Communication

Communication At the beginning of the year you want to create a safe and comfortable environment for your class, and this is one way to start that. This also give the students who are scared to talk a chance to tell the teacher what is on their mind. In my placement now the teacher uses this when she knows something is bothering a student, she will ask them to get their reflection journals and write to her. She also writes back to them, and having these journals is great documentation if you ever needed it.
 * Student Teacher Communication



Student's agenda is a good way for parents to communicate with the teacher and vice verse.
 * Agenda

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 * Certificate for students you catch doing the right thing or something they should be proud of. Positive notes to send home to the parents.



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 * Newsletter template to send home with the students for parents monthly, or even weekly with important information or just to keep them informed on whats going on in the classroom.

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 * Field trip permission for to send home to parents or guardians.

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 * This a form for parents to help guide them through a conference with their child's teacher.

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 * Weekly progress template to send home each week or could easily change to monthly.

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 * In this article Scholastic gives five keys to successful parent teacher communication and on this website there are also links to more helpful article over productive conferencing.

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 * Parent teacher communication log for teacher records.

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 * Questionnaire to have parents fill out about how to communicate with them through out the school year. It also lets them know how important communication is to the teacher with a short little paragraph.