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Want a full year of ELA units that all start with a great read-aloud? Volume 3 of my Yearlong Mentor Text Curriculum gives 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers 45 weekly ELA units, with grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing for 40 popular picture books plus 5 bonus units.
Every part of the week connects back to the same book. The grammar lesson comes from a sentence in the book, the vocabulary words come from its pages, the reading activities are built on its story or content, and the writing prompt ties to its theme. Students go deep with one book instead of jumping between worksheets that don’t connect!
The books are not included. Most are in school and public libraries, and many are available as online read-alouds.
Bonus units
When every subject points back to the same book, students don’t have to start over each time the subject changes. They already know the story, so their energy goes into the skill: the grammar in a sentence, the meaning of a word, a theme, or a written response.
The grammar piece is my mentor sentence routine, so grammar is taught in context instead of with fix-the-sentence drills. Students study a sentence a published author wrote, then use the same skill in a sentence of their own.
New to mentor sentences? My Mentor Sentences for 3-5 page walks through how they work in upper elementary.
All four volumes for grades 3-5 follow the same weekly structure with a different set of books, so there’s no overlap between them. Volume 4 is the only one that pairs two books in each unit. Pick the book list you most want to read aloud this year! Take a look at Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 4.
It covers grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension for the whole year, with a writing prompt every week. The prompts are meant to go alongside your writing curriculum, not replace it. Homeschool families can use it, too!
Each part is also sold on its own:
The free Volume 3 At-A-Glance lists every book and skill in this curriculum.
This purchase is for one teacher. Please don’t share the files with other teachers. Thank you!
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AMAZING Resource
So well done....and SO MANY excellent resources for a variety of amazing picture books. This has saved me time and been meaningful and engaging work for my students.
My students are engaged and love listening to the story each Monday and finding out why the sentence chosen is the mentor sentence. Tons of additional activities to use as well that go along with the books and grammar. Thank you.
I love these mentor texts. I have now purchased all three volumes. I find them very engaging and it is wonderful in that it covers reading, grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary, writing; which is huge these days and is used in all subject areas. The bundles are wonderful and the stories are fabulous!!
I love using mentor texts! This is a great resource for having students see the concepts using real world examples from great authors. The activities are engaging and having the interactive notebook resources makes it even better for students to refer back.
This is a fantastic resource! Thank you so much for this!
This has been such a great resource. There are so many different activities incorporated.
All I can say is WOW! This resource made my life so much easier when I moved into a new grade. The other teachers at my grade level don't care for our adopted curriculum because of lack of engagement. That's NOT the case with these anchor texts and materials. Thank you!
Worked great for my middle school special education students!
