Her Right Foot & Immigrants Mentor Text Unit for Grades 3-5

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Description

Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers is a unique nonfiction book that reveals many facts even you probably didn’t know about the Statue of Liberty, and also delivers an important message about her symbolism. If you don’t own a copy of the book, check your local library or you might even find an online read-aloud of the text with a simple Google search!

Using mentor texts is one of the best ways to maximize your teaching time. You are able to teach multiple skills, subjects, and topics with just one book!

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS UNIT?

  • a week of plans that teach firsthand and secondhand accounts, compare and contrast texts, viewpoints, and adverbs using the book, Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers (book not included)
  • detailed explicit lessons, including teacher samples
  • a week-at-a-glance plan
  • digitally converted activities in Google Slides and Forms, when applicable
  • mentor sentence lesson teaching adverbs
  • reading lessons to teach primary sources, main idea, interpreting information from a website, and comparing accounts of the same event
  • writing lessons to compare and contrast information provided in texts, and to examine author’s viewpoint and writing their own
  • writing prompt to continue a historical fiction short story using factual notes
  • two original passages written by me, Jessica Ivey – informational article about the Statue of Liberty and historical fiction short story about a family at Ellis Island
  • printables for skill practice
  • graphic organizers for skill practice
  • primary sources for use in lessons
  • sample writing piece
  • writing rubric
  • short assessments

You will notice that the units align in best practices with my other resources, so if you are already using other components like Mentor Sentences, Better Than Basal, or Everything But The Books, they can easily be incorporated into your plans without breaking stride.

In fact, this unit follows the exact same structure as my Everything But The Books resources!

Check out the detailed preview to see inside this unit!

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Please remember, this purchase is for the use of one teacher. It is not intended to be shared. Please use the ‘additional license’ purchase if more than one teacher will be using it. Thank you!

*The mentor sentence lessons I have created are adapted from the ideas of Jeff Anderson. These lessons were born from the routine that worked well in my classroom, and the demos and examples I present are variations of Jeff Anderson’s methods. This is not the only way to “do” mentor sentences in your classroom.*

Copyright © 2020 Ideas By Jivey, LLC
All rights reserved by author, Jessica Ivey.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.
Not for public display.

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★★★★★ TpT buyer review

Excellent extension activities

This helped my group of gifted learners explore different aspects of the books as part of our unit on influence.
Marie V. Grades taught: 4 · May 6, 2026
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Very helpful for my students with special learning needs.

Very helpful for my students with special learning needs.
The Brainery Grades taught: 6 · November 29, 2025
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Great add on!

Our curriculum uses Her Right Foot and this was a great add-on piece!
Ashley H. Grades taught: 3 · August 4, 2025
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This resource has been an invaluable tool in my third-grade classroom! The activities are engaging, well-structured, and reinforce key skills effectively. Clear instructions and visuals make it easy to prep and implement. My students love it, and I highly recommend it to any teacher looking for quality learning materials!
Ann H. Grades taught: 3 · March 21, 2025
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Thanks for creating this resource to help my students be more engaged with the activity.
Jessica D. Grades taught: 4 · December 1, 2024
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This was a perfect way to introduce my students to The Statue of Liberty. They enjoyed working on the activities and discussing with the class.
Kimberly M. Grades taught: 4 · November 14, 2024
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Thank you for creating this. This has been a great help to me.
Lilies and Laughter Grades taught: 3 · May 8, 2024
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Thank you for taking the time to create this resource. My students and I thoroughly enjoyed using it in the classroom.
The Second Grade Shuffle Grades taught: 3 · February 7, 2024
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I like how this resource includes a variety of activities including practice with primary sources.
Marilyn M. Grades taught: 4 · January 2, 2024
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Fabulous resource for my ELL students. Engaging, fun and attractive!
Christy T. Grades taught: 6 · September 24, 2023
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Great resource! My students had so much fun with it!
Learning Lizzard Grades taught: 6 · September 2, 2023
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Loved using this resource to engage my students with the book "Her Left Foot".
Tanya T. Grades taught: 4 · March 6, 2023