Freebie Start of the Year Reading Notes Home

Each school year, I buy my new students a book to start the year off with. You can find the cheapo Scholastic books and order a class set. Look for the $1 books and try to grab them for free with Scholastic Points.

Next, I send them home with each new friend at Meet the Teacher, the day before school starts. Their homework is to read the book with their parents.
I am glad to share my ideas with you do get literature into the hands and homes of our students. (Grab more meet the teacher tips here.)

Someone asked me for the start of the year notes home… but I didn’t have it made. So I got busy.
You can grab all the Freebie notes by click here.

It includes notes for the books:

The Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wing 
Kindergarten ABC by Jacqueline Rogers
The Night Before First Grade by Natasha Wing
The Night Before Preschool by Natasha Wing
First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg
David Goes to School by David Shannon
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
The Kissing Hand By Audrey Penn
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom By Bill Martin Jr.

Amazon.com Widgets

This way, I hopefully have your book covered. It also allows you to use books from your library, school library, or elsewhere since you can mix and match. I also added the Amazon links in case you need to grab them from there. Try to get them through Scholastic for cheaper though!

I went through the list you guys gave me before on books you use at the start of the year…. did I miss any I should add to the pack?

Here is the set up for each new student when they enter my classroom at Meet the Teacher.