Do you have a Meet the Teacher Night at your school? We do, but we call it Orientation Night. It is a fun night with lots of freshly scrubbed, slightly nervous children wandering the halls with their parents looking to see which teacher they got this year.
I love this night of meeting the students and getting to chat with the parents in a more casual atmosphere than on parent/teacher conferences. I guess it is the air of anticipation and excitement by everyone to get the year off to a great start!
There are so many great ideas out there by some wonderful teachers. This is a collection of some of those ideas. Click the pictures to be taken to the original source of the ideas.
I am a visual person so I really appreciate Mrs. T’s S is for Second Grade post about how she organizes her parent communication binder. She has several pictures outlining how she sets it up so that she has documentation for all of the communication she makes with parents. Click her picture to see what it is all about!
Speaking of parent communication, do you send home weekly progress reports? Amber from Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher has a super cute weekly progress report form that you can grab for FREE by clicking on the picture above.
Susanna Westby says
Great collection of resources, Lori! Thank you! I might just try the smart cookie idea – so cute. 🙂
Susanna
Whimsy Workshop
Tammy says
You've collected some great ideas. I like to give my kids some Smarties, because they're experts in smartness. I'm considering doing balloons this year too, from one of your recent posts. Thanks!
❀ Tammy
Forever in First
Amanda Zanchelli says
I love that you put all of these ideas in one spot-this is a fabulous resource! Thanks so much for sharing! I like the idea of the cookie too-nothing too complicated but definitely a delicious treat for the kids!
Amanda
Learning to the Core
Julie Stowe says
Thanks Lori. It was great to read all this in one place. I love the idea of a meet the teacher board.
Julie 🙂
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Room129 says
I love the idea about the cookies for students!
lorivines4 says
Thanks Susanna! I am glad you liked the ideas!
lorivines4 says
Tammy, I like your idea of the Smarties! Thank you for sharing it. 🙂
lorivines4 says
Thank you Amanda! I like that the cookie idea is simple but cute too. 🙂
lorivines4 says
Thank you Julie! I love that Meet the Teacher board too.
lorivines4 says
Thank you Room 129! I am glad you came by!