Third Grade: Narrative Writing
Mentor Texts
Personal Narrative/Small Moments
In Our Backyard by Eileen Spinelli
In My Momma’s Kitchen by Jerdine Nolen
All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan
My Map Book by Sara Fanelli
Rim Shots: Basketballs, pix by Charles Smith
Wilford Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Family Pictures by Sandra Cisneros
Shortcut by Donald Crews
One Lucky Girl by George Ella Lyon
When I was Five by Arthur Howard
I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor
Dad and Me by Peter Catalonotto
Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Dad & Me by Peter Catalanotto
I Remember Papa by Helen Ketterman
The Memory String by Eve Bunting
Crab Moon by Ruth Horowitz
Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
Whistling by Elizabeth Partridge
Fireflies! by Julie Brinckloe
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Cocoa Ice by Diana Applebaum
Fireflies! by Julie Brickloe
Thunder Cake by Patricial Polacco
Big Mama’s by Donald Crews
Salt Hands by Chelsea Aragon What is a ______? Books by Brian P. Cleary
Commas Really Do Matter Eats, Shoots & Leaves Why, Commas Really DO Make a Difference!
By
Lynne Truss
The Sign of the Seahorse by Graeme Base
Hoops by Robert Burleigh
The Ghost Dance by Alice McLerran
Hey, Little Any by Hoose
Fireflies! by Julie Brinkloe
David Goes to School by David Shannon
Peter’s Chair by Jack Ezra Keats
Frog and Toad books
Ruth Heller books
August 12, 2012