Mentor Texts That Multitask [Grades K-8] - A Less-Is-More Approach to Integrated Literacy Instruction

Streamline literacy learning with power-packed children's books
Pam Koutrakos shows how to streamline and integrate literacy instruction using a single children's text for a variety of purposes, weaving together different aspects of literacy from reading and writing to spelling and grammar. This user-friendly resource is packed with ready-to-go lessons and tools to create and teach using multitasking texts. Resources include

• Full lessons centered on high-quality, inclusive children's literature
• A DIY section to help teachers plan and teach lessons
• Dozens of student and classroom examples

Printables available online to help with immediate implementation

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: The Essentials of Multitasking Mentor
Chapter 1: What is a Multitasking Mentor Text?
Chapter 2: Instructional Practices that Support Mentor Text Multitasking
Part 2: Teaching with Multitasking Mentor Texts
Chapter 3: Wordless Texts and Images
Chapter 4: Graphic Texts
Chapter 5: Realistic Fiction
Chapter 6: Creative Nonfiction: Biographies, Autobiographies, and Memoir
Chapter 7: Informational Texts
Chapter 8: Poetry
Part 3: Yoüve Got This!
Chapter 9: DIY Processes for Creating Multitasking Lesson Sets
Chapter 10: Stepping Aside: Student-Initiated Learning with Multitasking Mentor Texts
Epilogue
References

About the author

Pam Koutrakos is an experienced and enthusiastic educator who currently works as a middle school instructional coach. She also writes, presents, and works directly with PreK-12 teachers, coaches, and administrators as a consultant. Pam is the author of Word Study That Sticks: Best Practices K-6 (Corwin, 2018) and The Word Study That Sticks Companion: Classroom-Ready Tools for teachers and Students, K-6 (Corwin, 2019) and Mentor Texts That Multitask: A Less-Is-More Approach to Integrated Literacy Instruction, K-8 (Corwin, 2022). Connect with Pam on Twitter (@PamKou), Instagram (@Pam.Kou), and LinkedIn. 

Product details

• Authors: Pamela A. Koutrakos, Pamela A. A. Koutrakos
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781071836132
• ISBN: 978-1-0-7183613-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Corwin Literacy
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reading Skills, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Reading skills, Language learning: reading skills, Educational strategies & policy, Language learning: writing skills, Writing skills, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, Educational strategies and policy