Elementary Mentor Text Reference

Kindergarten
Goodnight Gorilla (Pint Concepts)
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten (Pint Concepts)
The Kissing Hand (Pint Concepts)
The Gingerbread Man (Pint Concepts)
Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes (Pint Concepts)
No, David! (Pint Concepts)
Where's Spot? (Pint Concepts)
A Porcupine Named Fluffy (Pint Concepts)
Brown Bear Brown Bear (Pint Concepts)
The Little Red Hen (basic story elements)
The Selfish Crocodile (basic story elements)
The Lion and the Mouse (basic story elements)
The Three Bears (basic story elements)
Three Little Pigs (basic story elements)
Three Billy Goats Gruff (basic story elements)
Me and My Senses (basic story elements)
The Mixed-Up Chameleon (basic story elements)
We Are All AlikeWe Are All Different (basic story elements)
Colors of Fall (title & author study)
Fall (title & author study)
Fall Leaves Fall! (title & author study)
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie (genre study)
Pumpkin Town (genre study)
Apples for Everyone (genre study)
Little Mouse and the Big Red Apple (genre study)
Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving (rhyming words)
A Plump and Perky Turkey (rhyming words)

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Down by the Bay (rhyming words)
Gingerbread Boy (authors purpose)
The Gingerbread Girl (authors purpose)
The Gingerbread Pirates (authors purpose)
The Gingerbread Man (authors purpose)
Light the Lights! (authors purpose)
My First Kwanzaa (authors purpose)
Tacky and the Winter Games (authors purpose)
The Snow Day (authors purpose)
Snowmen at Night (authors purpose)
Winter Wonderland National Geographic Kids (authors purpose)
Snow (authors purpose)
A Snow Day (authors purpose)
The Little Polar Bear (text organization)
National Geographic Reader: Polar Bears (text organization)
National Geographic Reader: Polar Animals (text organization)
National Geographic Reader: Animals in Winter (text organization)
National Geographic Reader: Hibernation (text organization)
Bear's Loose Tooth (main idea and details)
Tooth Trouble (main idea and details)
We Need Dentists (main idea and details)
How Many Teeth? (main idea and details)
When I'm BIG (main idea and details)
Officer Buckle and Gloria (main idea and details)
Jack's House (main idea and details)
Bear Feels Sick (setting & characters)
Bear Snores On (setting & characters)
Bear's New Friend (setting & characters)

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Friends Go Adventuring (setting & characters)
National Geographic Kids-Trucks! (vocabulary & literary elements)
Trains (vocabulary)
This is the Way We Go to School: A Book About Children Around the World (vocabulary)
More Readers: Things That Go! (vocabulary)
The Tortoise and the Jackrabbit (literary elements)
Jack and the Beanstalk (literary elements)
Cinderella (literary elements)
The Lion and the Mouse (literary elements)
The Three Bears (literary elements)
Three Little Pigs (literary elements)
Three Billy Goats Gruff (literary elements)
The Wind Blew (studying illustrations)
Ready to Read: Rain (studying illustrations)
Ready to Read: Wind (studying illustrations)
Ready to Read: Clouds (studying illustrations)
National Geographic Readers: Weather (studying illustrations)
Now I Know Seeds (author and word study)
The Surprise Garden (author and word study)
Seeds (author and word study)
The Tiny Seed (author and word study)
National Geographic: Plant Life (author and word study)
Click Clack Moo Cows that Type (compare & contrast)
Giggle Giggle Quack (compare & contrast)
Scholastic Reader Farm Animals (compare & contrast)
From Cow to Ice Cream (compare & contrast)
Five Little Chicks (compare & contrast)
My Farm Friends (compare & contrast)

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Habitat Spy (Illustration study)
Who Has These Feet? (Illustration study)
Animal Homes (Illustration study)
Where Do Animals Live? (Illustration study)
Giraffes Can't Dance (Illustration study)
Goodnight Gorilla (Illustration study)
Habitat Spy (Illustration study)
Who Has These Feet? (Illustration study)
Animal Homes (Illustration study)
Where Do Animals Live? (Illustration study)
Harry the Dirty Dog (character compare & contrast)
Buster (character compare & contrast)
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy (character compare & contrast)
Franklin Wants a Pet Studies Weekly (character compare & contrast)
Needs and Wants (character compare & contrast)
The Last Day of Kindergarten (vocabulary acquisition)
First Grade Stinks (vocabulary acquisition)
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten (vocabulary acquisition)
Enemy Pie (vocabulary acquisition)
Note: All mentor texts are written for shared reading/interactive read aloud
Note: While essential questions narrow some focus, all texts are used for multiple strategies
and skills as indicated by the module
Note: Shared reading experiences also come from Houghton Mifflin big books
Note: In the module, books are placed in large lists. The modules dont appear to specify
the use of each text
1st Grade
Shared Reading
We are going on a picnic by Pat Hutchins (retell events)
I made something strange with my chemistry set by Jack Prelutsky (descriptive words)

