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1.29.08
Great News!!!!!
The Teacher's
Bookbag has reopened!!!! Because the format of the site is
changing to download only, it will take me a while to have all the
materials available again. So at this time, only the ones
listed below are available. I'm adding the materials back as
quickly as possible though, and I've added a new Yahoo group below
for those who'd like to be notified when new materials are added.
Even materials
that are not yet available are still shown online so that you can
see what will be available and make requests if needed. If you
see something you need and it's not yet available, email and I'll
see what I can do about getting it online.
With the new
download only format, one of the new features I'll be able to offer
are materials that are in color. This will not simply be
colored graphics, as they are actually painted illustrations done by
my sister, Carol. They are awesome timesavers when you're
trying to put things together in a snap!
It's great to
have The Teacher's Bookbag up and running again! :)
Welcome to The Teacher's Bookbag!
This website was
created in order to share my printable teacher resources with you.
Here you'll find affordable, blackline masters to use in creating
books for your emerging readers, as well as other printable
activities. The resources here were designed to be used in my
classroom, so take a look at what we've been doing. The books
are designed with ample room for binding or stapling, and most text
is in an expanded format for easier reading. Just purchase, copy,
and assemble, and you and your students are ready to begin!
Most of the books
have full size 8.5 x 11 pages. A couple have half pages, but none are smaller. The smaller sized pages
are the ones with only 2 - 3 words per page. Each book description
tells you what size pages it has.
I've created the books this size so that the text is enlarged. Years
ago I was using a book with my class that I'd created for Hey Diddle
Diddle. That was before I'd learned about the enlarged text.
One of my students (1st grade) told me that I'd written the words
too small. :) Unfortunately I'd used a regular size font and none of
the exaggerated spacing. He was use to seeing the enlarged
print in our emergent readers because we'd used several of my books
that I sell here already. My student's comment about this
shows me that the enlarged print does matter to the students.
So although many teachers like to use the mini books (4 book pages
per sheet) because they save on space, paper, and copies, I find the
larger books are more kid friendly. And that's what these
materials are all about ... creating things to use to make my
students successful in learning while having FUN in the
process! :)
In an effort to
speed up the loading process of this page, I've created individual pages
for each theme. So please click on the links below for the items
that you're interested in and the loading process should be faster.
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