Teaching Positive Character Traits Through Picture Books written by Meredith Bartolo Pappas One way to teach children positive character traits is through reading books with
When you’re helping children learn about cause and effect, it’s helpful to provide plenty of examples. Discuss the definitions of cause and effect, find everyday
If you’re wondering how to use a children’s book as a mentor text to teach writing, let’s dive into what a mentor text is and
Want to teach your kids how to write a letter? Start by reading children’s books filled with letter writing and use them as examples! Mentor
Read examples of personal narrative and memoir. In other words, read someone’s authentic story based on their real life with rich details that show experience
When we teach children how to write, it’s important that they are able to narrow a topic down to a small moment. These mentor text
When we teach children to use rich, wondrous words by filling them up with the sound of many wonderful words. We must read to them
The term voice in writing refers to the narrator’s or author’s personality coming through, some call this the author’s style. This list of children’s picture
If you’re looking for mentor text picture books to use in the classroom with students, here is a list of wonderful choices to teach and
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
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
Read mentor text picture books to teach problem and solution text structure. Understanding problem and solution improves comprehension and helps readers make informed predictions. (As
We can model for our kids how good writers use all their five senses in their writing to show not tell. Use mentor texts in
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
Want some examples of personification? First, what is the definition of personification? When writers give human qualities, characteristics, and thoughts to an inanimate object or
Do you know what onomatopoeia is? And how much FUN these words are to say out loud? If you want examples of onomatopoeia, these picture
It’s April. Happy Poetry Month! It’s time to get kids interested in reading and writing poetry with poetry books. Kids gravitate towards funny, rhyming poetry which
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