigorous reading standards!![]()
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This set contains two pairs of informational passages and one fiction/nonfiction pair (six total passages) about mysteries of the deep.![]()
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⭐️ Loch Ness and Megalodon![]()
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⭐️ giant squid, and lion's mane jellyfish and anglerfish![]()
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⭐️ mermaids: informational passage and also an excerpt from The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen![]()
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Get them for grades 2/3 or grades 4-6 here: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Ideas-By-Jivey/Search:mysteries+of+the+deep
🤓Using mentor texts as part of vocabulary instruction is a proven best-practice!![]()
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🤩Multiple exposures to the words in context and their meanings, indirectly as well as intentionally, will help students truly understand how to use the new vocabulary.![]()
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👂Hearing the word in a mentor text and then talking about it isn’t enough for students to truly “learn” the word. Students must see, hear, and use the new words in many ways in order to really understand it. ![]()
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🥰All of the 150+ vocabulary units provided in the All-Access Membership do just that! Each week, there is a variety of ways students can apply and analyze the words from the mentor text, so they don't get bored doing the same activities either. ![]()
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😎Check out the membership here: members.ideasbyjivey.com/all-access