Here is a must do idea for Meet the Teacher. Send home a $1 book from Scholastic and one of these simple notes with each new students. This is a fun activity for families to do together the night before school starts.
Scholastic Books for $1
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.
Send Home Books for Meet the Teacher
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.)
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.)
Start of the Year Note Home
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 here. I made download for everyone with MANY different start of school books.
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.
I printed many of the notes onto one page using my printer setting so I could make them smaller. Check out how the start of the year notes home look.
More Help for PrePlanning
You can also grab more Meet the Teacher inspiration on this post.
And discover the easiest way to collect parent information at
Meet the Teacher by using a Google Form!
Mary,
Thanks again for a great freebie! I am in the process of ordering books for my kiddos so this post is right on time!
Rochell
Mary,
Love your blog and this is the perfect post! Always great to collaborate with kindie teachers!
Thank you!
Steph
http://www.kindergartensparkle.blogspot.com
What a sweet idea! Thank you so much for the adorable notes to go along with a book. I guess I had better order one! Thank you!
This is awesome!! Thanks so much! I will have to keep a look out for books.
April
Wolfelicious
These notes are sooooo cute! Thanks!
Amy
The Kindergarten Center
This is such a wonderful idea!! I love it!! Definitely pinning this for my back to school board. Thanks for sharing another wonderful idea. I always look forward to your posts!
Lisa
Learning Is Something to Treasure
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Vanessa
Kindergarten Schmindergarten
Love the notes! I ordered right after the other post and have my books ready for welcome night, just need to add the note!
FYI…Scholastic still has their last flyer open for ordering…Night Before Kindergarten is 95 cents. Sale ends July 5 I think. This was in the Firefly (PreK-K) flyer.
I am so excited about this activity. I just ordered my books!!! Thank you, Shelley
I ordered my books! Such a great idea!
I think these are terrific!
Thank you for sharing this at TBA and linking up!
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Thanks so much for sharing the notes. I ordered my books and now these notes will help me to get these ready early! (I hope!) I love your blog!
Cathy
beagle2love@hotmail.com
These are so cute! I love the "Night Before…" series by Natasha Wing! But I didn't know if you knew, in the download the note for "The Night Before First Grade" says "The Night Before Kindergarten" down with the author's name. Sorry if you already knew this and had fixed it! Thank you again for a great freebie!! 🙂
Charlene
kachinan@hotmail.com
THANKS for letting me know. I have updated it and fixed it. You can download the corrected version using the same link!
These are adorable! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Wow!! This is my First Time on your Blog!! I love it!!! Thanks for sharing these reading ideas for the beginning of school!! Awesome!!!
Hello,
I love using these!! I just wanted to let you know that The Night Before Kindergarten says it's by Natalie Wing, but it should be Natasha. Someone one pointed it out to me today when I was prepping books for the new year. I just wanted to give you a heads up! Thank you for these!!
Danielle
dnll.brown@gmail.com