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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Amie B. –
I liked the variety of passages and the questions that went along with each passage.
MO Teaching and Learning –
Good for practicing reading skills.
Cynthia J. –
Great resource! Used with small group tutoring this summer!
Yoo YangKum –
Very satisfied!
Aneta L. –
Fantastic resource. Kept me student engaged.
Angela V. –
very useful
Jennifer M. –
great
Stephanie S. –
I think mentor texts play such an important role in developing language arts skills in young students! Thank you for creating this wonderful resource!
Emily W. –
I enjoyed the ability to have excerpts from longer texts that might overwhelm my students but having it in smaller chunks introduces them to things they might not have thought about reading before.
Love in Learning –
Great passages to do a quick check for comprehension!
Kristyn S. –
This resource has been extremely useful with my Tier 2 students needing interventions. There have really responded to the stories and many have aligned to other conversations we are having in the classroom.
Tracy M. –
Thank you for this great resource!
Ashley D. –
Thank you for the great product!
Clare S. –
greatt comprehension practice for RTI
ELARmentary –
Great resource!
Krista H. –
Love all your products because they are relevant and easy to use.
Amber Plante –
Engaging
Alexis Huffines –
This was great practice for before our state testing!
Elizabeth Herseth –
great resource for my 4th graders!
Celia H. –
Great Resource.