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!

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.