New "Magical Bag of Reading"

Hey Parents!

Can you believe it is already October? During the first full month of school I have learned about as much as your student has. I feel the need to make a few changes to our “Magical Bag of Reading” (aka book-in-a-bag).
Starting today your student will be bringing home a new bag. In this bag you will find 1 or 2 books. The books are small and a little longer than the others that they were bringing home. Students will have to opportunity to switch these books out every day when they arrive at school. They know that they can only switch out a book they have finished reading and have written down in their log. Please make sure that your student is recording everything he/she reads on the log. This bag will have a new log in it that needs to stay in place. I will check the log periodically to record their books on a big chart.
The old “Magical Bag of Reading” will stay in the classroom for our Reading Workshop time. Your student will switch those books once a week according to a schedule we follow in class. This will help me make sure every student has a book at his/her desk throughout the day.
If you feel that your student does not need the take home bag please feel free to jot me a note and that bag can stay at school also. The important part is that your student reads every night for at least 15 minutes from books that are on his/her comprehension level.
Please do not hesitate to email or call with any concerns this new procedure may create.