Parent Communication

An education blog for K-1 teachers.

Hello Everyone! I have had many second grade teachers contact me about our home reading log and parent/child questions to accompany reading. Reading at home is a huge component in reading success. I have shared our first grade log before, but I went ahead and added a second grade component to this little packet. We require our first graders to read at least ten minutes every evening. I included a note to parents about second graders reading twenty minutes. Take a peek! If you would like your…

For the final installment in my parent handout series, I tackle Building Writing Skills at Home. Included are two handouts - one maps out an overview of writing development in grades K-2, while the other lists ways parents can building writing skills at home. As always, these are perfect to attach to a weekly newsletter or pass out at parent conferences! You can get this handout and more in my TpT store. Finally, if you happened to miss any of my previous handouts, I've compiled them all in…

For the final installment in my parent handout series, I tackle Building Writing Skills at Home. Included are two handouts - one maps out an overview of writing development in grades K-2, while the other lists ways parents can building writing skills at home. As always, these are perfect to attach to a weekly newsletter or pass out at parent conferences! You can get this handout and more in my TpT store. Finally, if you happened to miss any of my previous handouts, I've compiled them all in…

Provide your parents ways to easily support their readers at home!

Are you going to teach your students about a growth mindset this year? If so, your parents will want to know what it's all about! Here's a little handout you can give out to parents on Back to School Night or copy onto the back of your classroom newsletter.Looking for more parent letters? Click HERE...

Do you have an Open House or Back to School Night? Well last week, we had ours! Here are a few highlights from our Open House Night with tons of freebies mixed in! I'll be

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Save time and paper by using Kaymbu to create School Newsletters for communication. With our Customizable Templates, you can focus on providing rich classroom updates through photos, videos and text. Kaymbu is the easiest, fastest and most powerful app to create beautiful documentation for your classroom in minutes.

When students turn in work that is sub-par, what do you do? Use my FREEBIE quality work alert! Not only does it explain exactly what the student needs to do, it is a visual for parents to see!