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Louder than a Clap of Thunder by Jack Prelutsky (descriptive words)
Note: Majority of shared text come from Houghton Mifflin

Interactive Read Aloud

Bats by Gail Gibbons (informational genre example)
Stellaluna by Janel Cannon (literary genre example)
Kittens First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (main idea & details)
Animal Sight by Kristen Bell (main idea & details)
Lady Bugs by Gail Gibbons (main idea & details)
The Day the Goose Got Loose by Reeve Lindberg (using illustrations)
Big Book: Introduction to Nonfiction by Liza Charlesworth (text-features) Note: This is in both
module 4 and module 5
Room on the Broom (story elements)
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina (story elements)
Lillys Big Day by Kevin Henkes (story elements)
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett (story elements)
The paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch (character development)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss (character development)
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (character development)
The Snow Bear by Lilana Stafford (questioning)
Elmer by David McKee (questioning)
The Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick (Questioning)
The Hat/The Mitten by Jan Brett (compare and contrast)
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & If You Give a Pig a Pancake (compare and contrast)
Amazing Artic Animals by Jackie Glassman (compare and contrast)
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester (retelling)
Muncha, Muncha, Muncha by Candace Fleming (retelling)
True Story of the Three Little Pigs (identifying narrator)
Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (identifying narrator)

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My dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanoch (descriptive language)
Frogs by Gail Gibbons (informational example)
Mama for Owen by Marion Dane (literary example)
Bauer vs Owen and Mzee by Isabella Hatkoff (literary example)
Hedgies Surprise by Jan Brett (genre study folk tale)
Anasi and the spider by Gerald Mcdermott (genre study folk tale)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Steven Kellogg (genre study fairy tale)
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems (genre study fairy tale)
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas (genre study fairy tale)
Note: Majority of Interactive Read Aloud text is authentic
Assessment Books
The Day Jimmys Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble (assessing questioning)
Elberts Bad Word by Audery Wood (assessing questioning)
Animal Hering by Kristen Bell (assessing main idea & details)
The Recess Queen by Alexis Oneill (assessing character development)
The Town Mouse and the City Mouse by Susanna Davidson (assessing compare & contrast)
Cinderella by the Brothers Grimm (assessing folk tale understanding)
Bigfoot Cinderrrella by Tony Johnston (assessing folk tale understanding)
Note: Assessment texts are evenly split with Houghton Mifflin text and authentic text
2nd Grade
Interactive Read Aloud
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons (key details) A
National Geographic: Frogs! (text-features)
National Geographic: Dolphins by Melissa Stewart (text-features)
National Geogrpahic: Penguins! by Anne Schreiber (text-features)
National Geogrpahic: Sharks by Anne Scheiber (text-features)
National Geographic Weird Sea Creatures by Laura Marsh (text-features)
Life Cycle of a Penguin (informational writing)

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Thank you, Mr. Falkner by Patricia Pollaco (narrative writing)
Roller Coaster by Marla Frazee (narrative writing)
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner (narrative writing)
When the Relative Came by Cynthia Rylant (ask and answer questions)
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (story structure) Note: this text is also in the 4th grade
module
Good-Bye Curtis by Kevin Henkes (story structure)
Grandpas Teeth by Rod Clements (story structure)
The old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant (illustrations contribution to story
elements)
Digging up Dinosaurs by Aliki (informational writing)
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Majorie Priceman (informational writing)
From Wheat to Bread by Stacy Tausbolstad (informational writing)
Recycle A handbook for Kids by Gail Gibbons (sequencing)
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie DePaul (ask and answer questions/central
message & character resolution)
Horton Hatches an Egg by Dr. Seuss (ask and answer questions/central message & character
resolution)
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens (re-tell stories/central message and details)
Miss Rumphis by Barbara Cooney (re-tell stories/central message and details)
A bad case of Stripes by Davis Shannon (character analysis)
Into the Sea by Brenda Guiberson (vocabulary acquisition)
Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones by Jean Barretta (vocabulary acquisition)
The King Who Rained by Fred Gwynne (vocabulary acquisition)
Misery is a Smell in Your Backpack by Harriet Ziefert (vocabulary acquisition)
Rasining Yoders Barn by Jane Yolen (vocabulary acquisition)
The Wall by Eve Bunting (Vocabulary acquisition)
Even More Parts by Tedd Arnold (vocabulary acquisition)
Goldfish Wants a Pet by Kelly DiPucchio (character point of view)
Jack and the Beanstalk by Steven Kellogg (compare & contrast)

