Whether you call it school-to-home communication or parent communication, it can make or break your year. Parent communication is more than just keeping parents in the loop - it's about building relationships with them. When they aren't on the same page as you, it can be very frustrating. Parent … [Read more...]
How to Plan Your Meet the Teacher Open House Night
Whether it was my first year or my fourth year teaching, Meet the Teacher Open House night was always such a big source of stress. Sure, I'm excited to meet my new students, but making a good impression for parents always made me a bit nervous. However, over the years, I developed so many great … [Read more...]
Tips for Efficient Reporting- Standards Based Grading
Please know that I have an entire series of blog posts devoted to standards based grading. The post below reflects my opinions and knowledge at the time this post was written. Scroll to the bottom of the post to get updated information in my blog series on standards based grading. Last week was … [Read more...]
Open House and Meet the Teacher Night Freebies
We had our open house/meet the teacher night. I had such an awesome turnout! I am SO excited because I have a super sweet group of students this year! I absolutely love meeting my kids on open house night, and I always think it is so sweet how shy they all are. I know each one of their personalities … [Read more...]