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Parent Communication

Back-to-School 2024-2025

ParentCommunicationBack-to-School 2024-2025
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Clear Communication Builds Trust

Did you know...


The more teachers communicate home about school...

The more parents trust their child's teacher...

The better parents are able to support their child's learning...


It's a win-win! πŸ†


This 2-part template offers guidance on best practices:

  1. Part 1: tips and guidance for communicating with parents effectively
  2. Part 2: a sample template for teachers to send home weekly.

Part 1: Strategies for Effective Parent Communication

Tips for communicating with a challenging parent
This is a great article on managing difficult parents because it offers simple and clear scripts to use with the most common challenges difficult parents present. Hang in there and keep it positive!
Communicating with Multilingual Families
A newsletter devoted to all things working with ML/EL families.

πŸ‘‡πŸ½ A quick hack to prevent agonizing over communications

Part 2: A Sample Template for Weekly Parent Update

Mrs. Rivera's 2nd Grade News of the Week

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READ THIS UPDATE TO LEARN:

πŸ“† Our schedule for the week

πŸ“ Assignments that are due

🎺 Important announcements
🎀 How to reach me (at the bottom of the newsletter)

What's Happening in our Classroom

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Center Students

By including photos of students at work and play.
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Center Learning

By including images related to your unit of study.
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Center School

By including images of your classroom & school building.

Schedule for Monday - Friday

Homework and Assignments

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State homework policy: ex. Students will have homework in ELA and math each night, for 20 minutes each.


List assignments and due dates:

  • ELA: Read BOOK TITLE for 20 minutes each night and complete book log (link to the book log)
  • MATH: state page numbers for each day or link to assignments or otherwise explain where parents can find the assignment

Ask Your Child About...

❓Use this space to write 3 or 4 interesting questions to help parents talk to their child about what they're learning at school.

Parent Resource of the Week

Resource of the Week
Having trouble getting your child to read? This blog post offers helpful, easy suggestions. Remember, literacy is important in ANY language. Read to your child in whatever language is most comfortable for you.
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Ms. Rivera's Class

Share the school or class mission statement here!

Email: msrivera@yourschool.com
Website: www.yourschool.com
Location: School Address
Phone: (206) 555-1212
Facebook: facebook.com/yourschool
Twitter: @yourschool

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