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    Mentor Text Reading Activities & Writing Prompts for Basics: Better Than Basal

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    Categories: MENTOR TEXT UNITS, READING, 📝 BETTER THAN BASAL, 📙 JUST THE BASICS MENTOR SENTENCES FOR UPPER GRADES Tags: *3rd, *4th, *5th, Activities, Graphic Organizers, Homeschool, Literature, Reading, Worksheets, Writing
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    Why is this better than a basal? Because YOU get to choose the order and even the skills you want to cover with each book! A GOOD mentor text will provide opportunities to teach or review a variety of skills, not the ONE the teacher manual says you have to teach.

    This product is JAM-PACKED with Common Core aligned lesson ideas, activities, graphic organizers, and writing prompts for 40 of your favorite mentor texts to use in grades 3-5! (See the complete list below.) With over 100 graphic organizers WITH answer keys, you’ll be set for the year (and years after that, too)! It also includes the generic versions of the graphic organizers so you can use them with any book!

    Are you a 1:1 teacher using Google Classroom? Grab the digital bundle of this product !

    All of the lessons in this set are compiled from Volumes 1, 2, and 3. It accompanies the “Just the Basics” Mentor Sentences, which I had requests for from teachers who teach special education or students with very low grammar and writing skills.

    THESE ARE NOT BRAND NEW LESSONS.

    Followers who use my Just the Basics Mentor Sentence Units asked how I use those books in reading and writing. Because of those requests, this product was born! (You do not have to use Mentor Sentences to use these activities in your classroom…)

    Not familiar with mentor sentences? Read all about them here!

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    WHAT’S INCLUDED?
    **Please LOOK AT THE PREVIEW to see all that is included!**
    Activities cover skills such as:
    Using evidence to describe, infer, and draw conclusions
    Summarizing
    Identifying and supporting theme
    Identifying and supporting character traits
    Explaining figurative language
    Identifying vivid language
    Visualizing
    Supporting opinions
    Comparing characters
    Comparing texts to media and other texts
    Defining words using context clues
    …and more!

    There is also a writing prompt for every book that ties to the theme, idea, or topic of the book.

    Activities are for the following books:
    Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller

    Mr. Peabody’s Apples by Madonna

    The Adventures of Spider: How Spider Got a Thin Waist by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst

    The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco

    My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco

    Dear Juno by Soyung Pak

    Fireboat by Maira Kalman

    Saturdays and Teacakes by Lester Laminack

    Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse

    When Lightning Comes in a Jar by Patricia Polacco

    Roller Coaster by Marla Frazee

    Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner

    Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel

    Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport

    Titanicat by Marty Crisp

    Cherries and Cherry Pits by Vera B. Williams

    In My Momma’s Kitchen by Jerdine Nolen

    Hey Little Ant! by Phillip M. Hoose

    Verdi by Janell Cannon

    The Snow Globe Family by Jane O’Connor

    Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli

    Enemy Pie by Derek Munson

    Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts

    If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian

    Animals Nobody Loves by Seymour Simon

    OWLS by Gail Gibbons

    Fireflies! Julie Brinckloe

    The Empty Pot by Demi

    The Memory String by Eve Bunting

    Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne

    My School’s A Zoo! by Stu Smith

    The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter

    Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson

    Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun by Maria Dismondy

    True Story of The Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

    I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff

    Postcards from Pluto by Loreen Leedy

    Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema

    Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena

    Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco

    If you don’t own all these books, I encourage you to take advantage of your library! They are all wonderful texts to share with your students!

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    HOW DO I USE BETTER THAN BASAL?
    Want more information on how to use mentor texts in the classroom? You can check out my blog posts:

    Mentor Texts: Maximize Your Time!
    Picture Books Are For EVERYONE!!

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    ★ Get the BIG bundle with all Just the Basics Mentor Sentences, Interactive Notebooks, Modifications, Vocabulary Activities, and Reading and Writing activities for all 40 mentor texts in the volume! Check out the Biggest and BEST Yearlong Bundle for Just the Basics!

    You might also be interested in:

    Launching Reading Workshop in Grades 3-5

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    WHAT ABOUT OTHER GRADE LEVELS?

    There are three volumes for grades 3-5 to help prevent repetition of mentor sentence lessons among grades in the same school.

    Check out what’s in Volume 1!
    Check out what’s in Volume 2!
    Check out what’s in Volume 3!

    Mentor Sentences can be done in ALL grades! Please tell your teacher friends about mentor sentences for their grade:

    Kindergarten & ELL (Early Emergent Readers)
    First Grade
    Second Grade

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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!

    Copyright © 2013-2016 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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