Students had this opportunity approximately 12 times each month. Research shows that it takes only 21 days to create a lifelong habitso here are 21 simple activities you can do with your child at home to promote school success. The take home literacy bags consisted of a book, a materials list card, an instructor card informing families of what they can do with the literacy bag, a question card with three to five questions pertaining to the book, and at least one other activity that coincides with the book. Tomorrow the kids are also getting a letter that explains book bags in greater detail as well as the accountability piece aka, what i could share with administrators if they are wondering why i am not doing homework the traditional way. Each clear plastic bag comes with a sturdy handle, a cute design on the front, and a place to write a. Back to school parent communication a to z teacher stuff. February 26th, 20 dear parents, your children treasure the time they get to spend with you. Its a way for you and them to connect, while you help them foster a lifelong love of reading. Tips and ideas for implementing a take home bag program in your preschool, pre k.
This will allow for 2 days to replace any missing pieces from the math bags. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Each bag comes with a sturdy handle, a fourcolor design on the front, and a place to write a students name or to label the bag of contents. Included in the bag is a reflection book, which will travel with the activity when other students in our class take it to their homes. This is an experience that you can really get into. Make learning a habit in just 21 days 1 have gather your family in a cozy room. Fill the bags with 2 or 3 connected books, add a craft or activity and a letter to parents and send it home for a few days. In a book bag, parents and children will find an informational letter with clear. Reading adventure packs contain a paired set of themebased fiction and nonfiction books with related interactive activities that kids can bring home from school to share with their family.
This take home book bag is a wonderful way to build bridges between. I always put some kind of book in each bag for them to read. Sample letter to introduce the takehome math program to parents. After 21 days, you will have created a learning habit that will last a lifetime. Its really just a journal that kids and parents take home and write down what they did together during a day.
One way is through the use of our reading adventure packs a themebased collection of. Takehome math bags playing to learn mathematics in fdk. In the plastic bag is the above letter, a kleenex, a cotton ball, and a tea bag. The purpose of these bags is to encourage a love for reading. This letter is a microsoft word file and can be edited to suit your needs. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
Includes free printable sheets to create home reading folders. Families will read the book s, participate in the activities, and write in the journal. August 25, 2008 dear parents, first let me welcome you and your child to valley west elementary school. A simple way to create take home book bags for your students. Students keep it in their envelopes all year long for parents to refer to throughout the year as their readers grow and evolve. A sign for the classroom wall, to remind everyone where the bear has gone. This letter is for parents explaining the bookinabag nightly reading activity. Kids take home a teddy bear or any stuffed animal and parents and kids work together to write about what they. Feb 14, 2012 this is the students favorite takehome bag by far. When setting up the home visit with the parents, i ask the parent to do a simple activity with their child.
One buddy bag is sent home with the leader each day. Making take home activity bags for your preschool class. Using take home bags in the classroom improves childrens desire to. Using family literacy bags to enhance family involvement. This take home book bag is perfect for providing students and parents with plenty of quality reading activities that wont take a lot of extra time. Jan 09, 2015 this is explained in the parent letter that i put in each of the baggy book bags see next question. Finally they reinforce the lessons being taught in the classroom. These waterrepellent, vinyl bags come in a variety of brightlycolored patterns and are terrific for sending books home. Use book buddy bags to keep your books and other classroom materials protected and well organized, whether theyre safely stored in your classroom or en route to or from students homes. Takehome bags package 6pack by irene fountas, gay su. Our take home math bags in preschool teach preschool. It is taught in over 5000 schools in the united kingdom, making it the countrys most popular way for children to learn to read using phonics.
