Bilingual Kinder Alphabet

Parent Communication

What are some things that you can do to have effective communication with parents?

1. Provide them with clear student expectations. This will include learning goals and your classroom rules and procedures.

2. Always keep a student's current phone number for emergencies. Also, call parents to provide positive comments or words of encouragement when needed.

3. Give parents a classroom schedule. Parents want to know the daily routines of their child. Include teacher conference time and lunch time hours.

4. Parent-Conference Days are very valuable. This may be the only time you ever see some of these hard working parents. Sometimes it's hard for them to take a day off to attend the conference. For this reason, you must provide relevant information, academic accomplishments, concerns, goals, etc.

5. Send out a weekly newsletter. This helps parents stay up to date with the many things that students are learning. It's also helpful to provide information about upcoming school events.

6. Use a daily or a weekly folder. It may include student work, classroom notes, behavior notes, school

notes and district notes.

I hope that these tips help you communicate with your student's parents.

Accountable Talk

I love to use accountable talk in my classroom. This is a teaching technique in which students are responsible for their learning. Don't you just love to hear learning going on in your classroom? These prompts allow students to participate in discussions with the teacher and their classmates. It's also a wonderful tool to assess student comprehension. If you would like a free download of popular prompts, just click here. Or head on to my teacher store to buy the Accountable Talk posters with visuals.

Simple Bulletin Board

This is a cute idea for a bulletin board. Just change the wording. It could say, "Miiiira Quién Está en Kinder."

The owl cut-outs are from the dollar store. It was a poster, but I cut the owls out. Just add more owls and the name of your students on each owl.

Self-Portrait

Self-portraits are a great assessment tool on the first week of school. I love to read Leo, el retoño tardío before the students create their self-portraits.

Face Portrait

If students are having a little difficulty, you might want to give them a face template. This will help them feel a little successful in their drawing attempts.