Helping Families Support Their Children’s Academic Growth Digital Sampler
AGES 5–6 YEARS
School Success Starts at Home Families are eager to help their children succeed in school. But many of them don’t have access to the resources and information they need to support their academic and social development .
That’s where the School Success Kit comes in. Created in partnership with Valley of the Sun United Way and the Yale Child Study Center–Scholastic Collaborative for Child & Family Resilience, these send-home kits provide families with the books, activities, and strategies they need to help their children in kindergarten and first grade. Plus, School Success Kits are completely bilingual in English and Spanish . Use this Digital Sampler to explore and review the many materials included within the School Success Kit. Every resource easily
fits into families’ busy schedules and prepares young learners for future success .
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How Do School Success Kits Work? Every kit is prepacked and ready for distribution— no need to assemble. Just hand them out and let the learning begin! School Success Kits are designed to:
• Encourage at-home reading with three bilingual picture books for each child along with a wealth of activities that build social and academic skills. • Strengthen family-school partnerships with a bilingual family guide featuring tips for maintaining good attendance and targeted questions for parent- teacher conferences. • Prompt young learners with a journal full of drawing and writing activities.
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Give the Gift of Literacy School Success Kits are a great way to give back to your community. When a large company or charitable organization donates kits, they give busy families the tools they need to support their children’s education each and every day. School success is a yearlong effort and families will benefit whenever they receive the kits.
Before Summer
Storytime
Food Drives
Community Centers
Partner with your public library and welcome families to storytime with a School Success Kit.
Partner with WIC or a local farmers market to distribute kits along with nutritious food.
Partner with the local school to give kits away at kindergarten graduation.
Hold a kit giveaway event at the community or rec center.
If you’d like to distribute School Success Kits in your community, connect with our partnership team now at (800) 387-1437 x6333 or lpspecialist@scholastic.com to get started.
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What’s Inside a School Success Kit? Watch the unboxing video below to see what each family receives with their School Success Kit.
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Kit Components Each prepacked School Success Kit contains carefully selected materials that families can use to prepare their children for kindergarten and first grade.
Bilingual Family Guide with research-based milestones and activities to strengthen literacy skills and help students shine in their first years of school Journal that encourages self-expression through drawing and writing 3 Bilingual Picture Books for building home libraries* My Journal 1 5 6 2
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To see samples of writing stages, visit scholastic.com/schoolreadiness. 1 Scribbling: Children may make a random assortment
5 Consonants Represent Words: Children begin to leave spaces between their words and may often mix upper- and lowercase letters in writing. Usually, they write sentences that express ideas. 6 Initial, Middle, and Final Sounds: Writing is readable. Children may spell some sight words, family names, and environmental print correctly, but other words are spelled the way they sound. 7 Transitional Phases: Writing is readable and approaches conventional spelling as it is interspersed with words that are in standard form and letter patterns. 8 Standard Spelling: Children can spell most words correctly and are developing an understanding of root words, compound words, and contractions. This understanding helps them spell similar words.
of marks on paper. Sometimes marks are large and circular. Although marks do not resemble print, they are significant as young writers show their ideas. 2 Letter-like Symbols: Sometimes these symbols
Digital Songs with lyrics in both Spanish and English, as well as bilingual ebooks that foster well-being Tote Bag to store the books, writing journal, Family Guide, and other materials are interspersed with numbers. The children can tell about their own drawings or writing. In this stage, spacing is rarely present. between a letter and a word, but children may not use spacing between words in this stage. Messages make sense and match pictures. SchoolSuccess_Journal_Cvr.indd 1 3 Strings of Letters: Children write some legible letters that tell us they know more about writing in this phase. There is more awareness of a sound- to-symbol relationship. Children mostly write in capital letters and have not yet begun spacing. 4 Beginning Sounds Emerge: There will be differences
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*Included titles are subject to change.
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Sample the Program
Family Guide to School Success
Grades K to 1 School Readiness
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Illustrated by Carolina Farías
by Anna W. Bardaus
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One of the three books included in the School Success Kit, this delightful title is all about a community coming together to make a meal. It’s perfect for families to read aloud and retell while enjoying their favorite foods or cooking together! Little Nita’s Big Idea by Anna W. Bardaus and illustrated by Carolina Farías
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To see samples of writing stages, visit scholastic.com/schoolreadiness. 1 Scribbling: Children may make a random assortment
5 Consonants Represent Words: Children begin to leave spaces between their words and may often mix upper- and lowercase letters in writing. Usually, they write sentences that express ideas. 6 Initial, Middle, and Final Sounds: Writing is readable. Children may spell some sight words, family names, and environmental print correctly, but other words are spelled the way they sound. 7 Transitional Phases: Writing is readable and approaches conventional spelling as it is interspersed with words that are in standard form and letter patterns. 8 Standard Spelling: Children can spell most words correctly and are developing an understanding of root words, compound words, and contractions. This understanding helps them spell similar words.
of marks on paper. Sometimes marks are large and circular. Although marks do not resemble print, they are significant as young writers show their ideas. 2 Letter-like Symbols: Sometimes these symbols
are interspersed with numbers. The children can tell about their own drawings or writing. In this stage, spacing is rarely present.
3 Strings of Letters: Children write some legible letters that tell us they know more about writing in this phase. There is more awareness of a sound- to-symbol relationship. Children mostly write in capital letters and have not yet begun spacing. 4 Beginning Sounds Emerge: There will be differences
between a letter and a word, but children may not use spacing between words in this stage. Messages make sense and match pictures.
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Partner with Us! Call us at (800) 387-1437 x6333 or visit scholastic.com/schoolsuccesskit
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