Ok, so it is November and this is my first Mentor Text Monday post of the year! I thought I would start with a book that is featured in the Core Ready 1st grade Journey to Meaning Unit. The Unit, "Getting to Know You: Discovering Characters in Narrative Stories." features many great books for young students. Pam Allyn chose Cynthia Rylant's Poppelton Forever as a Core Text for this unit. I have always enjoyed reading the Poppleton books with my beginning readers. It is so great for them to experience the characters, once they are able to read a text with a little bit more complexity. Used at this time of the year, your students will be hearing texts that many of them will not be able to read independently until later in the year.
This text works well, but any text with a major character and supporting characters will also work well for this unit, if you do not have access to this or any of the Poppleton books.
I found this YouTube link of a class reading the first story in Poppleton Forever- The Tree.
Here is the Goodreads review:
Poppleton Forever (Poppleton)
In three charming new stories, Poppleton the pig gets help from his friends when his new tree begins to wilt; when he catches a cold; and later, when he decides to wallpaper his house. Learning is great for Poppleton, but it's much better when it's done with friends. Full color.
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