Instant download · color + black & white · PreK to 5th grade

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Writing · 3rd–5th

Grades 3–5 Writing Mentor Texts: 40 original model texts for 10 kinds of writing

Little books they can hold, read and keep.

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272 pages · 1,224 slides

One ZIP. Your receipt email has the download link. Single-classroom license.

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Units in this download: all 10

  1. 1Strong Sentences3rd–5th
  2. 2Paragraph Basics3rd–5th
  3. 3Narrative Writing3rd–5th
  4. 4Personal Narrative3rd–5th
  5. 5Informative Writing3rd–5th
  6. 6Opinion Writing3rd–5th
  7. 7Letters3rd–5th
  8. 8Research Mini-Report3rd–5th
  9. 9Poetry3rd–5th
  10. 10Revising and Editing3rd–5th

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Writing Mentor Texts

What's inside

  1. Writing Mentor Texts270 pages
  2. Writing Mentor Texts1,224 slides in 10 decks
  3. Start Here and guides2 pages

272 pages and 1,224 editable slides, plus a black-and-white edition of every page.

In detail

  • 40 mentor texts written for this line (4 per unit): sentences, paragraphs, stories, personal narratives, informative articles, opinion essays, letters, research reports, poems, drafts and revisions
  • Each text in a clean and a marked copy, a Writer's Moves page and a Try It page
  • Read Like a Writer questions at three levels (3rd, 4th, 5th grade) with answer keys
  • Facts in the informative and research texts come from listed .gov, museum and national park pages
  • Google Slides version (import the PPTX) with self-checking questions
  • Digital: Google Slides version (import the PPTX)

Specs

Pages272 pages in color PDFs, plus the same pages in black and white; 1,224 editable slides
Slides1224 slides in 10 PowerPoint files (lesson decks and Google Slides student versions; feedback slides included)

Good to know before you buy

  • Instant digital download; nothing ships.
  • Print PDFs are US Letter only (no A4 edition).
  • Digital versions are PowerPoint files that import into Google Slides; no Google Forms.

Questions before you buy

What do I get after I pay?

An email with your download link, right after checkout. The files are PDFs for US Letter paper, in color and in black and white.

Do I need a color printer?

No. Every PDF comes in a color edition and a black-and-white edition.

Can I share the files with my grade-level team?

Each purchase is a single-classroom license: one teacher, one classroom. The license is on page 2 of every PDF.

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