Procedural writing or "How-to" is one of my favorite units! Read this post to discover some fantastic mentor texts to use in your classroom!
Using mentor texts to help teach opinion writing is a great way for students to help understand the expectations for writing skills.]
See 10 great mentor texts for creative narrative writing. Teach students the writing process and elements of creative narrative using these mentor texts.
Planning for writing workshop? Grab some ideas to teach a descriptive writing unit in your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classroom!
If your second grade students are working on writing friendly letters, you may be looking for a few tools to get started. Here are some resources to help.
Do you love teaching persuasive writing? I hope so! It's one of my all-time favorite units and these are my favorite activities to do.
EEEK! We started opinion writing last week…only my favorite writing genre to teach! I’ve got my favorite mentor texts ready to go, and even found a few new books I can’t wait to use! Throughout this post, you’ll find Amazon Affiliate links. This means I receive a small commission if you purchase something through that ... Read more
If your second grade students are working on how-to writing or procedural writing, you may be looking for a few tools to get started. Here are some resources to help.
If your students are struggling with basic reading comprehension, more than likely, they aren’t visualizing what they are reading. As an avid reader, I often have dreams about novels that I’m reading. I get SO into it that I continue to picture and recreate the story in my mind after I’m finished reading a chapter. […]
I love teaching reading, and one of my favorite things to teach is figurative language. Not only do I enjoy teaching students to find and identify different
Teaching a narrative nonfiction unit in the upper elementary grades is so engaging with mentor texts and paired passages!
I love teaching students the skill of writing suspense during the spooky Halloween season. This is a great time for introducing suspenseful mentor texts and writing suspenseful narratives. I love having students read spooky tales in preparation for writing their own spooky tales.
Help students better understand the informational writing process with these informational writing mentor texts, including notable authors and series!
Understanding story elements are important skills in both reading and writing. In lower graders, we often use the words beginning, middle, and end. We even briefly talk about describing the characters. But in upper elementary, we need our students to begin understanding that there is MORE than just these simple words. What is rising action? […]
Learn exactly how I engage my students in learning about figurative language with high-interest mentor text and hands on interactive notebooks!
Mentor texts help upper elementary students improve writing in all areas. Start using mentor texts for writing instruction in your classroom.
Planning for writing workshop? Grab some ideas to teach a descriptive writing unit in your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classroom!
The BEST ways to teach students to write a convincing persuasive argument in third grade! This detailed writing lesson includes persuasive writing topics, mentor texts, lesson ideas, anchor charts, and more!
My top 10 favorite mentor texts to use when modeling writing for kids! A helpful book list for teaching kids to write.
Happy Monday! Today, I had the pleasure of guest hosting for Emily over at Reading Tutor/OG for her weekly Mentor Monday linky. This week's topic is MEMOIRS, which is probably my favorite unit that I teach! There are SOOOOOO many great choices to use for this topic from picture books to chapter books and even…
Do you teach how to write realistic fiction in your first or second grade classroom? See how this first grade teacher has students creating characters,
If your students are struggling with basic reading comprehension, more than likely, they aren’t visualizing what they are reading. As an avid reader, I often have dreams about novels that I’m reading. I get SO into it that I continue to picture and recreate the story in my mind after I’m finished reading a chapter. […]
Teach descriptive writing skills with these five writing activities that will allow them to practice "showing not telling."
Teaching students to identify sensory details as they read is a great way to teach author's craft! I'm sharing my favorite mentor texts and tips for teaching sensory words in the upper elementary classroom.
"Come On, Rain!" is one of my favorite books. It's a wonderful resource to teach your students the power of strong choice words and imagery!
Teaching students to write personal narratives is usually the first genre of writing we begin with in the primary grades. For students, writing stories about themselves and their daily activities can be easier than making up a story entirely! When I would teach personal narratives, I would use the “small moments” method and teach students […]
The right mentor texts can be gold.
Writing in the primary grades can be a bit scary at times! Many of my first grade students are just learning to read and simultaneously I would like them to write a 3 page personal narrative with an opening, three details and a catchy closing. It isn't always easy, but writer's workshop is one of my favorite things to teach in first grade because the difference made in a year is remarkable.
Becoming an active reader that makes predictions and makes inferences isn't an easy task. Here are some mentor texts for teaching predictions.
Build empathy by reading personal narrative examples in children's books, including picture books and middle grade books. In other words, read someone's authentic memoir based on their life experience. And see how it gives you empathy as you walk in that person's shoes. (It will also help you become a better personal narrative writer!)
Thousands of teachers are already transforming their traditional teaching into fresh, integrated practices and seeing amazing results, and you can, too!
Are you looking for mentor texts to use with lessons on narrative writing, inferences, and character traits? This list of mentor texts includes a helpful guide with teaching points to use in both reading and writing lessons. You can now use one book, many ways.
This shares my favorite strategies for teaching setting with mentor texts AND ways to encourage students to write using text evidence.
Use these 6 fun fall activities, as well as simple apple crafts to make fall in the elementary classroom fun and ...
These books are fabulous fictional narrative mentor texts! Great ideas for writing beginnings and endings, improving word choice, and adding humor.
Understanding story elements are important skills in both reading and writing. In lower graders, we often use the words beginning, middle, and end. We even briefly talk about describing the characters. But in upper elementary, we need our students to begin understanding that there is MORE than just these simple words. What is rising action? […]
Since it is summertime and so many of us are already in planning mode for next year, I wanted to utilize my Mentor Text series post this month to share books to help you teach your students about THEME! If you like any of the books you see in this blog post, you can click […]
Thousands of teachers are already transforming their traditional teaching into fresh, integrated practices and seeing amazing results, and you can, too!
My top 10 favorite mentor texts to use when modeling writing for kids! A helpful book list for teaching kids to write.
Are you looking for mentor texts to use with lessons on narrative writing, inferences, and character traits? This list of mentor texts includes a helpful guide with teaching points to use in both reading and writing lessons. You can now use one book, many ways.
