How Santa Really Works Teaching text features? Research and asking questions? This book is for you! The perfect mix of “factual” and whimsy, How Santa Really Works includes diagrams, labelled graphics (see the cover!), detailed pictures and captions, and of course, answers to the questions you really want to to know, such as: How does […]
Nonfiction Text
Mentor Texts for Nonfiction Writing
Mentor Texts is a highly used teaching strategy to get students to emulate authors in their own writing. [see How-To Post]. In my experience and searches, I see that there are a lot of places to find fiction mentor texts, but nonfiction texts seem to be a bit more elusive. Here we share some ideas […]
Book Review: What’s the Difference? By Emma Strack
Why I Picked It Up: I am always on the hunt for nonfiction text structures (click the tabs at the top of this mentor text list). This one came up as a perfect “compare and contrast”! Why I Finished It: What’s the Difference? asks the reader to consider the difference between pairs of objects, such as […]
Three Vibrant Picture Books To Teach Big Content
All of these books used color as a vehicle to tell a much larger story.
Book Review: Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers by Melissa Stewart
Why I Picked It Up: The title grabbed my attention immediately! Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers; Celebrating Animal Underdogs. I had so much love for the title that, when it arrived, I read it before unpacking the other books. Why I Finished It: Besides my obvious love for underdogs, I enjoyed learning about new animals and […]
A Few of our Favorite Books!
We believe that the best gift is ALWAYS a book! Here’s a few of our faves!
