Back to School BASH with The Primary Pack!

Our hop is a 3…2…1… BACK TO SCHOOL BASH because each member of The Primary Pack will be giving you 3 teacher tips, 2 giveaways (one on each of our blogs and one BIG one on the Primary Pack), and 1 freebie!

To enter our BIG giveaway, you need to head over to THE PRIMARY PACK first! As you “hop” through each of our blogs, you will collect a letter from each of us… 28 total. Those letters spell out a secret code that you need to enter our BIG giveaway! You will use the secret code to enter the rafflecoptor on The Primary Pack at the end of the hop.

You need to collect the letters from us IN ORDER, so please make sure that you start from the beginning of our hop. Click on the button below to head over to THE PRIMARY PACK and start our BACK TO SCHOOL BASH!!

For the first tip, I suggest getting your home life ready for school. Especially if you have kids of your own! There are tons of great tips all over the internet & of course on Pinterest. I love this article, click on the photo below to check it out!

The second tip I have is to join Planbook! You can get a yearly subscription for $12! You can also purchase a 5 month or 10 month account. There are a ton of features you can use to customize your plans to fit your schedule. Any way you go they always offer additional months for FREE! Even better, you can have a FREE 1 month trial! Click on the photo below or HERE to check it out!

My third tip I have is stay healthy when at work! Lot’s of water & pack healthy food. If you feel better inside you’ll have energy to keep up with the hustle & bustle of the work place. My new favorite thing is “Adult Lunchables”! There are so many great ideas but this is my favorite! Click HERE or on the photo below to check them out!

Pack a healthy, lunch! DIY Lunchables for #ProjectLunchBox on FamilyFreshCooking.com © MarlaMeridith.com

Enter the first giveaway at the end of this hop by collecting all the secret letters. Luckily for you, I’m last! Once you’ve collected all of the letters, you will hop back to the Primary Pack to enter to win a cameo! If you haven’t collected all of the letters, click HERE to start at the beginning of the hop.

Enter the second giveaway right here! Win my Close Reading Bundle January – May!!! 5 months worth of informational close reading passages, 4 passages & activities in each month!!! Enter below to win!

Entry -Form

This is a FREE sample made with the K-3 Reader in mind.

This is a CLOZE, with a Z, reads product sample, Not close… Do you know the difference?

Cloze Reading is reading closure practice required when readers fill in the blanks left in text. Readers use their knowledge and prior experiences they have. Cloze Reading helps to model problem solving reading strategies. When text is omitted, readers need to use reading strategies and cues in the text to complete sentences. When using this as an instructional strategy, teachers help students focus on: phonics, visual cues, sight words, vocabulary, predicting and cross checks. This type of activity help student’s use of language structure cues, meaning cues, and background knowledge to predict unknown words.

This sample includes:
– Polar Bear Cloze Read [Lexile: 620]
1) Comprehension Questions
2) Vocabulary Questions
– Penguin Cloze Read [Lexile: 460]
1) Comprehension Questions
2) Vocabulary Questions
– 1 Think Like the Author… Written Response

Everything is in black and white for easy printing and prepping.

Click any of the photos below to grab this FREE sample or HERE.

You have arrived at the last letter! I hope you have collected them all! If you have not collected all of the letters, click HERE to start over. Click on the letter below to go back to the Primary Pack to enter in the grand prize giveaway!!! Hope you win the cameo!