Read the tips for setting up a reading program for children using daily 5, using leveled readers and book baskets. Guidance for parents when sending home a class teddy and diary for children to record in. Take home book bags are a helpful parent resource for reading. The detailed directions included will help you setup and maintain your take home book program and the contract introduces and explains the system to parents. Sep 22, 2011 monday through thursday, each student selects a book and brings the book home in a take home reading envelope. This is explained in the parent letter that i put in each of the baggy book bags see next question. How can i help parents understand what to do with the baggy book. First they provide a way for parents to become more involved in their childs education. Roar like a lion, squeak like a mouse, and read your stories with great. Also, i include supplies needed and my classroom rules and policiesprocedures. How can teachers encourage reading at home and support the role of parents as educators. My only requirements are that students have a backpack large enough to carry the books to and from school, and that they demonstrate responsibility in the classroom and at home when handling take home reading materials.
Large book buddy bags protect and organize classroom material students will love using these colorful storage bags to tote books and assignments to and from school. This letter is for parents explaining the book ina bag nightly reading activity. Read full description below isbn 9780325021119 0325021112 sku e02111. This letter supports parents in reading at home with their children.
My students take a new book bag home on monday to read throughout. Every day i work hard to ensure my students are receiving the best education through best practices. Reading at home can improve a childs learning experience tremendously especially at young ages. Preschool literacy bags to promote family involvement. Inside each bag i put a book picked carefully from the classroom library and a tip sheet for parents. He or she will put the book in a resealable plastic bag to take home.
The bags are distributed on a rotating basis so each child will have a turn numerous times throughout the school year. Support your guided reading with baggy books by brian smith. The children take home their bags each thursday and bring them back by the following thursday instructions were sent home to the parents as well. Each bag comes with a sturdy handle, a fourcolor design on the front, and a. I checked in with the student the next day for fluency. When the book has had a visit in every home it is left in the reading area for the remainder of the year. In an effort to encourage parents to spend time with their children in literacy pursuits, another k teacher and i implemented the use of home literacy kits. The detailed directions included will help you setup and maintain your takehome book program and the contract introduces and explains the system to parents.
My only requirements are that students have a backpack large enough to carry the books to and from school, and that they demonstrate responsibility in the classroom and at home when handling takehome reading materials. Most of the activities were printed from,, or the mailbox. Parents who read to their children everyday and talk about whey they are reading together, promote a joy of. I wrote out some reading tips for parents and laminated it. This helps the parents to know which book in their book bag i really want them to practice. Kindergarten book bags for small group with a free download. Phonics is a literacy programme developed by ruth miskin and published by oxford university press. In the programme children learn sounds and the letters that represent them, and how to. I make a copy of the letter for each child to take home and have the parent sign and return. Dear parents, its time to introduce the take home literacy bags i have to share with your child. Prevent summer learning loss, prepare students for the coming school year, and strengthen schoolhome connections.
Prevent summer learning loss, prepare students for the coming school year, and strengthen school home connections. A takehome teddy bear is an activity that connects what kids are learning at school and extending that to their home. The students will take home the math bag on the friday and return the bag by the following wednesday. With a class set of these book bags, my students will all have the opportunity to read at home, and. Price and availability subject to change without notice. As you chat about the pictures, you prepare your children to enjoy the book, and you can explain some words or names they will hear when you begin reading. Take home book bag for preschool no time for flash cards. Volume 1 of the takehome book program includes parent instruction sheets for the following 8 books. Kindergarten traveling classroom book bag letter for parents by.
Parents who read to their children everyday and talk about whey they are reading together, promote a joy of reading and increase literacy and academic achievement. This is letter to explain to parents the process of just right baggie books. I am starting out the year by writing a letter to the parentstudent giving background information on me and my expectations for the year. The home is the childs first classroom and parents are the first teachers. Letter to inform parents about takehome math bags takehomemathparentletter. A baggy book is simply a book in a bag that the student takes home and reads to his or her parents. A step by step guide for starting a take home book bag program in your. Bookinabag parent letter by karen young teachers pay teachers. Take home bag resources book buddies letter to parents and. Nov 12, 2011 guidance for parents when sending home a class teddy and diary for children to record in. The book bag homework provides parent reading strategies. Once a week, your child will choose a book to read from our classroom library, the school library, or your local library. As students see that parents and teachers are working together for the good of their education, they become more motivated.
