Communication




 * //Parent Communication packet Ms. Burroughs sent home with her students the first week of school. This packet helps the parents to better understand what will go on throughout the year in her classroom.//


 * // This is a classroom newsletter for the week of September 9th that Ms. Burroughs sent home with her students. On the last page is the homework schedule and a ////place for the parent's signature. This helps Ms. Burroughs keep up with which students parents are aware of their child's homework schedule and work done in the classroom.//


 * // This is the form that the 5th grade teachers at Enota send home to let parents know how much to pay and where their child will be going on a field trip to. This form is front and back in English and Spanish because of the high Hispanic population at Enota elementary. //


 * // Ms. Williams uses this conference form when she has meetings with her student's parents. After she has conferences with the parents she makes a copy of the conference notes on this form and sends it home with the student for their parents to have a copy as well.//


 * // This is Mrs. Williams personal Remind101 for her class. Whenever she has homework or field trip information for her class, she sends out a text to the parents' mobile phones. This is a fast and easy way for her to communicate information to her parents. Remind101 allows Mrs. Williams to send out text-based messages to the parents without the parents knowing her personal phone number. She still uses other paper forms to communicate with parents who do not have mobile phones.//

http://www.gcssk12.net/eesweb
 * //The school website is also a way for the school to communicate what they have going on. For example, they keep the website updated with fundraisers, special events, cafeteria menu for the particular month, holidays that the school is closed, etc. This is a link to my placement school: Enota Elementary school.//

Teacher Websites
 * //Teacher pages, if updated regularly, are fantastic ways to communicate with your students' parents. Teachers can let their students' parents know exactly what their students will be learning for a particular month, week, or even unit. Teachers can upload their lesson plans, email address, and even actual activities they are conducting with their students here. This is a great way to allow the parents to know what and how their child is being taught and assessed in this teacher's classroom.//

Student Agendas
 * //At Enota elementary, the student agendas are used everyday. In the first grade placement class I was in, Ms. Burroughs used the student agendas to let parents know about their child's behavior that day. She would put a red elephant stamp (they are the Enota Elephants) in the child's agenda for that day if the had a good day. If the child did not behave that day, Ms. Burroughs would write a note to the parents in the agenda. Ms. Burroughs had the parents sign the agendas everyday to show her that they saw the agenda and were aware of their child's behavior as well as spelling words for that week.//
 * //In Mrs. Williams's classroom, the students were in 5th grade, therefore they were responsible for keeping up with their own agendas and bringing them to and from school each day. Each day she would write the homework for them up on the board and the students were to write their homework into the agendas. Mrs. Williams, just like Ms. Burroughs would use the agendas as a means of communication with the child's parents if the child had behavioral problems that particular day.//

Progress Reports
 * // Progress reports are great forms of communicating with parents to let them know where their student stands academically. There is always a place for teacher and parent communication on progress reports to allow for conversation between the adults. //

Teacher Blog
 * // Some teachers use a blog to upload their classroom ideas and lessons instead of having a teacher page on their school website. Parents can follow the teacher's blog and receive updates when the teacher adds something new to the blog.//