It’s Sunday evening. I want to post a mentor text, but my brain, she be empty. I tumble through my thoughts, flip through my mental card catalogue, scroll through my Twitter feed, and… nothing. And then I remember–books! I read books, own books, and display said books in an easy-access shelving unit otherwise known as…
Okay, not really. The old Culture Club was enough to tide us over for a few more decades at least. Admittedly, I did just scour Culture Club lyrics for something witty. There may be a Culture Club mentor text coming soon. For today, I want to thank one of my amazing siblings for this mentor…
Last week I visit our newly-built San Diego Public Library. I had been once before, but hadn’t gotten to wander around. My favorite places are the main elevator, the blue chairs in the reading room, and the 9th floor views: The elevator–because it is a visual shindig: The blue furniture because it looks like a…
When I’m looking for mentor texts, I often forget to consider photos. “Reading” a photo uses some of the same skills as reading a text with words. One of my favorite sources for online photography is http://www.wprasek.com. There are a variety of categories and the photos are vibrant and rich. When I look for photos…
Thanks to a friend and colleague Amy, I’ve renewed my intention to post mentor text ideas each Monday. Since Amy is going to post as well, and since she is a powerhouse who does what she says she does, I’m thinking this will be a good thing! For today’s Mentor Text Monday post I want…
I was tickled to learn the work “abecedary” recently. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abecedary Even more ticklish is the pronunciation. I was trying to make it fancy–/ab-ced-ar-ee/–but no. If you look in the definition page there, and even click the video it is /ay-bee-see-duh-ree/. It truly is a word made from the first three letters of the alphabet. A-B-C-dary.…
Wear the Cape proudly welcomes our first guest blogger! Jeni Cass is caped teacher from a charter school in San Diego. Jeni truly does wear her cape each day in her kinder classroom. Enjoy this amazing mentor text form Jeni! This Plus That by Amy Krause Rosenthal As a kinder teacher the thought of doing a…
Last week I talked about using UPPERCASE Magazine and their focus on “sticky things” as mentor texts. I also alluded to the fact that I would use more from this magazine. While the theme of this issue is collage, there is a “Creative Challenge” on page 75 that suggests collecting artifacts. There is a great…
UPPERCASE Magazine, Issue No. 18, “Cut it Out” is all about collage. Yup. you read that correctly, collage. It’s a beautful magazine printed on amazing paper. The tagline is “a magazine for the creative and curious.” Well that’s us in a nutshell is it not? Keeping “creative and curious” in mind, I thought I’d share…
For my first #113texts Mentor Text Challenge post, I am going out on a limb, out of the box, out of… something. This isn’t a typical mentor text for me, nor is this a typical mentor text post. But then again, the #113texts Mentor Text Challenge isn’t typical either, now is it? Caveat: I am…
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