Welcome to Literacy Adventure

A literacy home pack series created

for the enjoyment of you and your child

Ms. Bethann Fischer

The Importance of Reading at Home

• The most important benefit of reading at home is the time you get to spend one on one with your child.

• Language is a form of communication

• Reading is one way children learn language

The more you read, the more you know; and the more you know, the smarter you

grow

From Jim Trelease’s The Read-Aloud Handbook

Why a Literacy Home Pack

• Creates a partnership between classroom instruction and the home environment.

• Fosters reading as a shared family activity

• Provides families with a thematic, content related, collection of fiction and non-fiction books, with accompanying activities. 

The Home Pack• This is meant to be fun and engaging

time between you and your child.• Read the stories at your own pace• Engage in the theme related provided

activities.

The Home Pack• Home packs will be sent home with your

child on Thursdays, and should be returned the following Tuesday

• Your child will be allowed to bring home a literacy pack about twice a month

• Read as many books, and complete as many activities as you care to

• Completing one book and activity will take approximately 20 minutes

What’s Inside The Bag

Non Fiction and Fiction books about colors

Individually packaged activities

Directions for the activities

Materials checklist

Parent Letter

Dear Parents,It is my pleasure to extend to you a literacy program that allows your child to bring home and share with you what they are learning in school.

Each bag has a specific theme. It is my hope that your child will bring home a different theme bag every other week. Each theme bag includes everything you need to engage in reading and related activates with your child. Inside each bag is a folder. In this folder you will find an instruction sheet for each activity along with a materials check sheet, and evaluation.

Bags will travel home with your child on Thursday, and are to be returned the following Tuesday. When you receive a bag I encourage you and your child to read as many books as you can, and to complete as many activities as you can.

Before you return the bag to school, please go through the materials check off list, and include your child’s completed activity sheets to share with me. In addition please complete the evaluation sheet. I appreciate your feedback and input into this program.

Most of all………ENJOY this time with your child.

TIPS TO GET YOU ON YOUR WAY

• Read as often, and as much, as you and your child have time for

• When you find the time, then find a comfortable place to read

• Introduce the book to your child by looking and discussing the cover

• Allow your child to help by

turning the pages

Guidelines and Sample Questions

• Begin by discussing the cover of the book. What might the book be about?

• Read at a slow enough pace so your child has time to look at the pictures and ask questions.

• When you are done reading, talk with your child about what was their favorite part of the story.

Colors

Wouldn't it be terrible? Wouldn't it be sad?

If just one single color was the color that we had?

If everything was purple? Or red? Or blue? Or green?

If yellow, pink, or orange was all that could be seen?

Can you just imagine how dull the world would be

If just one single color was all we got to see?

Books IncludedBooks Included

If crayons could talk, If crayons could talk, whatwhat

would they say? would they say?

This delightful book, inThis delightful book, in

rhyming fashion lets yourhyming fashion lets you

know.know.

This book is sure to tickleThis book is sure to tickle

your funny boneyour funny bone

Books IncludedBooks Included

PourPour outout thethe candies.candies.

Get ready. Get ready.

Get Set. Get Set.

This yummy little This yummy little countingcounting

book teaches the book teaches the numbersnumbers

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Books IncludedBooks Included

Three mice Three mice mixmix primaryprimary colorscolors to to createcreate secondarysecondary colors.colors.

Books IncludedBooks Included

This is a story about a This is a story about a kitten in search of its kitten in search of its

favorite favorite ccoolloorr. The . The kitten looks at nine kitten looks at nine

different colors different colors before it chooses its before it chooses its favorite, and when it favorite, and when it does I do not think does I do not think

you will be surprised you will be surprised as to why the kitten as to why the kitten

picked that color.picked that color.

Books IncludedBooks Included

A littleA little white white rabbit rabbit learns the learns the meaning of meaning of mixmixing coing colorslors

Activities • Finger Painting• The Color Songs audio CD• Mixing primary colors of food

coloring to create secondary colors• Journal writing and drawing• M & M graphing

Activity #1: Finger PaintingActivity #1: Finger Painting

Objective: Fine motor skillsObjective: Fine motor skills

Manipulate paint with your fingers Manipulate paint with your fingers all over the paper. Can you make all over the paper. Can you make straight lines? Swirls? Write your straight lines? Swirls? Write your name? name?

What happens when you mix colors?What happens when you mix colors?

Activity #2 Audio CD Activity #2 Audio CD The Colors Song The Colors Song

Objective: Language through Objective: Language through music, and physical movement to music, and physical movement to musicmusic

Going somewhere? Grab the CD Going somewhere? Grab the CD to play in your car.to play in your car.

Bored and need something to do, Bored and need something to do, pop in this CD and enjoy moving pop in this CD and enjoy moving to the beat.to the beat.

Activity #3 Mixing Food Activity #3 Mixing Food ColorsColors

Objective: Mix primary colors, to Objective: Mix primary colors, to create secondary colorscreate secondary colors

What color can you create by What color can you create by mixing red and blue?mixing red and blue?

What color can you create on What color can you create on your own?your own?

Activity #4 M&M GraphingActivity #4 M&M Graphing

Objective: Sort M&M’s by color, Objective: Sort M&M’s by color, count the different color groups, count the different color groups, graph each color.graph each color.

Sort M&M’s by colorSort M&M’s by color

Count each pile of M&M’s and Count each pile of M&M’s and chart that amount on the graph.chart that amount on the graph.

Activity #5 Journal Activity #5 Journal Writing Writing and and DrawingDrawing Objective: Identify your favorite Objective: Identify your favorite

color and describe through drawing color and describe through drawing why it is your favorite color.why it is your favorite color.

What is your favorite color?What is your favorite color?

Draw your favorite color to share Draw your favorite color to share with me.with me.

MathGraphing M&M’s

ArtDrawing

Finger Painting

LiteracyJournal Writing

Reading

SCIENCEMixing colors

MUSIC CDMovement

Singing

THEMECOLORS

Related Books

Resources Used

Resources:• Baker, A., White Rabbit’s Color Book, Kingfisher, Boston (1995)• Cabrera, J., Cat’s Colors, Scholastic Inc. New York, (1997)• Hubbard, P., My Crayons Talk, Henry Holt and Company, New York

(1996)• McGrath, B.B., The M&M’s Counting Book, Charlesbridge, Mass (1994)• Trelease,J., The Read-Aloud Handbook, Penguin Books (1982)• Walsh, E. S., Mouse Paint, Harcourt, Inc. (1989)

Web sites:• http://www.mrsdryzal.com/literacybags.html• http://www.kinderkorner.com/colors.html• http://www.amazon.com• http://www.googleimages.com

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING

• I hope you found this evening enjoyable

• I look forward to hearing your comments after completing a thematic unit with your child.

• Join us for refreshments• Please drive home safely