Starting in late September, your child will be bringing home a zippered bag each week. We call these "Smartie Bags". Smartie Bags will go home each Friday and should be returned by Thursday the following week. Please keep the following items inside the Smartie Bag:
The Shared Reading Folder This includes the shared reading poem or an excerpt from a Big Book we have studied all week. Please have your child read the poem or excerpt to you.
Snuggle Up Book This is a classroom book which will be at your child's reading level. Please read the book many times together. (If your child chooses a chapter book or an anthology-type book, with many stories inside, use your best judgement as to how much you expect them to read).
Reading Response Journal Inside this journal is a spot for your child's weekly homework. After reading the Snuggle Up book, please have your child complete one of the reading response activities. These activities are listed in the front cover of the reading response journal. Feel free to have your child complete homework based on another book from the library or their home collection, should they desire.
** Very rarely will other homework be sent home. The most important piece of homework in grades one and two is to read daily.**