ALove4LearningReading

Mystery readers build community and make reading fun! Once a week invite parents, community members, and other teachers to read to your class. Print this sign up sheet and place out for back to school night for easy sign ups! Parents love this for their child's birthday :)

Create a love of reading in your classroom, support social emotional learning, have fun, and welcome parents back to school with the invitation to be a mystery reader! Mystery readers visit once a week on dates pre-determined by the teacher. (See sign up sheet!) Parents, guardians, school staff, & community members are invited to pick dates as a way to celebrate a birthday, a soldier coming home, a special visit from a grandparent or relative or even their favorite holiday! After picking a date

Two power points that can be merged and edited to introduce yourself and all subjects to families for back to school night. All parts of balanced literacy are explained in depth with accompanying visuals. This is completely editable so you can tweak it to match your own needs!

Welcome students back to school with a star of the week to support SEL, classroom community, and fun! There are 5 activites that spotlight children in a special way. Ideal for Pre-School, Kindergarten, First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth grade. This includes an about me page, a letter to parents that includes instructions for one activity a day to make students feel special and build classroom community!

Balanced literacy can be tricky to explain to parents. This resource explains each component of balanced literacy and can be edited with pre-populated headings, clipart, and pictures to tweak and fit your needs. Add this to your own back to school night presentation, use as a guide to send to parents and answer parent questions, or use for a parent presentation.