Mentor Text Library by

Purpose

phontanosas — 2025-09-16 20:53:50 UTC

These text chosen for my Mentor Library will be an insight on how I will support my writing instruction. I want to blend classic non-fiction literature that will engage my students, and also provide informational nonfiction that expands their views and knowledge of the world. My library is meant for a 2nd Grade class context. (I wasn't sure if the Magic Tree House is too advance for 2nd grade students but when I was that age it was a series that interested me and kept me busy)

Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

phontanosas — 2025-09-16 21:15:00 UTC

This book will be used to demonstrate storytelling to the new readers. The adjective/ personality activity will allow kids to practice new adjective words in a group setting.

Illustrated and Written By Arnold Lobel

phontanosas — 2025-09-16 21:16:54 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-09-17 01:53:34 UTC

After a Read-Aloud with the class, the teacher will make a Venn diagram on the whiteboard. The class will describe the personality traits of Frog and Toad, and their similar traits.

The Amazing Life Cycle of Butterflies

phontanosas — 2025-09-17 02:01:16 UTC

This book will be an introduction to nonfiction informational reading to young readers. The metamorphosis/ fill-in-the -blank activity will test if the students are understanding the material while reading along.

Written by Kay Barnham and Illustrated by Maddie Frost

phontanosas — 2025-09-17 02:14:45 UTC

Book by Kay Barnham

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-09-17 02:25:03 UTC

While during the class read-aloud, I will hand the students a paper with this picture (without the words). The students will fill out the blanks as we go along the book.

Revolutionary War on Wednesday

phontanosas — 2025-09-17 02:38:50 UTC

The students will have a feel for American history with this Pseudo-historical non-fiction book. The book has kids from modern day experience this time period, the theater activity will allow the kids to learn history by role-playing in this text.

Author: Mary Pope Osborne Illustrator: Sal Murdocca

phontanosas — 2025-09-17 02:40:45 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-09-17 02:59:50 UTC

The kids will read the book independently in class or at home. In groups of 3-4, the kids will reenact a scene of the book. To start, the kids will get together and create a small screenplay for their scene. The teacher will approve the screenplay, and the kids will present infront of the class.

My favorite song to play while reading!

phontanosas — 2025-09-17 03:01:48 UTC

Frog and Toad Are Friends (Pt.2/ The Letter) by Arnold Lobel

phontanosas — 2025-10-02 23:16:44 UTC

This book will help readers write letters to someone special. They will learn that writing letters can be used to write special messages, appreciation, holiday greetings, and catching up.

Illustrated and Written By Arnold Lobel

phontanosas — 2025-10-02 23:18:46 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-02 23:19:03 UTC

The class will learn to structure a written letter. I will provide laminated cards that have phrases commonly used in letters. They will structure these cards into a letter and address them into a letter that shows appreciation to the person of their choice.

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

phontanosas — 2025-10-02 23:27:27 UTC

This book will focus on Vocabulary that relate to positive and negative behaviors. Additionally, every sentence in this story is in question form.

Written by Jane Yolen and Illustrated by Mark Teague

phontanosas — 2025-10-02 23:29:29 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-02 23:35:50 UTC

Using the picture above the students will write underneath what they see. Then they will write if the action is bedtime activity or a daytime activity.

Grumpy Monkey

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 02:11:35 UTC

This Book will focus on the sight words based on Emotions that people feel. We will follow the story and take note of the emotions of the characters. Students recognize, name, and validate their feelings, fostering the understanding that it is acceptable to experience difficult emotions like grumpiness or sadness without needing a specific reason.

Written by Suzanne Lang and Illustrated by Max Lang

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 02:12:55 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 02:15:32 UTC

After the Read-Aloud part of the lesson. I will ask the class how each character in the story was feeling. Then individually, they will do the activity above using scissor and glue.

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 02:20:54 UTC

After reading the book, Students will be able to identify adjectives (words that describe nouns) in a text and use them correctly to create new descriptive phrases.

Written and Illustrated by Dr. Suess

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 02:23:29 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 02:24:56 UTC

While reading Stop at key phrases and ask the class to identify the descriptive word.

On the first page: "One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish."
- Teacher Question: "What words describe the fish?" (Red and blue.) Circle the noun (fish) in one color and the adjective (red/blue) in another.

