Literacy and Math Bags {Pack Two} & SALE

   After a crazy week with professional development, visiting family, and prepping for summer school, it was time to take the afternoon and relax in front of my computer today. Yes, working on finishing my second pack of Literacy & Math bags was very therapeutic. Now that I have 24 of these little jewels completed (well I still need to add pencils and crayons to each) I cannot wait for my new kiddos to take them home and build their background knowledge with their families. You can learn more about my Literacy and Math bags here. Here are my 12 new Literacy & Math Bags...

 Fairy Tales

 Pirates

 Learning with Food

 Dr. Seuss

 Nocturnal Animals

 Our Earth

 Butterflies

 The Ocean

 Spiders

Plants

 The Arctic

Magnets

   You can get these themed bags that accommodate ANY fiction and non-fiction books by clicking on the picture below. Both my Literacy & Math Packs are on sale until Wednesday in my store. Please leave me feedback of what you think as I would love to hear from you.

 Now its off to relax and make some math centers for Daily 5 Math!

 



Literacy & Math Bags: Pack One

   After spending the last two days at the water parks with my two boys it is time to recoup my poor burnt knees indoors. I spent the evening putting all of my materials and activities for my Literacy & Math bags together. I am so excited about how they turned out. My bags, from Oriental Trading Company, are the perfect size to hold everything. And I found these cute vinyl polka-dot reusable sandwich bags that are perfect to hold a pencil, crayons, scissors, and glue and then Velcro close at the $1 spot at Target last week. The best part is that you get 3/pack!!!

   I have completed 12 out of my planned 24 bags. Each one of my bags has a parent/supply letter, activity directions, 3 or more fiction and non-fiction books, literacy and math games, writing journal prompt, and additional manipulative and goodies! Here are my first 12 bags...

 Money

 Space

 Weather

 Numbers

 Shapes

 Rainforest

 Farm

 Frogs

 Insects

 The Zoo

 Dinosaurs

Time

 

   You can get my Literacy & Math bags in my TPT store by clicking on the picture below. Now its off to work on the second half of these little treasures!

 



Take Home Literacy & Math Bags

   I have been wanting to create take home literacy and math bags for two years and decided this past weekend that I would start to create this massive project. I have so many multiple copies of books in my classroom that I want to put to use. I began by creating 25 themes that any fiction and non-fiction book could fit into. My plan is to have 25 themed canvas bags that will hold at least three fiction and/or non-fiction books, a writing journal, and various themed literacy, math, and science activities that my kiddos can take home. They will each also have a parent letter, list of materials, and directions for all activities. I will make labels for each bag and have a check-in and check-out system for the bags too. I am not going to expect this as homework, but more of an extended way for my kiddos to build their background knowledge and practice literacy and math skills with loved ones! I am planning on sending home a parent letter and permission slip at the beginning of the school year and then begin sending home the packs at the beginning of September. Because each bag will have various activities I want my kiddos to have plenty of time to explore each pack so they will go home on Thursday's and come back on Tuesdays. My plan is to finish all 25 take home packs this week so I can begin printing and laminating all of them next week after my summer school session. It will take a little bit of work to put all of the bags together, but I truly feel that it will make such a HUGE difference for my kiddos in and outside of the classroom! Here is a little sneak peak at two of my bags...

I will post pictures of the actual bags when I begin putting them altogether.