Communicating with parents/guardians...
EXAMPLE #1
Meet The Teacher Letter
Having an open line of communication with parents/guardians is key to students' success. When teachers and families work together, it creates a powerful connection that strengthens the effectiveness of students' learning. I hope to show my students' families that I truly want them to be involved in my classroom and that their suggestions and insights are highly taken into consideration. Below are a few examples of how I would communicate with parents so that they will be aware and involved in their students' learning process.
example #2
Electronic Classroom Newsletter
example #3
Zip Kit / Take-Home Learning Kit
A Zip Kit is a home learning activity that involves the student and parent/guardian to participate in, in order to reinforce concepts being taught throughout the year. Zip kits can be taken home as a homework practice activity and can be differentiated depending on students' skills. Below is an example of a Zip Kit I created for first-grade students to enhance their sight word recognition.
Grade Level: 1st
Subject Area: English Language Arts
TEKS covered:
(2) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to:
(B) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
(vi) identifying and reading at least 100 high-frequency words from a research-based list;