Parents who read to their children everyday and talk about what they are reading together promote a joy of reading and literacy achievement. Keep students reading over the summer while providing parents with tools to support their childs learning at home. You may do the recording or your child may want to do it. A book buddy is a stuffed animal or character that goes home in a special backpack with one student along with books and activities. The reading rockets reading adventure packs contain the instructions, activities, and bookmarks for you to download and print, for free. Support your guided reading with baggy books scholastic. Volume 1 of the take home book program includes parent instruction sheets for the following 8 books. My goal is for all students to advance at least one grade level in reading and math, meet state. Schools that stress the importance of parents as educators. After you and your child have completed an activity, please take a few minutes to record your discoveries in the reflection book. Take home bag resources book buddies letter to parents and other. Bookinabag parent letter by karen young teachers pay. Copy this helpful list of hints and put one copy in each bag for the parents to reference. A slip for parents saying when the bear needs to be returned.
One way is through the use of our reading adventure packs a themebased. Jan 21, 2014 take home bag resources book buddies letter to parents and other printables. Taking the class teddy bear home teaching resources. Book bags are containers that children take home from school that hold a book. I print it out and send it home in my first graders, read at home poly envelopes. The student picks one experiment to do for the class during the week. Sep 08, 20 inside each bag i put a book picked carefully from the classroom library and a tip sheet for parents. Promote family involvement in the education of young students by using preschool literacy bags. Jan 14, 2011 4 documents to use adapt when sending home a class teddy bear 1. Preschool take home activity bags can provide three of the most important aspects of teaching. Parents, schools, and literacy organizations supply the books, which are widely available though school and public libraries. Today we are beginning a daily home reading program in your. Monday through thursday, each student selects a book and brings the book home in a takehome reading envelope. Letter to inform parents about take home math bags take home mathparent letter.
I, lisa carns, laminate the letter and keep it inside each one of our bags so. With that thought in mind i put together this book in a bag. I then rotate the book home over night with each child. Takehome bags package 6pack by irene fountas, gay su pinnell. Sample succeed in school send a letter to parents s. See more ideas about activities, activity bags and preschool activities. Brightly colored bags for students to carry their takehome books and fold sheets. The student of the week bag contains most of the items needed to complete each activity. This letter is sent home inside each one my classs traveling takehome book bags. For the last few years, i had used a book bag card that i would clip to my students guided reading books. This is the easy part because its all about communication. Today we are beginning a daily home reading program in. Take home book baggies will ensure home reading every night. Reading adventure packs for families reading rockets.
The effect of take home literacy bags on parents feelings. Beginning in september, students chose one literacy kit to take home for the duration of one week mondayfriday. Tips and ideas for implementing a take home bag program in your preschool, prek. Next they build intrigue and excitement about the subject being taught. Note to parents from the bear saying what they can do with him. A post about setting up a classroom and home reading program in the primary classroom. Your child will then choose a new book to take home for the following night. Take home backpack ideasfrom chatboard and mailring. The book bag has a carrying handle, a velcro closure, and a clear plastic pocket for a label with the students name and my phone number in case the bag is lost.
Each bag has a velcro closure and a plastic name holder. Preschool and kindergarten take home bags prek pages. Sample letter to introduce the takehome math program to. Here are pictures of the contents of some of my take home book bags. A list of things the bear comes with we dont want to lose anything. Class teddy bear diary instructions teaching resources. Each school morning, send the book bag, with the book inside of it, back to school with your child. If your child takes a book from school, your child will sign a book checkout card and put it in our class book links checkout chart. Even though his friends in the neighborhood had climbed this same beanstalk almost every day last year, this was jacks. Find out how to encourage handson, fun learning at home with reading rockets family literacy bags.