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    NO PREP Reading & Writing Units {ONE FREE UNIT- The Wretched Stone}

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    Categories: MENTOR TEXT UNITS, READING, πŸ“ BETTER THAN BASAL, πŸ“• VOL 1 GRADES 3-5 MENTOR SENTENCES Tags: *3rd, *4th, *5th, Activities, Graphic Organizers, Homeschool, Lesson Plans (Individual), Literature, Reading, Writing
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    This includes one free unit from my Volume 1, Better Than Basal: Reading & Writing Units for 40 Popular Mentor Texts.

    The activities go with the book, The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg. If you aren’t familiar with the book, The Wretched Stone, you can see a Slide Share version of it here.

    Purchase the complete set here.Try the MENTOR SENTENCE lesson and interactive activity for this book, too!

    The full product is JAM-PACKED with common core aligned lessons, graphic organizers, and writing prompts for 40 of your favorite mentor texts to use in grades 3-5! With over 100 graphic organizers WITH answer keys, you’ll be set for the year!

    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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    WHAT ABOUT OTHER GRADE LEVELS?

    There is a Volume 2 Better Than Basal for grades 3-5. Check out what’s in Volume 2!

    There is also a Second Grade Better Than Basal! Check out what’s in the 2nd Grade Version!

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    Have you ever wondered what a book looks like afte Have you ever wondered what a book looks like after I finish using it to create a #mentorsentence unit? πŸ™ˆ I just completed the six-week mini-unit for A Rover's Story, which is this year's Global Read Aloud for Middle Grades/Upper Elementary! #GRA23

Will you be participating with your class? It all kicks off on October 2nd. πŸ€“

In this book, Resilience, or Res for short, is a Mars rover who is determined to live up to his name. πŸ€– He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop humanlike feelings. I never thought I could feel so much for a robot. I might have even shed a few tears at the end...! πŸ˜… #GRARover

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If your students are just "looking up a list," how many of your students pick the first definition and write it down, then move on to the next word? πŸ“

Or better yet… raise your hand if you have one of *those* students who finds the SHORTEST definition of the word to write! πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ

πŸ’‘Come check out the post at the link in my profile (@ideasbyjivey) where I share some research-based tips for teaching vocabulary. 

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It's one of the books I included in my Mentor Text Units for September 11 Remembrance Bundle. You'll find reading activities, mentor sentences, interactive grammar pieces, writing prompts, and contextual vocabulary. πŸ“

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