Mentor Texts
September: Responsibility
Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse
The Triumphant Story of an Underdog: Olympig!
Oliver Button is a Sissy
Strega Nona
The Lorax
Why Do I Have to Make My Bed
Arthur’s Pet Business
Apples to Oregon
Brave Irene
The Carrot Seed
The Little Engine that Could
Unstoppable Me: Ten Ways to Soar Through Life
The Paperboy
The Way I Act
October: Friendliness
What to do with a Box
Amazing Grace
The Crayon Box That Talked
The Day the Crayons Quit
Thank You, Mr. Falker
Mean Jean the Recess Queen
Hooway for Wodney Rat
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon
The Cow that went Oink
The Ugly Duckling
Woolbur
Chrysanthemum
Don’t Sit on my Lunch (Ready Freddy)
November: Thoughtfulness
Corduroy
Fireflies
Have You Filled A Bucket Today?
Miss Rumphius
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
Pink and Say
The Wednesday Surprise
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
The Giving Tree
Cranberry Thanksgiving
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
Julius, The Baby of the World
The Lorax
A Tree Named Steve
December: Kindness
Kindness is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler
The Kindness Quilt
All About Kindness - Song about doing good deeds
What Does It Mean To Be Kind
The Lion and the Mouse - Aesop’s Fables
Pinduli
Little Bird (Germano Zullo)
The Invisible Boy
Kindness is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler
Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed
Because Amelia Smiled
Hey, Little Ant
Somebody Love You, Mr. Hatch
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
The Kindness Quilt
Each Kindness
The Grinch
The Lorax
January: Fairness
Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick
Tolerance (Jordon Postlewait)
The Only Boy in Ballet Class
The Colors of Us
Whoever You Are
Same, Same But Different
It’s Okay to be Different
All the Colors of the Earth
Duck! Rabbit!
The Blind Men and the Elephant
Teammates
A Bargain for Frances
One Grain of Rice
Stone Soup
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
My Brother Martin
Yertle the Turtle
Ferdinand
The Name Jar
February: Caring
Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse
A Chair For My Mother
Chicken Sunday
Knots on a Counting Rope
Miss Rumphius
Those Shoes
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
Under The Lemon Moon
Three Questions
Tough Boris
The Farmer
Dotty
Stellaluna
The Lady in the Box
Great Joy
How to Heal a Broken Wing
Angelo
March: Trustworthiness
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Edward Fudwupper Fibbed Big
Ruthie and the Not So Teeny Tiny Lie
The Berenstain Bears and the Truth
My Big Fat Enormous Lie
My Big Lie
I’m Telling the Truth
The Boy Who Cried Wolf April: Honesty
Edward Fudwupper Fibbed Big
The Berenstain Bears and the Truth
Ruthie and the Not So Teeny Tiny Lie
Pinkie Promise
Don’t Tell a Whopper on Fridays
I’m Telling the Truth
A Big Fat Enormous Lie
My Big Lie
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Sam Tells Stories
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
May: Loyalty
Bastet
Frog and Toad are Friends
The Giving Tree
Chicken Sunday
Hachiko
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
The Lion and the Bird
We the People
The Scrambled States of America
Betsy Ross
The 4th of July Story
Fireboat
Growing Patriots
June: Helpfulness
Pooh Helps Out
Being Helpful
Mr. Blewitt’s Nose
Katie in the Kitchen
The Berenstain Bears: Hurry to Help
Being Lazy
Pip and Squeak
Sneetches
Knuffle Bunny
The Enormous Potato (Turnip)
Pumpkin Soup
Hugo the Happy Starfish
Zinnia and Dot