https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1 Mentor Text en-us 2016-10-07 14:46:09 UTC 2026-03-02 18:48:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/131306170 Author: Wood/Audrey
Illustrator: Wood/ Don
Date Published: 1982
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Text Level: 240
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten-1st grade
Brief Teaser: The child says he is a characteristic and traits of a different animal on each page.
Teaching Idea: This book teaches similes.
 http://curry.virginia.edu/go/wil/Cricket_Lesson.pdf]]> 2016-10-17 20:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/131306170 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/131312164 Author: Numeroff/Laura
Illustrator: Bond/Felicia
Date Published: 1985
Genre: Children's Literature (Fiction)
Approximate Text Level: 660
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten-1st grade
Brief Teaser: At the beginning of the book, the mouse just wants a cookie. After the mouse gets a cookie, he wants a glass of milk. After he gets a glass of milk he wants something else. Once the mouse gets one thing it makes him want to do something else, it all started with giving him a cookie.
Teaching Idea: This book shows cause and effect. I will teach my students that if you do something then there is probably going to be something that happens because of it.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cause-and-Effect-Graphic-Organizer-If-You-Give-a-Mouse-a-Cookie-410876]]> 2016-10-17 21:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/131312164 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/131317716 Author: Carle/Eric
Illustrator: Carle/Eric
Date Published: 1977
Genre: Children's Literature
Approximate Text Level: 560
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten-1st grade
Brief Teaser: The ladybug wanted to fight with all of these different animals. All the animals said they would fight the ladybug, but the ladybug kept saying you aren't big enough. The animals the ladybug asked kept getting bigger and bigger. 
Teaching Idea: This book shows expression. The ladybug is grouchy, so her voice needs to be read in a grouchy voice. I will teach my students that the adjectives in front of words are there for a reason. They help the story make since and help you picture and hear what the author was writing.
 http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3779]]> 2016-10-17 21:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/131317716 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/132859743 Author: Lujan/Jorge
Illustrator: Monroy/Manuel
Date Published: 2004
Genre: Poetry/Rythmes
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten-Grade 1
Brief Teaser: This book can be read in Spanish or English. It is a short poem about a rooster. It tells about what the rooster does throughout the day.
Teaching Idea: I would use this to show my students that there are other languages other than English. This is a short book that can be read in both. I would read this book and teach my students the Spanish words for multiple different animals.
http://www.softschools.com/matching_games/spanish/spanish_animal_words/1189/]]> 2016-10-24 21:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/132859743 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/135951002 Author: Cronin/Doreen
Illustrator: Lewin/Betsy
Date Published: 2010
Genre: Picture book/Children Literature
Approximate Text Level: 160
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten
Brief Teaser: The cows feel like they are getting treated unfairly. They go on strike by typing a note to the farmer. Eventually the farmer gave in and the cows got what they wanted. Then the ducks got the typewriter and they typed a note to the farmer.   
Teaching Idea: This book shows personification. A lot of books use personification with animals. It is important for students to realize that animals can't really do the things that some authors write about. We will talk about different personification types and then they will do a worksheet on what is really being said when personification is used.
http://englishlinx.com/cgi-bin/pdf_viewer.cgi?script_name=%2Fpdf-content-by-subject%2FDrawing-Personification-Worksheet.pdf&x=48&y=19]]> 2016-11-07 21:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/135951002 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/135955025 Author: Elting/Michael and Elting/Mary
Illustrator: Kent/June K.
Date Published: 2005
Genre: Alphabet/Children's Literature
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Approximate Interest Level: Preschool-Grade 1
Brief Teaser: This is an alphabet book, but it is different because the letters don't go with the beginning letter of the word it is describing. The letter has to do with the animal, but you have to think harder about why it has to do with the animal.
Teaching Idea: I would use this book for younger readers. This will help students wonder why. They will want to know why that letter goes with that animal since they are used to alphabet books starting with the letter it is talking about. This will help students be more creative and think about things that are associated with the animal. I will have my students write their own book similar to this one. I would just use session one.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/duck-using-alphabet-books-412.html?tab=4#session1]]> 2016-11-07 22:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/135955025 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/135956796 Author: Bunting/Eve
Illustrator: de Groat/ Diane
Date Published: 1995
Genre: Holiday Fiction
Approximate Text Level: 410
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten- Grade 2
Brief Teaser: Mrs. Moose was sad she didn't have a turkey for Thanksgiving. Mr. Moose said he would go out and find one for her. A lot of other animals joined Mr. Moose to look for Turkey. They found Turkey, but Turkey ran away when they said they wanted him for Thanksgiving dinner.
