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How to Catch a Gingerbread Man by Adam Wallace is the perfect book to use in the winter holiday season that everyone can enjoy. 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!
With this unit, you’ll be able to focus on details in reading AND writing while teaching about procedural writing with transition words, retelling, adjectives, and vocabulary.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS UNIT?
You will notice that the units align in best practices with my other resources, so if you are already using other components from the First Grade Mentor Text Curriculum or the Second Grade Mentor Text Curriculum, they can easily be incorporated into your plans without breaking stride.
Check out the detailed preview to see inside this unit!
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Looking for more Gingerbread Fun?!
Don’t miss my Gingerbread Week Thematic Unit with even more ELA activities, PLUS science, social studies, and math, too!!
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GET THE ENTIRE MENTOR TEXT CLUB (PRIMARY EDITION) BUNDLE!
This unit is part of the PRIMARY version of the Mentor Text Club (previously, only available for grades 3-5).
When you make the one-time purchase of the club bundle, you’ll receive twelve weeklong mentor text units with integrated grammar, reading, and writing lessons, one of which is an exclusive bonus unit not available for sale. That’s 12 weeks of COMPLETE lessons that you will be able to use now, and in years to come!
Every unit in the Mentor Text Club has a week of grammar, reading, and writing plans that also integrate other subjects when applicable (science, social studies, or social/emotional skills) with detailed explicit lessons, teacher samples, printables for skill practice, and short assessments.
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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.*
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So fun and engaging!
We loved this to complement the whole series of How to Catch...
great resource
This was a fun way to make our way to winter break while still learning.
My students love learning with mentor texts. The stories are engaging, and the activities are helpful.
A wonderful find in a resource. It was exactly what I was looking for to supplement as well as compliment my language skills instruction. I truly love to use a read aloud along with activity companions that support the story as well as helps the students to express their ideas and thoughts about what they have read using mentor sentences. This resource captivated their attention and provided an array of tasks that increased my students’ engagement and learning. I am amazed at what the students can learn and achieve from just looking closely at what they read. Thank you for your ongoing devotion to creating resources such as this that support the teaching and learning experience.
This resource was exactly what I was looking for to supplement my instruction. It increased my students’ engagement and learning. My class loves mentor sentences! I am amazed at all the learning that can be achieved from just looking closely at one sentence.
My students loved using this resource for our mentor text and sentence activities.
Awesome book and coordinating activities. Activities are well-aligned with our standards, students are engaged, and authentic learning is transpiring.
