Video: Choosing a Great Mentor Text
Selecting a high quality, engaging, purposeful and meaningful text that aligns with your chosen learning outcomes can be challenging. Luckily, Louise Kelly and Michael Cannavan, two experienced primary classroom teachers based in Adelaide, South Australia, are here to provide some advice on selecting great mentor texts!
Key Messages
- Leverage credible networks, including your own tastes, your colleagues, associations, CBCA, for book recommendations
- Start with narratives: their purpose is to entertain, so you set yourself up for success
- Consider themes of what you're teaching and look for complementary texts
- Ensure you choose a text that is appropriate for your class' ability levels