Learning Place for Families Literacy Skill-Building Backpacks
Grades K-2

Promote Family Involvement throughout the Year with a Literacy Collection that Builds Essential Skills!

Targeting the essential areas of literacy recommended by the National Reading Panel, these standards-based backpacks ensure that children are having meaningful literacy experiences at home with their families. Each literacy backpack includes:

• Family Guide for Literacy to help family members become confident in literacy learning with their children
• Engaging books to share and practice reading together
• Hands-On resources for targeted skills-based literacy activities that accelerate learning

Set A Target Grade: K

Learning Place for Families Skill-Building Backpack Literacy Collection—Set A Includes all 5 Set A Backpacks below.

Spaces and Places for Reading & Writing Topic: Print awareness & beginning writing

Let’s Talk! Topic: Oral language and vocabulary development

Rhyme Time Topic: Phonological awareness

Let’s Learn About Letters! Topic: Beginning sounds and alphabet knowledge

Let’s Make Meaning! Topic: Comprehension

Set B Target Grade: 1

Learning Place for Families Skill-Building Backpack Literacy Collection—Set B Includes all 5 Set A Backpacks below.

Making Places for Reading and Writing Topic: Print awareness and writing

Talk Together! Topic: Oral language and vocabulary development

Fun with Rhymes and Sounds Topic: Phonological and phonemic awareness

Keys to Letters and Sounds Topic: Phonics

Reading for Understanding Topic: Comprehension

Set C Target Grade: 2

Learning Place for Families Skill-Building Backpack Literacy Collection—Set C Includes all 5 Set A Backpacks below.

Words! Words! Words! Topic: Oral language and vocabulary development

Fun with Phonics Topic: Phonics

Listen to Me Read! Topic: Fluency

Write About It! Topic: Writing

Keys to Comprehension Topic: Comprehension