A Narwal and Jelly Book: Unicorn of the Sea

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 15:43:09 UTC

Students will be able to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story section, and use visual elements (panels and speech bubbles) to aid comprehension and sequencing. They can do this activity while reading the Book or after they finish the book.

Written and Illustrated by Ben Clanton

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 15:45:52 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 15:49:00 UTC

Students work to put the strips in the correct sequence. Encourage them to look back at the book's panels to confirm the order. Have students share their ordered strips and discuss why they chose that sequence, focusing on key transition words or actions.

Who Would Win? Komodo Dragon V. King Cobra

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 15:56:23 UTC

Before reading the text as a class. This lesson we will have the class separate in teams and they will predict the winner. We will create a diagram with each opposing side and their advantages. Students will be able to make and justify a supported prediction about the outcome of the animal battle, and use textual evidence to infer how key physical traits contribute to each animal's defense and attack strategies.

Author Jerry Pallotta and illustrator Rob Bolster

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 15:58:30 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 16:01:06 UTC

This lesson we will have the class separate in teams and they will predict the winner. We will create a diagram with each opposing side and their advantages. After reading the text we will find evidence that supports the results of the win.

Amelia Badelia

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 16:55:52 UTC

Students will be able to identify an instance of word play or an idiom in the text, explain the literal interpretation Amelia Bedelia uses, and determine the intended figurative meaning of the phrase.

Written by Herman Parish and Illustrated by Lynne Avril

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 16:56:53 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:02:58 UTC

There will be a worksheet and the students will draw what the Idiom phrase really meant and then draw what Amelia Badelia did instead.

Charlotte's Web

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:11:31 UTC

Students will be able to define the theme of friendship and loyalty and use specific textual evidence from Charlotte’s actions to support how the theme develops throughout the story. This lesson will be more of a larger project spanning a few weeks of class popcorn reading.

Author E.B White and Illustrator Garth Williams

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:15:58 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:17:58 UTC

After the student read the book, they will create a friendship web on a poster board. There will be word bubbles where each character is, and the lines will have the type of friendship the characters have and evidence of this friendship beside it.

Zoey and Sassafras

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:20:38 UTC

As a fusion between STEM and ELA, Students will be able to identify and sequence the key problem-solving steps (Identify the Problem, Form a Hypothesis, Test/Experiment, and Conclusion) that Zoey uses in the narrative and explain the textual evidence for each step.

Written by Asia Citro and Illustrated by Marion Lindsay

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:22:32 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:25:03 UTC

Guide the class to fill in the chart for the initial problem:
- Action: "A sick creature arrived."
- Step 1 (Problem): "What is the creature's ailment?" (Record the specific problem, e.g., "The dragon can't breathe fire.")
- Step 2 (Hypothesis): "What does Zoey guess might be the cause?" (Record her initial smart guess, e.g., "Maybe the dragon is too hot/too cold.")
Continue Reading: Read through the next section, focusing on Zoey's first test or experiment.
Step 3 (Test/Experiment): "What does Zoey do to test her guess?" (Record the action, e.g., "She moves the dragon to a different room.")

Who Was...? Martin Luthor King Junior

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:49:09 UTC

An introduction to a Biography for students. Students will be able to identify, sequence, and explain at least three major historical events from Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, demonstrating an understanding of the chronological order of biographical details.

Written and Illustrated by Bonnie Bader

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:50:17 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:52:37 UTC

As a class on the whiteboard, have students share their chosen event cards, placing them next to the corresponding spot on the class timeline.

Wonder

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:57:05 UTC

Students will be able to define empathy and acceptance, and apply the "Choose Kind" message by analyzing character actions in the story and generating appropriate, kind responses to challenging social scenarios.

Written by R.J Palacio and cover by Tad Carpenter

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 17:58:24 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 18:00:42 UTC

The students will make mask cutouts similar to the cover of the book (faces without the noses and mouth). The students will write acts of kindness they do daily on the inside part of their masks.

Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 18:13:18 UTC

Students will be able to identify the sequential cause and effect relationships that create the whale-fall ecosystem and use non-fiction text features (bold words, captions) to define new scientific vocabulary.

Written by Lynn Brunelle and Illustrated by Jason Chin

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 18:14:09 UTC

Activity

phontanosas — 2025-10-08 18:15:31 UTC

Students choose one creature or process from the book and create one Cause/Effect pair about it, using a non-fiction text feature to help them.