Description
Mentor Texts Reading Comprehension & Test Prep | Build strong readers with this engaging Mentor Texts Poetry & Reading Passages set featuring 11 high-quality poems, fables, and classic literature excerpts. This resource is designed to help students practice essential reading comprehension skills through close reading, discussion, and written responses using meaningful mentor texts.
Each passage includes student-friendly questions that guide readers to think deeply about the text while practicing skills commonly assessed on state tests and classroom assessments.
INCLUDED:
- Print and Go Version included
- Color and Black-and-White Options
- Answer Key Included – For easy grading and review
- 11 Quick Mentor Texts – Featuring fiction, fables, poetry, and more
- Versatile Graphic Organizers – Applicable to any text
SKILLS COVERED
- Main idea
- Summary writing
- Inference
- Character feelings & motivation
- Context clues vocabulary
- Cause and effect
- Text connections
- Moral / lesson
- and more
PERFECT FOR:
- Test Prep for: STAAR, PARCC, SBAC, STAR and more
- Small Group Literacy Stations
- Warm-up
- Homework
- Sub work
- Independent work
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Jaclyn R. –
I used this in reading groups with my lower level learners. It was a great resource.
Jessica Hursey –
A great resource to use to review with students. Students enjoyed it!
Crystal’s Cup of Learning –
I love to use passages like this for comprehension and fluency practice!
Episode in Elementary –
Great resource! My students were engaged in learning, and it was low prep! Thanks so much!
Ariane O. –
This has been helpful in many ways.
Audrianna J. –
Great resource for my students to use in class as well as at home!
Jennifer C. –
I enjoyed bringing in something new for testing for this year.
Ann G. –
Great short passages to develop reading skills. My class loved it.
Meagan S. –
This is a good resource that kept my students engaged and helped reinforce what we have been working on in class.
Jill A. –
I used this with my kids that needed that extra reading practice in my small group work. They were engaged and working the whole time.
Sun in the Classroom –
Great resource! It was just what I was looking for.
Rakel S. –
Thank you so much for this great product. I’ve used it a lot to help prepare my students for the upcoming EOGs.
Lauren T. –
I love reading passages to teach skills to practice for state testing. This was great because it used a variety of Mentor texts, some of which the students were familiar with. Thank you!
Maria B. –
The students were engaged in this resource and had no trouble using it.
Emily M. –
Great resource. Used with my students during small group.
gail M. –
Great resource- was able to learn a lot about my students and what their needs are from these passages. Was able to use as progress monitoring for iep goals. Well written and very organized, good topics students were
Interested in
Primary World-123 –
High interest topics kept students engaged, perfect amount of rigoor and comprehension questions for test prep
The Support Butterfly –
I used this resource with my Year 4 students, they enjoyed the activities. Thank you!
Cady G. –
My students loved this resource. It was every engaging.
Samantha Burch –
Very helpful resource! My students really enjoyed this resource!