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.

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MENTOR TEXTS THAT MULTITASK - FRONT COVER -- MENTOR TEXTS THAT MULTITASK -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- MATRIX OF FEATURED TEXT AND TEXT PAIRINGS -- MATRIX OF INSTRUCTIONAL CONCEPTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I - THE ESSENTIALS OF MULTITASKING MENTOR TEXTS -- CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS A MULTITASKING MENTOR TEXT? -- CHAPTER 2 - INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT MENTOR TEXT MULTITASKING -- PART II - 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 MEMOIRS -- CHAPTER 7 - INFORMATIONAL TEXTS -- CHAPTER 8 - POETRY -- PART III - YOU'VE GOT THIS! -- CHAPTER 9 - DIY PROCESSES FOR CREATING MULTITASKING LESSON SETS -- CHAPTER 10 - STEPPING ASIDE: STUDENT-INITIATED LEARNING WITH MULTITASKING MENTOR TEXTS -- EPILOGUE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.