This product is JAM-PACKED with Common Core aligned lesson plans, activities, anchor chart ideas, and writing prompts for 10 of your favorite picture book mentor texts! (See the complete list below) 10 weeks of Comprehensive Literacy Language Workshop lessons. The plans include teacher scripts with strategic stopping points and questions for students and anchor chart ideas. It also includes prompts for student responses through discussion or in writing or thoughtful logs. WHAT’S INCLUDED? Activities cover skills such as: Using evidence to describe, infer, and draw conclusions Summarizing Identifying and supporting author’s message / lesson Identifying and supporting character traits Explaining figurative language Identifying emotions, feelings, and vivid language Supporting opinions Comparing characters Comparing texts to other texts Defining words using context clues …and more! There are also multiple writing prompts for every book that are text-dependent and require using text evidence to explain. Activities are for the following books: -Journey by Aaron Becker -Quest by Aaron Becker -Return by Aaron Becker -A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers -A Very Unusual Dog by Dorothy Joan Harris -Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty -Dear Greenpeace / Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James -Frida by Jonah Winter -How To Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham -Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty -I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss -Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson If you don’t own all these books, I encourage you to take advantage of your library! They are all wonderful texts to share with your students! Get the Spanish Dictado Plans for this unit! Spanish Weekly Dictado Lesson Plans - Mentor Sentence Mania Unit 1 Copyright © Josh Teaches Everything

This product is JAM-PACKED with Common Core aligned lesson plans, activities, anchor chart ideas, and writing prompts for 10 of your favorite picture book mentor texts! (See the complete list below) 10 weeks of Comprehensive Literacy Language Workshop lessons. The plans include teacher scripts with strategic stopping points and questions for students and anchor chart ideas. It also includes prompts for student responses through discussion or in writing or thoughtful logs. WHAT’S INCLUDED? Activities cover skills such as: Using evidence to describe, infer, and draw conclusions Summarizing Identifying and supporting author’s message / lesson Identifying and supporting character traits Explaining figurative language Identifying emotions, feelings, and vivid language Supporting opinions Comparing characters Comparing texts to other texts Defining words using context clues …and more! There are also multiple writing prompts for every book that are text-dependent and require using text evidence to explain. Activities are for the following books: -Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus -Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers -Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard -The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce -My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits -Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann -Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomie DePaola -Olivia by Ian Falconer -On a Beam Of Light by Jennifer Berne -Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett If you don’t own all these books, I encourage you to take advantage of your library! They are all wonderful texts to share with your students! Get the Spanish Dictado Plans for this unit: Spanish Weekly Dictado / Dictation Plans Mentor Sentence Mania Unit 2 Copyright © Josh Teaches Everything

This product is JAM-PACKED with Common Core aligned lesson plans, activities, anchor chart ideas, and writing prompts for 11 of your favorite picture book mentor texts! (See the complete list below) 11 weeks of Comprehensive Literacy Language Workshop lessons. The plans include teacher scripts with strategic stopping points and questions for students and anchor chart ideas. It also includes prompts for student responses through discussion or in writing or thoughtful logs. WHAT’S INCLUDED? Activities cover skills such as: Using evidence to describe, infer, and draw conclusions Summarizing Identifying and supporting author’s message / lesson Identifying and supporting character traits Explaining figurative language Identifying emotions, feelings, and vivid language Supporting opinions Comparing characters Comparing texts to other texts Defining words using context clues …and more! There are also multiple writing prompts for every book that are text-dependent and require using text evidence to explain. Activities are for the following books: -What Do You Do With An Idea by Kobi Yamada -What Do You Do With A Problem by Kobi Yamada -Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet -Papa’s Mechanical Fish by Candace Fleming -A Bike Like Sergio’s by Maribeth Boelts -Jack’s Worry by Sam Zuppardi -Let Me Finish by Minh Le -Orion and the Dark by Emma Yarlett -Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson -The Wednesday Surprise by Patricia Polacco -Weekend With Wendell by Kevin Henkes If you don’t own all these books, I encourage you to take advantage of your library! They are all wonderful texts to share with your students! Copyright © Josh Teaches Everything

This product is JAM-PACKED with Common Core aligned lesson plans, activities, anchor chart ideas, and writing prompts for 10 of your favorite picture book mentor texts! (See the complete list below) 10 weeks of Comprehensive Literacy Language Workshop lessons. The plans include teacher scripts with strategic stopping points and questions for students and anchor chart ideas. It also includes prompts for student responses through discussion or in writing or thoughtful logs. WHAT’S INCLUDED? Activities cover skills such as: Using evidence to describe, infer, and draw conclusions Summarizing Identifying and supporting author’s message / lesson Identifying and supporting character traits Explaining figurative language Identifying emotions, feelings, and vivid language Supporting opinions Comparing characters Comparing texts to other texts Defining words using context clues …and more! There are also multiple writing prompts for every book that are text-dependent and require using text evidence to explain. Activities are for the following books: -I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen -This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen -We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen -Someday by Alison McGhee and Peter Reynolds -The Curious Garden by Peter Brown -The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry -They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel -Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts -Voices In The Park by Anthony Browne -Yoko by Rosemary Wells If you don’t own all these books, I encourage you to take advantage of your library! They are all wonderful texts to share with your students! Get the Spanish Dictado Plans for this unit: Spanish Weekly Dictado / Dictation Lesson Plans - Mentor Sentence Mania Unit 3 Copyright © Josh Teaches Everything

