Description
The Very Last Leaf by Stef Wade is an adorable picture book that can be used for social emotional learning (dealing with worry and fear) as well as photosynthesis; why leaves change colors and fall. 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 science, too.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS UNIT?
- a week of plans that teach puns, perspective and point of view, vocabulary, and prepositional phrases using the book, The Very Last Leaf by Stef Wade (book not included)
- detailed explicit lessons, including teacher samples
- a week-at-a-glance plan
- digitally converted activities in Google Slides and Forms, when applicable
- mentor sentence lesson teaching complete sentences
- reading lessons to teach about puns, context clues, analogies, and identifying main ideas/key details to outline an article
- writing lessons to practice point of view and perspective, with opportunities to respond to literature and write a new narrative
- original articles by me, Jessica Ivey-Smith, about Changing Leaves to integrate science
- printables for skill practice
- writing rubric
- short assessments
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.*
Copyright © 2021 Ideas By Jivey, LLC
All rights reserved by author, Jessica Ivey-Smith.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.
Not for public display.
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