Blue Bag Information
Starting today (Monday, Nov. 7th), your child will begin to bring home their Take-Home Bookbags in addition to math homework.
The Take-Home Bookbags will come home daily Monday - Thursday and will need to be returned to school each day.
The Take-Home book bag should contain the books listed below.
These books are an option for reading each night. Students should read 20 minutes each night.
Paper books will be sent home at the end of each unit to practice reading.
Children will get new choice books each week.
Decodable books: These are books we have read together and students should be able to read on their own. Some have a green box at the top and say Decodable Story at the top left. If we have not completed the activities in the yellow box at the bottom of the page, feel free to do them together! Others are white and reinforce the skills we have been working on in class.
Shared reading books: (Sent home in your child’s BEE BOOK on
Choice books: These are books the students can choose each week from my book bins and students may be able to read on their own, but they also may need support. These can be read to them. These will switch each week.
In class, we talk a lot about good reading habits. One good habit your child has learned is to reread so that you can see more and more each time. New details pop out in the story that helps him/her understand books in even bigger ways! So please encourage your child to read the same book to you more than once over the week and point out how much smoother their voice sounds or ask them to tell you what they learned or notice about their book.
The most important thing about reading at home is that it becomes an enjoyable habit. Take turns, talk about books, listen to a book on tape in the car, whatever it takes to make your child see reading as a fun part of everyday life!
Joyfully,
Hilary Jackson
