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Mentor Text Monday: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
What is a mentor text? For me, it’s a trade book that I use in class (either as a read aloud or as an excerpt) to enhance the teaching of reading and writing at all grade levels. Mentor Text Monday...
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Mentor Text Mondays: Knots on a Counting Rope
Welcome to Mentor Text Mondays! Here, I will showcase a trade book that can enhance the teaching of reading and writing at all grade levels and give you tips on how to use them in your teaching. Tell...
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MTM: Fireflies!
Perhaps I want summer to linger just a big longer. Perhaps I’m feeling sentimental about my son catching his first batch of fireflies this past July. Or perhaps I just want to suggest the next Mentor...
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MTM: Shortcut by Donald Crews
Do you remember the scene in the movie Stand By Me where the kids are walking across the train bridge and a train comes? Panicky realizations. Heightened suspense. You are totally engaged in that...
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Mentor Text Mondays: Owl Moon
I love this book SO MUCH, I wish I could read it to you right now! It’s Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. I’m warning you, I’m going to gush, gush, gush over this text. I actually own 2 copies of this book:...
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Mentor Text Monday: Encounter
Just like I believe in celebrating birthdays all month week, you can celebrate federal holidays all week, too. If you teach upper elementary or older, today’s Mentor Text Monday (I know, it’s Tuesday....
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Mentor Text Monday: The Hallo-Wiener
Hero moments: Every kid needs one. It’s a moment where you feel like you just saved the world, leaped tall buildings in a single bound, and are faster than a bird or plane…you get the idea. There once...
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Mentor Text Monday: Chinese New Year’s Dragon
Happy Year of the Rabbit! Sometimes it’s frustratingly hard to find a good read-aloud book for some of the lesser-celebrated-in-America holidays. One that you can also use as a mentor text or build...
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Happy World Read Aloud Day!
Happy World Read Aloud Day! I’m celebrating it by inviting parents, grandparents and other caregivers into our classroom to be read to by their students. They are so excited! Here are my personal...
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