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Trust Me, Jacks Beanstalk Stinks! By Eric Braun (compare & contrast)
Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osburne (compare & contrast)
Wump World by Bill Pete (literary analysis)
The Perfect Pet by Margie Palatini (opinion writing)
I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kauffman-Orloff (opinion writing)
Note: all mentor (authentic) text written for interactive read aloud purposes
Note: many of the shared and interactive read aloud plans refer to the state modules these modules may not exist anymore.
Note: Assessment Books are not identified in the module in anyway; however, a list was
provided to me of Assessment Books 2nd grade uses. The key code A above indicates
that the book was both an assessment book and a read aloud listed in the module.
Assessment Books
Bats by Gain Gibbons
Grumption by Elise Broach
Honestly, Red Riding Hood was Rotten by Trisha Speed Shakan
Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman
Milk Makers by Gail Gibbons
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Seven Blink Mice by Ed Young
Scholastic True or Fale: Butterflies and Caterpillars by Melvin and Gilda Berger
The Day Jimmys Boa Ate the Wash by Trina Hanks Noble
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
The Royal Bee by Frances and Ginger Park
Two Bad Ants by Chris VanAllsburg
Water Habitats by Bobbi Calman
Note: the above assessment list did not include which skill the text was assessing
Note: the above assessment texts were not written into the module

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3rd Grade
The Animal Hedge by Paul Fleichman (myth & fable study)
Fables by Arnold Lobel (myth & fable study)
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco (narrative example)
The Memory String by Eve Bunting (narrative example)
The Bald Eagle: Endangered No More by Mac Priebe (technical text study)
Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species by Alexandra Wright (technical text study)
Newfangled Fair Tales (short story study)
Miss Alaineous: A vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier (vocabulary study)
Danger! Volcaneos by Seymour Simon (scientific non-fiction study)
Oil Spill by Melvin Berger (scientific non-fiction study)
Time for Kids: Earthquake! (scientific non-fiction study)
When Marian Sang: The True Rectial of Marian Anderson by Pan Munoz Ryan (historical fiction
study)
Should We Have Pets? By Sylvia Lollis (opinion example)
Everything Dogs by Becky Baines (pet information for opinion piece)
Everything Pets by James Spears (pet information for opinion piece)
The World According to Humphry (opinion reference?) Note: this text was included in the
writing opinion piece reference.
Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne (drama study)
Note: All authentic text is used for interactive read aloud or mentor text reference.
Note: All shared reading comes from coach books
4th Grade
Earings by Judith Viorst (authors purpose) M6
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (character traits) M3
Mufanos Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe (compare and contrast) M1 & 2
Two Bad Ants by Van Allsburg (predictions) Note: this book is also in the 2nd grade module
Thundercake by Patricia Polacco (onomatopoeia) M1
Keeping Quilt by Particia Polacco (context clues & summary) M1

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Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Tegue (point of view) M4
Note: these texts were not written into the 4th grade module; however, they did have an
indication of which module they pair with. This is marked by the M codes above.
Note: All shared reading comes from coach books and Houghton Mifflin Text. Later
modules start to use novel studies during shared reading.
5th Grade
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street (narrative writing)
Two Bad Ants (point of view)
Henrys Freedom Box by Patricia Polacco (story structure)
Mr. Peabodys Apple (tone/mood)
Pink and Say (tone/mood)
Those Rebels John and Tom (summarizing)
Twnety-One Elephants (informational writing)
Ike LaRue Barefoot (tone/mood)
From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (opinion writing)
Revist Katies Trunk (opinion writing)
The Three Little Pigs (point of view) Note: this is in multiple grade level modules as a mentor
text
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (point of view) Note: this is in multiple grade level
modules as a mentor text
The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History (summarize & opinion writing)
Emma Kate (summarize & opinion writing)
Heckedy Peg (point of view)
Note: All mentor texts written for interactive read aloud purposes
Note: All shared reading comes from coach lessons and Houghtin Mifflin texts
Note: Module 5 & 6 begin novel studies all skills are taught through novels in shared
reading
6th grade
The three Little Pigs (text structure)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (text structure)

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The Day Crayons Quit (vocabulary)
Secrets of the Sphinx by James Cross Giblin (compare & contrast)
Note: All texts were in separate category titled shared reading mentor texts
Note: Majority of shared reading comes from anchor novels
Note: Additional resources for shared reading included scholastic news and websites
Note: Social Studies was written into the shared reading category in the module.
Note: No interactive read aloud section.