Description
Grow your writers with these Mentor Texts using mini excerpts and mentor sentences. These are great to use to teach author’s craft and grammar using mentor texts. I have compiled a set of 25 mentor texts to use to create this packet. This is perfect for students in third grade, fourth and fifth grade.
INCLUDED:
- Print and digital options (see page 3 for link)
- All pages are in bw options for easy printing
- Mentor texts & sentences include: poetry, picture books, novels, short stories and more. Many of the sentences included are popular books you have in your classroom. You do not need the books to use this packet.
- Answer keys are provided for several pages, some pages have varied answers depending on students visualizing skills.
GRAMMAR FOCUS SKILLS INCLUDED:
- Adjectives
- Verbs
- Word Choice
- Commas In a Series
- Dialogue
- Fragments
- Punctuation
- Capitalization
- and more
TIPS FOR USING MENTOR PACKET:
- I usually make packets of these for my students to keep in their writing notebooks.
- These pages work great when you project the larger page with mentor excerpt on large class screen.
- Perfect for use as whole group lessons and skill focus such as warm-ups, writing activity, teacher station, independent activity or partner activity.
- When using I myself use this packet to teach whole group skill, then allow students to complete independently.
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Kristen L. –
I’ve used this with my tutoring students that have been struggling with using evidence from the text to write a response. It helps them embrace the new writing skill and apply it to their own work.
Michelle W. –
Great for practice or morning work for my split 2/3 class!
Heather W. –
This was the first time I used mentor texts in my classroom. It was a great resource to have this year. My students enjoyed these and am excited to use this resource again.
Tanya M. –
I think this is a good resource, but I work with special education students, and it was hard for them.
Amanda A. –
This resource enhanced my lesson. The kids enjoyed using it.
Moriah B. –
I love using this resource for teaching grammar because my school does not have many resources for grammar skills. I only wish this covered more grammar skills. This is a great start though!
Tracy M. –
Easy to use and effective for studying grammar and writing structure.
Lana N. –
Thank you for this resource! My self-contained students struggle with writing on all levels and this resource has given them some success. I am suing this for my warm-ups and homework and it has been successful.
Lana Naquin
ashley W. –
This was a great resource for my students to practice!
Anna McLelland –
Thank you for this resource. It was exactly what I needed to support my unit.
Jessica McMillan –
I love reading mentor texts to my students and this was a perfect way to to incorporate grammar into our daily reading block.
Rachel F. –
Love this resource to use with small groups that match our grammar focus for the week!
Debra D. –
This was a great way to expose the students to good texts and show them how easy it is to create their own good writing.
Carrie E. –
This is great to have. Your program is very complete. Thank you.
The Smile Files –
My students enjoy a weekly format using these mentor sentences. Easy to pull out in the order you want to teach.
Donna L. –
Different options to implement practice with mentor sentences.
Tricia K. –
These texts are a great way to reinforce how grammar is used in everyday texts. My students enjoy using them.
Araceli Salinas –
It is an effective resource for students, and it is easy to implement in the classroom.
Patricia Hultz –
Perfect resource for the standard I am teaching! A+
That Iowa Teacher –
This was great for morning work and interventions.