This product is JAM-PACKED with interactive read aloud lesson plans, activities, anchor chart ideas, and writing prompts for 10 of your favorite picture book mentor texts! (See the complete list below) 10 weeks of Comprehensive Literacy Language Workshop lessons. The plans include teacher scripts with strategic stopping points and questions for students and anchor chart ideas. It also includes prompts for student responses through discussion or in writing or thoughtful logs. WHAT’S INCLUDED? Activities cover skills such as: Using evidence to describe, infer, and draw conclusions Summarizing Identifying and supporting author’s message / lesson Identifying and supporting character traits Explaining figurative language Identifying emotions, feelings, and vivid language Supporting opinions Comparing characters Comparing texts to other texts Defining words using context clues …and more! There are also multiple writing prompts for every book that are text-dependent and require using text evidence to explain. Activities are for the following books: -Blackout by John Rocco -I Will Not Read This Book by Cece Meng -Ish by Peter Reynolds -Lon Po Po by Ed Young -Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown -Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe -Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson -The Dark by Lemony Snicket -The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires -The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles If you don’t own all these books, I encourage you to take advantage of your library! They are all wonderful texts to share with your students! Copyright © Josh Teaches Everything

This product is JAM-PACKED with interactive read aloud aligned lesson plans, activities, anchor chart ideas, and writing prompts for 30 of your favorite picture book mentor texts! (See the complete list below) 30 weeks of Comprehensive Literacy Language Workshop lessons. The plans include teacher scripts with strategic stopping points and questions for students and anchor chart ideas. It also includes prompts for student responses through discussion or in writing or thoughtful logs. WHAT’S INCLUDED? Activities cover skills such as: Using evidence to describe, infer, and draw conclusions Summarizing Identifying and supporting author’s message / lesson Identifying and supporting character traits Explaining figurative language Identifying emotions, feelings, and vivid language Supporting opinions Comparing characters Comparing texts to other texts Defining words using context clues …and more! There are also multiple writing prompts for every book that are text-dependent and require using text evidence to explain. Activities are for the following books: -Journey by Aaron Becker -Quest by Aaron Becker -Return by Aaron Becker -Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet -Emmanuel’s Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson -Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty -Ada Twist Scientist by Andrea Beaty -Papa’s Mechanical Fish by Candace Fleming -The Curious Garden by Peter Brown -The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry -The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein -The Tree Lady by H. Joseph Hopkins -The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas -They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel -A Bike Like Sergio’s by Maribeth Boelts -Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts -A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers -In Mary’s Garden by Carson Kugler and Tina Kugler -Jack’s Worry by Sam Zuppardi -Let Me Finish by Minh Le -The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce -My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits -Orion and the Dark by Emma Yarlett -Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson -The Wednesday Surprise by Patricia Polacco -Weekend With Wendell by Kevin Henkes -What Do You Do With An Idea? by Kobi Yamada -What Do You Do With A Problem? by Kobi Yamada If you don’t own all these books, I encourage you to take advantage of your library! They are all wonderful texts to share with your students! ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ Copyright © Josh Teaches Everything

Mentor Text Mania Vol 1 ☞ 4-5 day units for 30 books. ✔ ☛ Teacher scripts and anchor chart ideas ✔ ☞ Strategic stopping points for questioning and close reading ✔ ☛ Sentence stems / frames for oracy and vocabulary development ✔ ☞ Great for bilingual classrooms ✔ ☛ Printable pages for written responses in Spanish and English ✔ There are also multiple writing prompts for every book that are text-dependent and require using text evidence to explain. Activities are for the following books: -A Child of Books // La Niña de los Libros by Oliver Jeffers -A Very Unusual Dog // Un perro muy diferente by Dorothy Joan Harris -Ada Twist Scientist // Ada Magnífica, científica by Andrea Beaty -Dear Greenpeace / Dear Mr. Blueberry // Querido Salvatierra by Simon James -Emmanuel’s Dream // El sueño de Emmanuel by Laurie Ann Thompson -Frida by Jonah Winter -How To Heal a Broken Wing // ¿Cómo puede curarse una ala rota? by Bob Graham -I Can Read With My Eyes Shut // Yo puedo leer con los ojos cerrados by Dr. Seuss -I Want My Hat Back // Yo quiero mi gorro by Jon Klassen -Iggy Peck, Architect // Pedro Perfecto, Arquitecto by Andrea Beaty -La otra orilla by Marta Carrasco -Leo the Late Bloomer // Leo, el retoño tardío by Robert Kraus -Lost and Found // Perdido y encontrado by Oliver Jeffers -Miss Nelson is Missing // ¡La señorita Nelson ha desaparecido! by Harry Allard -The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore // Los fantásticos libros voladores del señor Morris Lessmore by William Joyce -My Name Is Yoon // Me llamo Yoon by Helen Recorvits -Officer Buckle and Gloria // El Oficial Correa y Gloria by Peggy Rathmann -Oliver Button Is A Sissy // Oliver Button es una nena by Tomie DePaola -Olivia by Ian Falconer -On A Beam Of Light // Sobre un rayo de luz by Jennifer Berne -Sam and Dave Dig a Hole // Sam y Leo cavan un hoyo by Mac Barnett -Someday // Algún día by Alison McGhee and Peter Reynolds -The Curious Garden // El jardín curioso by Peter Brown -The Great Kapok Tree // El gran capoquero by Lynne Cherry -They All Saw A Cat // Todos vieron un gato by Brendan Wenzel -This Is Not My Hat // Este no es mi bombín by Jon Klassen -Those Shoes // Esos zapatos by Maribeth Boelts -Voices in the Park // Voces en el parque by Anthony Browne -We Found A Hat // Encontramos un sombrero by Jon Klassen -Yoko by Rosemary Wells