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The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow is a fantastic example of a narrative biography. 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 teach important ELA skills while tying in a bit of social studies, too.
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 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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GET THE ENTIRE MENTOR TEXT CLUB (2ND EDITION) BUNDLE!
This unit is part of the SECOND BUNDLE in the Mentor Text Club.
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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A well crafted resource
Used with 3rd grade to further their text features unit.
Great resource
Fantastic resource for fourth grade! Engaging, easy to use, and highly effective. Highly recommend!
Great Resource
This was a lovely resource to aid in the Crayon Man book study.
Great Resource
This resources was great for use in my 4th grade classroom!
The hits just keep coming!!
You can't go wrong with a single Mentor Text by Jivey. Every one of them is comprehensive, easy to use and chock full of lots of activities. This one is no exception, and the book is so cute. These mentor texts are the ONLY way I teach grammar. Complete game changer. Thank you!
This was awesome !!! This reached a variety of students at different levels.
My students loved this mentor sentence unit! This was a new to me book, and we all really enjoyed reading the book and using the activities to engage with the text. Well organized, easy to use and highly engaging!
I love incorporating reading, writing, and grammar skills! Mentor sentences work great for transfer of knowledge!
My students loved using this resource. It was a great way to reinforce the content we are learning in class.
Great resource! It fit well in our reading block!
Loved having this resource to use after I did a read aloud with my kids.
Thank you for creating this. This has been a great help to me.
My kids really enjoyed this resource and the activities! I was able to easily differentiate the activities for each of my kid’s grade/ability levels.
Exciting activity that my students loved using with our story.
Thank you for taking the time to create this resource. My students and I thoroughly enjoyed using it in the classroom.
My students loved this. They were so engaged, and continue to be engaged. Thank you.
I bought the Crayon Man and was looking for a lesson to go with it - this is so much more! Love all of the different pieces involved that helps support the skills throughout these non fiction texts.
We love using these mentor texts to supplement our curriculum.
Great resource, students loved this book! Resource helped their comprehension. Thanks
This was a great pairing for the book! It went along great and I loved the activities.
This was a well put together resource and was a hit for summer camp.
My students LOVE these activities connected to the book!
This was a great unit for National Crayon Day. Very engaging and kids loved the book.
As always, resources by Jivey are great. I love her Mentor Sentence activities. They are engaging, students can see grammar in action and then use it to learn.
