Recently, in my Prosocial Behaviour class, we were asked to designed a newsletter. We could either make the newsletter for our practicum class for this April, or we could make a mock-newsletter for the beginning of the year. I chose to make mine for the beginning of the year for a Grade 1 class. This picture doesn't do it justice (another iphone pic), but the colours are really spectacular. Obviously, I know I couldn't send home a coloured newsletter (too much money and a teacher's salary), but I thought it'd be cool to hand in my assignment this way. I had fun playing around with newsletter templates in the mac program Pages. It's really easy and straightforward, but everything looks really professional. Things I included for a beginning of the year newsletter are:
- a brief (parent-friendly language) teaching philosophy
- contact information
- important reminders for return-dates and upcoming events
- a few classroom rules and logical consequences
- the subjects/themes we would be covering in the first month
- my at-home reading program and procedure
- a volunteer form for parents to fill out
I think it's a really great idea to build a positive relationship with the parents and families of the child(ren) in your classroom. I also want parents to know my expectations and what is happening in the classroom. When I have my own classroom I would like to have a class website or send home newsletters every month to keep parents informed.
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