Teaching Idea: There are many places in this book where I would stop and have my students try to predict what will happen next. Throughout the story the students predictions will change.
https://rampages.us/abygailstaples/wp-content/uploads/sites/2892/2015/10/Read-Aloud-Lesson-Plan.pdf]]> 2016-11-07 22:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/135956796 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136916648 Author: Sendak/Maurice
Illustrator: Sendak/Maurice
Date Published: 1963
Genre: Fantasy/Children's Literature
Approximate Text Level: 740
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten
Brief Teaser: Max was causing mischief, so his mom sent him to his room with no dinner. Max imagined a forest in his room. There were wild things in his room, they made him king of the wild. Max wanted to leave because he smelt food, but the wild things didn't want him to go.
Teaching Idea: I would use this book for sequence of events. There are many big events that happened in this book. It will make it easy for students to pick out what happened and put them in order. Each child would make their own graphic organizer for putting the events in order.
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/program/education/us/en/documents/project-design/strategies/sequencing-activities.pdf]]> 2016-11-11 00:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136916648 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917025 Author: Cronin/Doreen
Illustrator: Bliss/Harry
Date Published: 2003
Genre: Humor/Fiction/Non-Fiction
Approximate Text Level: 360
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten-Grade 2
Brief Teaser: The worm's mom told him three things to always remember. There are some things the worm likes to do, but some things he feels left out of because he is a worm.
Teaching Idea: This book has some facts in it and some things that aren't true. It is important for students to learn to pick out what is real and what isn't real.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/fact-fiction-learning-about-778.html?tab=4#tabs]]> 2016-11-11 00:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917025 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917234 Author: Kerley/Barbara
Illustrator: Selznick/Brian
Date Published: 2001
Genre: History/Children's Literature
Approximate Text Level: 550
Approximate Interest Level: Grade 3-Grade 5
Brief Teaser: No one knew what dinosaurs looked like in the 1800's. They just had pieces from different dinosaurs, but none of them were put together to form a complete dinosaur. Waterhouse decides he wants to build a dinosaur so people can see what dinosaurs used to look like.
Teaching Idea: This book has facts and opinions. It is very important for students to know when something is an opinion. I would use this book as an intro to learning about facts and opinions. We would talk about the different facts and opinions in the book and then we would do other worksheets and activities on facts and opinions.
 https://www.tes.com/lessons/WXgoMGcSmV5lIg/unit-3-week-3-the-dinosaurs-of-waterhouse-hawkins]]> 2016-11-11 00:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917234 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917335 Author: Scieszka/Jon
Illustrator: Johnson/Steve
Date Published: 1991
Genre: Fiction/Children's Literature
Approximate Text Level: 600
Approximate Interest Level: Grade 2-Grade 3
Brief Teaser: Everyone thinks the princess and the frog lived happily ever after. This story tells depicts things a little differently. The prince who used to be a frog runs away and tries to find a witch that will turn him back into a frog. All of the witches were from different fairytales. The prince wasn't getting what he wanted and realized that being back with the princess might be the best thing for him.
Teaching Idea: I will use this book to help teach prediction and irony. Everyone assumes fairytales always end happily. I will have the students predict what they think is going to happen in this book. We will then talk about the irony of the frog not being happy.
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/lesson.asp?ID=11086]]> 2016-11-11 01:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917335 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917540 Author: Gwynne/Fred
Illustrator: Gwynne/Fred
Date Published: 1988
Genre:
Approximate Text Level: 630
Approximate Interest Level: Grade 1
Brief Teaser: A child listens to conversations between his parents and stories on the television. He retells the stories, but they seem kind of crazy. The child didn't realize that some of the words could have multiple meanings.
Teaching Idea: This book shows multiple meaning words. I want my students to know some words have multiple meanings. There is a card game the kids can play and when they find a match they can each say a sentence using the word. http://lawlerjoyinthejourney.blogspot.com/2013/08/must-read-mentor-text-chocolate-moose.html]]> 2016-11-11 01:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917540 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917618 Author: Wilson/Karma
Illustrator: Chapman/Jane
Date Published: 2002
Genre: Picture Book/Fiction
Approximate Text Level: 280
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten-Grade 1
Brief Teaser: The bear is hibernation for the winter. Other animals come in his lair while he is sleeping and eat next to the bear. The bear sleeps through almost everything, he eventually wakes up.
