Bag Them

Strengthen the home-school connection and help students meet national language arts standards with these fun, family-oriented alternatives to traditional homework. It's in the Bag! includes 29 thematic units that help promote literacy at home. The activities are practical and easy to do, so even the busiest parents can get involved with their child's learning. We've also included suggestions for starting and maintaining the program, plus a parent checklist that not only lets parents know what activities are in each bag but also helps them keep track of materials that need to be returned. With a variety of reproducible activities, games, and recipes, you'll find plenty of ways to rev up students' interest with this book. Themes in this book include: apples, bears, birthdays, bugs, circus, colors, families, flowers, friends, holidays, homes, mice, oceans, one hundred, peanuts, pets, pigs, pizza, pumpkins, rainbows, snow, space, spiders, teeth, transportation, turkeys, vegetables, weather, and zoo.