mentor texts

18 Picture Books With Predictable, Repetitive Text

Picture books with predictable, repetitive text develop language and literacy skills in all ages of growing readers from birth on up. Read these to your toddlers and preschoolers. Read these with your kindergartners. Read these with your growing readers of any age, particularly readers who need the support that predictability and repetition provides. Bottom line […]

Picture Books to Teach Similes and Metaphors

Read aloud picture books to exemplify how writers use smilies and metaphors to convey meaning. Use these mentor texts to teach similes and metaphors in your writing workshop. Picture Books to Teach Similes and Metaphors Being Edie Is Hard Today by Ben Brashares and Elizabeth Bergeland Edie is having a difficult day. She imagines she’s […]

Picture Books to Teach Problem and Solution

Use mentor text picture books to teach problem and solution text structure which improves reading and writing skills including making informed predictions. Show children what to expect in a problem-solution story as well as how authors structure a problem-solution story or essay. While there are many picture books that model problem and solution, these are […]

Mentor Text Children’s Books to Teach Vivid Description

We can model for our kids how good writers use all their senses in their writing to show not tell. Use mentor texts in your writing workshop to teach growing writers descriptive writing using sensory images, vivid verbs, precise adjectives, and rich figurative language. Certainly, many poetry books capture this kind of vivid description in […]

Picture Books to Teach Perspective

Teachers and parents, use picture books as mentor texts to teach perspective. Stories like these help you model for your students and children that our perspectives and the perspectives of different characters, including the narrator, is how we see the world and the events in it. It’s easy to call this point of view […]

Picture Books for Teaching Personification

When writers give human qualities to an object or animal, it’s called personification. It’s delightful to read and very fun to use in your own writing. Use these picture books as mentor texts to teach the concept of personification. If you’re a teacher, these are perfect for writing workshop. They’ll most definitely be a way […]

Picture Books to Teach Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is FUN to read with kids. Because sounds. Encourage your kids to join you in making lots of sounds. These are great books to read aloud. You can also use these picture books as mentor texts to model for your elementary level students how to write using onomatopoeia pr spimds wprds. These books show […]