Teaching Idea: This book has lots of words that rhyme. Knowing words that rhyme is important for children to know. I would also use this book to show my students that not all animals are awake all year. This is a good book to explain about hibernation. It also shows animals that don't hibernate for the winter. 
http://resourcesforearlylearning.org/educators/activity/536/]]> 2016-11-11 01:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917618 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917687 Author: Lobel/Arnold
Illustrator: Lobel/Arnold
Date Published: 1970
Genre: Fiction/Children's Literature
Approximate Text Level: 400
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten-Grade 1
Brief Teaser:  There are five stories in this book. Toad didn't want to get out of bed after hibernating. Frog was going to be lonely without Toad, so he found a way to get Toad out of bed. Frog is sick and wants Toad to tell him a story. Toad can not think of a story, so he does many things to maybe help him think of a story. Toad lost his button and while they were looking for his button they found many other buttons. Toad and Frog go swimming. Toad doesn't want anyone to see him in his bathing suit because he thinks he looks funny. Toad always waits on the mail, he has never gotten mail though. Frog wrote him a letter one day, but Toad didn't want to check the mail because he was so used to not getting any mail.
Teaching Idea: I would use this book for prior knowledge of frogs and toads. This will make students think about things they have learned and heard about frogs and toads.
http://courses.edtechleaders.org/Resources/Readings/LowerElemLiteracy/SampleLesson_Step1lel.htm]]> 2016-11-11 01:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917687 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917806 Author: Fox/Mem
Illustrator: Mullins/Patricia
Date Published: 1986
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Text Level: NA
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten
Brief Teaser: Hattie keeps saying she sees different parts of something in the bush. None of the other animals seem to care about what Hattie sees. Hattie ends up seeing the whole thing and then all of the animals are scared when they realize what it is.
Teaching Idea: I am going to use this book to teach my students about plays and dramas. It is important for students to use expression when reading. Using expression helps children be more interested in stories and reading.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/hattie-and-fox-lesson-plan]]> 2016-11-11 01:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/136917806 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/137134276 Author: Woodhead/Chelsie
Date Published: 2008
Genre: Death Poetry
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Approximate Interest Level: Grade 2-Grade 5
Brief Teaser: Whales innocently are swimming around the ocean. They aren't expecting to be shot with a harpoon. Often it happens and the whales weren't harming anyone.
Teaching Idea: This is another example of a different type of literature other than a book. Poems help children be more creative. I want my students to be able to write poems easily. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Poem-205124]]> 2016-11-12 14:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/137134276 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/137135096 Author: Twohy/Mike
Illustrator: Twohy/Mike
Date Published: 2004
Genre: Comic Strip
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Approximate Interest Level: Grade 3
Brief Teaser: The bears are going to night class for garbage school. The bears have to learn about trash or they will be relocated to a cleaner place.
Teaching Idea: This shows students different types of literature. It shows that they have to read the signs and not just the words of what is being said. I want my students to try writing different types of literature on their own. http://sweethotmess.blogspot.com/2012/08/on-incorporating-comic-strips-into-your.html]]> 2016-11-12 14:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/137135096 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/137135493 Author: National Geographic Society
Date Published: 1996
Genre: Website
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Approximate Interest Level: Grade 2- Grade 5
Brief Teaser: There are a lot of facts about different wild animals. There are many animals on their page that children don't normally hear about. This helps broaden the children's idea of how many different animals there really are.
Teaching Idea: I would use this website at the beginning of a unit. This would be an overview of a lot of different animals. I would let my students each two animals to research about and then make a presentation to tell the class about them.
http://joyfullearninginkc.blogspot.com/2013/04/animal-research-projects.html#.WCfjlYWcHIU]]> 2016-11-12 14:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/137135493 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/137146748 Author: Neje/Julija
Illustrator: TBWAHuntLascaris, Johannesburg, South Africa
Date Published: 2014
Genre: Advertisement
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Approximate Interest Level: Grade 4- Grade 5
Brief Teaser: This picture shows that all the things humans throw on the ground is picked up by animals.
Teaching Idea: This advertisement teaches children to not litter. It shows the effects of littering. I think kids learn a lot by doing and not always listening. This would be a good time to go out in the community and pick trash up so the wild animals don't eat it. We would not use the last page on this link.
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/teacher/wee/weerecyclers/Act%2026-28%20Lets%20Put%20an%20End.pdf ]]> 2016-11-12 18:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/137146748 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/137149013 Composer: Burba/Zach
Date Released: 2002
Genre: Song
Approximate Interest Level: Kindergarten-Grade 1
Brief Teaser: It talks about the different animals that are nocturnal. It talks about a couple things the animals do at night.
Teaching Idea: Learning about nocturnal animals. During the song, my students will act out the actions for the different lines in the song. There will be a worksheet where the students will have to decide which animals are nocturnal and which are diurnal.
