Tag: MTM

Did you know you couldn't have chocolate without maggots? Pretty gross! "No Monkeys, No Chocolate" makes an awesome mentor text for teaching reading skills!

MTM: No Monkeys, No Chocolate

I love when I can find nonfiction texts that can be used in both reading and in other curricular areas, such as science. Today’s mentor

"Enormous Smallness" is a perfect reading mentor text for teaching about poetry, figurative language, vocabulary, text structure, biographies, and more!

MTM: Enormous Smallness

This week’s mentor text is the book Enormous Smallness: A Story of E.E. Cummings by Matthew Burgess. This is a nonfiction biography that centers around

"The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus" can be used as a mentor text for teaching about nonfiction, parts of a book, synonyms, vocabulary and more.

MTM: The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

This week for Mentor Text Monday, I am going to tell you about a book written by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet. The book is

Engage your students in your elementary classroom with "The Whisper" while teaching about the reading skills of author's purpose, point of view, and more!

MTM: The Whisper

It’s Mentor Text Monday! This week I’m excited to share with you a book by Pamela Zagarenski. This book is called The Whisper. This book

"I Don't Like Snakes" is a fantastic mix of both fiction and nonfiction elements that will engage your students as you teach about various science ideas.

MTM: I Don’t Like Snakes

I don’t like snakes. I never have. There is something about them that just creeps me out! So when I heard about this book, I

Text-To-Text connections. Theme. Personification. These are just a few of the reading skills that can be taught in your classroom by "Our Tree Named Steve!"

MTM: Our Tree Named Steve

Do you need a good book to use as a mentor text in reading this week? This week, my mentor text is “Our Tree Named

The Little Shop of Monsters teaches your students about writing narratives, word choice, and can even be used for teaching about comparing texts!

MTM: Little Shop of Monsters

It’s October — such a fun month in school. With Halloween around the corner, I thought “Why not align Mentor Text Monday with Halloween?” I

How often do you hear students say they were just kidding? Probably more times than you can count. "Just Kidding" talks about just that!

MTM: Just Kidding

Since the month of October is bullying prevention month, I thought I’d start right away with that theme. In fact, all my posts this week

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