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VerseDay: Poetry Month Post #1
Poetry Book of the Week Since April is National Poetry Month, I will feature a poetry book that I really love each VerseDay in April. GRUMBLES FROM THE FOREST: FAIRY TALE VOICES WITH A TWIST by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich, illustrations by Matt Mahurin. Wordsong,…
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Mentor Text Lesson: NOAH WEBSTER & HIS WORDS by Jeri Chase Ferris, illustrated by Vincent X. Kirsch
Jeri Chase Ferris recently won the 2013 SCBWI Golden Kite Award for non-fiction for her picture book biography, NOAH WEBSTER & HIS WORDS. This book is illustrated by Vincent X. Kirsch. This mentor text lesson plan for writing will assist teachers with teaching the following writing skills: Specific…
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Mentor Text Lesson: Stone Bench in an Empty Park, selected by Paul B. Janeczko
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an annotated list of haiku books for using in the elementary classroom. The truth is, haiku is one of my favorite things to teach and write. So for the other haiku teachers out there, I give you a mentor text lesson plan for…
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Mentor Text Lesson: The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington
Janice N. Harrington’s THE CHICKEN CHASING QUEEN OF LAMAR COUNTY first came to my attention in 2007 when I was on the Cybils Fiction Picture Book Committee. Since 2008, I’ve been using THE CHICKEN CHASING QUEEN OF LAMAR COUNTY in my classroom. Today, I’m adding a mentor text…
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Mentor Text Lesson and Guest Post Links: Wisdom by Darcy Pattison
Do you want to know more about mentor texts? I have two articles that came out today as guest blog posts and a mentor text lesson plan. An Article about Mentor Texts for Writers: Mentor Texts: Market Your Book to Teachers on Darcy Pattison’s Fiction Notes An Article about…
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Mentor Text Lesson: Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
By day, I’m a teacher. The thing I love to teach the most is writing (no surprise there). I love using mentor texts–really awesome literature to serve as a model for student writing. In the next few months, there will be more to come on mentor texts including some…
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What’s New in 2014
January is an exciting time—a time for new things. So on this blog, there will be some new things rolling out in 2014. Here are some of the things I have planned. For Teachers Teacher Useletter I am introducing my useletter for teachers. I will include links to things…
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Mentor Texts
I have updated my teacher page. Right now, I’m featuring mentor text links and resources. But it’s not just for teachers, it’s also for writers. I’m working on an article for a publication on this very topic, but I want writers of children’s books to know that teachers need…