 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nocturnal-and-Diurnal-Animal-Sort-Freebie-1676444 ]]> 2016-11-12 18:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/137149013 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/159556220 Author: George Shea
Date Published: 2003
Introduction to text: This is about how the Wright brothers built their first plane. It talked about how they had different trials and difficulties trying to figure out how to fly. 
Instructional Strategy: This was used for students to ask questions about what they read. They had to ask questions to show an understanding of the text.]]> 2017-03-13 02:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/159556220 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/159556870 Author: Gail Gibbons
Date Released: 2009
Introduction to text: This was about all the different fish that live in the coral reef. It was an informational text about what happens in the coral reefs.
Instructional Strategy: This was used for finding the main idea and key details. ]]> 2017-03-13 02:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/159556870 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/159557044 ReadWorks
Date Published: 2014
Introduction to text: This is about how John Tyler became president and what he did while he was president. 
Instructional Strategy: This was used for the students finding the main idea and key detail by themselves. They each made their own anchor chart for the article.]]> 2017-03-13 02:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/159557044 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/159557332 ReadWorks
Date Published: 2014
Introduction to text: This is about the different things that Van Buren did as president. 
Instructional Strategy: This was the other article that was used for main idea and key detail. They made an anchor chart for this article too. ]]> 2017-03-13 02:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/159557332 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/159557523 Author: Brian P. Cleary
Date Published: 2001
Introduction to text: Every page has multiple adjectives describing something. The pictures show what the adjectives are describing. All the adjective words are in a different color, so they are easy to pick out.
Instructional Strategy: This was read at the beginning of our lesson about adjectives. It was to show the students what adjectives are and that there are a lot of different ones they can use when they are writing. ]]> 2017-03-13 02:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/159557523 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/163222215 Author: Brian P. Cleary
Date Published: 2005
Introduction to text: This book is full of sentences with multiple different adverbs. The adverbs words are in different colors, so they are easy to detect.
Instructional Strategy: This was an introduction to adverbs. It was to get the students familiar with what adverbs were and how many adverbs there were. ]]> 2017-03-28 18:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/163222215 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/163837227 Author: Eileen Spinelli
Date Published:2008
Introduction to text: A girl wants to write a story to win a contest. Everyone in her family tells her different things make a stroy great. She tries writing a story that has every component in it from each family member, but the story still doesn't seem right. 
Instructional Strategy: This was used to pick sentences out of it and show the students how to write more complex sentences]]> 2017-03-30 21:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/163837227 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/166483321 Author: Kathie Lester
Date Published: 2010
Introduction to text: There are four different sports with different female athletes that have excelled in that sport. 
Instructional Strategy: This is an article from readinga-z. It was used to see what level the student was at and to give them information on what to write about. They were to write an informational story. ]]> 2017-04-16 21:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/166483321 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168185132 Publisher:SchoolRocksVideo
Date Published: 2011
Introduction to Song: Talks about what a noun is and gives different examples of nouns.
Instructional Strategy: This was to get the students excited about nouns and for them to know the different types of nouns. ]]> 2017-04-25 17:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168185132 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168189580 Publisher: Disney Educational Productions
Date Published: 2011
Introduction to Song: It talks about what adjectives do and shows examples of them.
Instructional Strategy: This was to show the students what adjectives do in a fun way. ]]> 2017-04-25 17:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168189580 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168192164 Date Published: 2010
Introduction to Song: It was a short song about helping verbs and to the tune of Jingle Bells, so they could sing along.
Instructional Strategy: This was to get the students engaged at the beginning and hopefully remember the song, because it is to a tune they knew. ]]> 2017-04-25 17:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168192164 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168196577 Publisher: MisterLemurBooks
Date Published: 2014 
Introduction to Song: It was a song for all the different things you need to do to edit a writing. The song was also in a upbeat tone.
Instructional Strategy: This was to get the students excited for editing their papers and a new format instead of us just telling them. ]]> 2017-04-25 18:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168196577 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168645082 Publisher: Ellen J. McHenry
Date Published:N/A
Introduction to text: This was about how punctuation came about. There was a paragraph without any punctuation and it talked about why they thought there should be punctuation.
Instructional Strategy: This was to show the students why punctuation is needed.  ]]> 2017-04-27 14:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168645082 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168746470 Publisher:
Date Published: N/A
Introduction to text: A girl talks about what she did over summer and how much fun it was.
Instructional Strategy: This was also used to show the students what a good conclusion looks like. ]]> 2017-04-27 19:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168746470 spuzey20 https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168746923 Publisher: N/A
Date Published: N/A
Introduction to text: Tells about this girl learning to play softball and in the end she wins the game for her team.
Instructional Strategy: This was used to show the students what a good conclusion sounds like. ]]> 2017-04-27 19:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/spuzey20/mzjlibiainz1/wish/168746923