Take-Home Backpacks contain fun, standards-based activities and immersive books to keep students engaged at home with grade-appropriate content during school breaks.
Student Materials
This at-home learning student and parent resource features standards-based activities in reading, writing, and mathematics that both reinforce learning from the recently completed school year and prepare students for the next grade level.
Grab students' attention with high-interest nonfiction and fiction books that will keep students engaged in reading grade-appropriate content and topics that include life cycles, health, community, and world culture.
Daily reinforcement to support mastery and application in cross-curricular connections.
Helps keep students on track and maintain momentum in their acquisition and application of concepts to bridge achievement gaps.
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Parent Support
This at-home learning student and parent resource features standards-based activities in reading, writing, and mathematics that both reinforce learning from the recently completed school year and prepare students for the next grade level.
Grab students' attention with high-interest nonfiction and fiction books that will keep students engaged in reading grade-appropriate content and topics that include life cycles, health, community, and world culture.
Daily reinforcement to support mastery and application in cross-curricular connections.
Helps keep students on track and maintain momentum in their acquisition and application of concepts to bridge achievement gaps.
Working with TCM was a great experience. Students in Merced City School District loved their TCM backpacks. Months later, I still see students using their backpacks and sharing the books. Such a positive experience for our district and students!
Teacher Librarian
Parents/guardians are essential in our educational partnership by providing a bridge from home to school. It was our privilege to provide our students with a TCM Take-Home filled with engaging fiction and nonfiction texts. In addition, there are great activities and suggestions offered and a QR code which when scanned provided access to 75 more great digital books for students to read and enjoy as they build background knowledge and vocabulary.
Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum
McAllen ISD students and families have greatly benefited from the summer distribution of TCM Backpacks. These backpacks are a valuable resource and have been used for the past two summers as a crucial element to support summer learning. TCM Backpacks were widely accepted at homes.
EL Teacher Coach
Take-Home Backpacks allowed me to meet the challenge of providing a curriculum to our students while in a virtual setting, with limited access to technology. This in itself allowed the students to have an ongoing source of study. After obtaining the curriculum, our educators were able to see the quality of the product; to their attestation, the quality of the product was amazing!! Since our teachers could only access most of our students by phone, the backpack curriculum had to be user friendly so that parents could use it as well. The curriculum was separated into weekly lessons and allowed for pacing of student lessons. This was great for the level of users. The wealth of information covering the core subjects was phenomenal. Our parents loved it and raved over the materials. It was everything we needed during a stressful time for all.
SPED Director
Guide Testimonial: We chose to purchase the Family Engagement Guides from TCM to help support our families with transition to the next grade level. These family friendly guides, paired with a transition night for families, helps students and families feel supported and excited about the next year in a new grade level. The guides provide practical ideas on how families can support their children in school and know what to expect in a new grade level.
Director of Federal Programs and Elementary Schools