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Poetry Friday: On a Flake-Flying Day
This week’s Poetry Friday host is Jama at Jama’s Alphabet Soup. https://jamarattigan.com/ On a Flake-Flying Day On a Flake-Flying Day: Watching Nature’s Wonders by Buffy Silverman Millbrook Press, 2023 On a Flake-Flying Day is another book in Buffy Silverman’s season series. You can see…
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NF10for10 2018: Sidebars are Not for Skipping
As a kid, I’m pretty sure I only read sidebars if they looked interesting. But there are a whole bunch of nonfiction picture books with excellent sidebars. As a writer and a librarian I’ve been keenly interested in nonfiction books that have two levels of text—a main text and…
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ReFoReMo is Here!
ReFoReMo stands for Reading for Research Month. It is run by Carrie Charley Brown and her team and focuses on diving into picture books as mentor texts. My post is the first one in the line up today with a focus on reader engagement in picture books. Hop on…
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NF10for10 2016: Nonfiction Books as Mentor Texts for Writing
This is the first time I’m doing a 10 for 10 post as a librarian instead of a classroom teacher. There are a few differences in this: 1) I’m in a position now where people are asking for book recommendations on a daily basis, and 2) I am in…
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Mentor Texts in the Classroom: A Storytime Collective by Carter Higgins
Carter and I share a love for books, the Braves, and Virginia. She is a librarian, and I’m a soon-to-be-librarian, so I particularly loved this post about how she uses mentor texts in the library. Carter is an amazing champion of books and this post is no…
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Mentor Texts in the Classroom: Why Mentor Texts Work: The Consume, Critique, Produce Model by Pamela Brunskill
Welcome back to Pam Brunskill! Pam is an author and educator and I’m happy that she’s sharing some of her mentor text experience with us! As teachers, we know that students engage in the classroom when they are involved in designing their own learning experiences. They gain…
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Mentor Texts in the Classroom: Fiction and Nonfiction Tips by Suzy Leopold
Suzy Leopold is back talking about using mentor texts in the classroom. If you missed her post on Tuesday, go back and read about how she uses mentor texts as a writer too. Mentor Text Definition Mentor texts are books and literature that students can read,…
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Mentor Texts in the Classroom: Pet Projects by Lynne Marie
Please welcome author Lynne Marie to our Mentor Texts in the Classroom series. Teachers are always looking for new ways to help kids tell their own stories. Pet stories often make their way into student writing. What better way to help students become better writers than to introduce them…
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Poetry Mentor Texts: A Rock Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas
A Rock Can Be… By Laura Purdie Salas Illustrated by Violeta Dabija Millbrook, 2015 On Tuesday, my students and I had a Skype visit with Laura Purdie Salas. Just hearing her talk about her process was so encouraging to all of us. In preparation for her Skype visit, we…
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Poetry Mentor Texts: Some Bugs by Andrea DiTerlizzi
Some Bugs By Andrea DiTerlizzi Illustrated by Brendan Wenzel Beach Lane, 2014 Some Bugs is one of those books that completely absorbs the reader in it’s fun but spare language. It’s a brilliant 94 words! Like Raindrops Roll, it’s one I typed up because I wanted to study the…
