Make Your Own

Here you will find all of the necessary materials, documents and information for creating a class set of 26 Take-Home Book BAGS. The following steps are a quick guide to help you:

1. Print and distribute Permission Slip and Info Letter.
2. Purchase books, materials, journals, canvas bags and iron-on transfers.
3. Print iron-on transfers and follow directions included in the package to iron onto canvas bags.
4. Print Reading Guides for each bag. These reading guides outline comprehension and decoding strategies. Click the picture below for a set of decoding strategy posters to use in your classroom.

Posters Courtesy of The First Grade Parade

                       
5. Print Ooops, I Forgot Slips to send reminders when bags and materials are not returned on time.
6. Assemble each bag and begin distributing them out to students. Each bag should contain the books, a journal, a reading guide and the activity. Below you will find the materials for each bag. Click on the pictures for links to purchase or download materials.

   

Comprehension Strategy: Evaluate

Decoding Strategy: Stretchy Snake

Game: Catch that Bug!

                                        

Comprehension Strategy: Monitor/Clarify

Decoding Strategy: Eagle Eye

Game:

Weather Bingo

                     

Comprehension Strategy: Inferencing

Decoding Strategy: Stretchy Snake

Games:

Card Game

Life Cycle Board Game

                        

   

Comprehension Strategy: Evaluate

Decoding Strategy: Stretchy Snake

Game: Reading Comprehension (click picture for download)

Game Courtesy of First Grade a la carte

   

Activities:

        

                        

Comprehension Strategy: Make Predictions

Decoding Strategy: Elephant Ears

Game:

Make a Word Card Game

   

Comprehension Strategy: Functional Reading (Read and Follow Directions)

Decoding Strategy: Lips the Fish

Activity: My Teacher's Monster

  

Comprehension Strategy: Fantasy and Realism

Decoding Strategy: Chunky Monkey

Activity: Birthday Cake Craft; Birthday Coloring Sheet

                     

Comprehension Strategy: Make Predictions

Decoding Strategy: Magic Reading

Activity: Make a Card for the Tooth Fairy (include construction paper and crayons for craft)

  

Comprehension Strategy: Functional Reading (Reading and Following Directions for a Recipe)

Decoding Strategy: Flip Flop Froggy

Activity: Choose a recipe from Cooking with Pooh and make it!

  

Comprehension Strategy: Summarizing

Decoding Strategy: Lips the Fish

Activity: Bear Puppet

  

Comprehension Strategy: Questioning

Decoding Strategy: Chunky Monkey

Game: Addition and Subtraction Games (games courtesy of Lori's Page)

  

Comprehension Strategy: Make Connections

Decoding Strategy: Flip Flop Froggy

Activity: Nice Words Word Search

  

Comprehension Strategy: Questioning

Decoding Strategy: Skippy Scott

Activties: Jump Rope; Create a Nutrition Poster

Electronic Jump Rope

Nutrition Posters

 

 

Comprehension Strategy: Story Structure

Decoding Strategy: Eagle Eye

Activities: Coloring Sheet; Story Map

 

Comprehension Strategy: Making Inferences

Decoding Strategy: Eagle Eye

Games: Pirate Inferencing; Pirate Math Mystery Pictures

 

Comprehension Strategy: Sequence Events

Decoding Strategy: Lips the Fish

Game and Activity: Sequencing Organizer; Sight Words Game

Nuts for Sight Words Game

 

Comprehension Strategy: Compare and Contrast

Decoding Strategy: Magic Reading

Game: Money Game

Rolling in the Money Game

 

Comprehension Strategy: Monitor/Clarify

Decoding Strategy: Elephant Ears

Activity: Puzzle

Giant Solar System Floor Puzzle

 

Comprehension Strategy: Summarizing (Download Retelling Rope to assist with summarizing)

Decoding Strategy: Lips the Fish

Activity: Pig Puppet

Comprehension Strategy; Fantasy/Realism

Decoding Strategy: Chunky Monkey

Activity: Duck Puppet

 

Comprehension Strategy: Questioning

Decoding Strategy: Skippy Scott

Activity: Cow Puppet

 

Comprehension Strategy: Make Predictions

Decoding Strategy: Elephant Ears

Activity: Dog Puppet

 

Comprehension Strategy: Making Connections

Decoding Strategy: Flip Flop Froggy

Activity: Frog Puppet

 

Comprehension Strategy: Cause and Effect

Decoding Strategy: Skippy Scott

Game: Cause and Effect (Click picture for download)

Game Courtesy of First Grade a la carte

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Comprehension Strategy: Evaluate

Decoding Strategy: Stretchy Snake

Activity: Design Your Own Superhero Mask

 

Comprehension Strategy: Compare and Contrast

Decoding Strategy: Magic Reading

Activity: Learn to Play a Mexican Guiro 

Learn How to Play the Mexican Guiro