Free Scholastic Book Order Graphics for Parent Communication

My classroom parents always want advice on where they can buy SUPER easy-to-read books for their kindergarten students. They try to shop at their local book store, but you know how hard it can be to find Level A, B or C books at the store. That's why I always encourage classroom parents to purchase books from Scholastic. Over 90% of my own classroom library has been stocked with books from the Book Order. It's a great bargain and the best source of texts for emergent readers.

The problem is, not every book in the Kindergarten flyer is intended for children to read independently. Many of the titles are picture books that are of interest to kindergarten students, but are intended for parents and teachers to read aloud to young children.

Scholastic posts book level information in many of their book descriptions, but the print is tiny and easy for parents to overlook. I find that parents need a little guidance to help them purchase the most effective books for their children's reading level so I created some simple graphics for communicating with parents about the book order.

You can share the image above with parents, or hop over to the Kinder Craze blog and grab two separate images for catalog and online ordering information.

Just save the graphics to your computer and upload them to your class webpage or add them to your printed classroom newsletter. It will make your parents happy (and hopefully bring in a few extra Scholastic bonus points for YOU!)

Write the Room Literacy Center

Are you looking for a fun and easy-to-set-up Literacy Center?

Have you tried Write the Room?

Your students search for hidden themed-words around your classroom and record them on a worksheet.

It's sooooo much fun and really easy to keep going for a couple of weeks before switching out to a new theme.

Want to try it out for FREE?

Come visit my blog to download your free Write the Room Literacy Center and try it in your class.

I think your students will be begging for more!

Let me know if you do try it out!



Back to School Book Freebie

One of my favorite things to do at Meet the Teacher is to send home a book about Kindergarten for each of my students to read with their parents the night before school starts.

Here are some of my favorite books to select and send home...

 

In case you do the same thing, here are some FUN and FREE notes home you can use.

click on the picture or here to grab this freebie

Mary Amoson, Sharing Kindergarten http://sharingkindergarten.com/ http://www.facebook.com/SharingKindergarten

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Reader's Theater

I love Reader's Theater, but it's hard to find one that can be used in the primary classroom.  So I wrote my own.  :)

I have written ten plays that are designed for the beginning reader and each play only has two characters so that kids can partner up!

Come on over to my blog to download your free copy of The Birthday Party, and see how I use and organize Reader's Theater in my classroom.