I am a BIG fan of making sure that I, as a teacher, do everything possible during the first few days and weeks of school to reach out to my new students and their families. Research proves that establishing those positive connections with students and parents early on will help give the teacher a positive communication platform to build off of throughout the rest of the school year. But honestly, let's forget about "research" for a moment. I can tell you from personal experience that going that extra mile to create positive relationships with your students' parents is worth every.single.second. And, you can't start that process until you establish a great relationship with your students first. Over the last few years in the classroom, I have realized that getting to know your students and building relationships with them is one of the most important things that you can doing the first few weeks of school. In order to help me begin to establish that ...
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End of the Year Postcards
Did you know that Teachers Pay Teachers is throwing a HUGE sale?!? In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, thousands of teachers are putting their stores on sale just for you. And, I have a new end of the year goodie in my store just in time! I love making that first connection with my new students before the school year starts by sending them postcards in the mail letting them know how excited I am about meeting them. This year, one of my fellas actually brought his postcard with him to registration day and read it to me in my doorway. It melted my heart and showed me just how precious moments like that can be. I wanted to end my school year in the same fashion. So, I have created these end of the school year postcards to send out to my kiddos. There is no way that I am ready to fill these babies out yet, though. We have 13 days left. Oh my. Click the picture to take you to the postcards. You can also visit my store and check out all of the other great ...
