Meet Your Teacher Night - New Signs, New Activity
Students and parents had to make their own back to school letter in the form of a flip book! Since I moved up a grade level I have many kids return to me and they knew to get right to work...the new families had to adjust to my style :)
The room was all set with signs to give directions for flip book pages.
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Another year is beginning and Meet Your Teacher Night was a success!!
The kids were very excited coming in and I had a great time meeting them tonight. My new parents signed up to help and took helping hands home with them. With any luck this could be a really easy year with all of their support!!
So early to be thinking back to school! The to-do list is never ending: name tags, hall passes, hanitizer (aka hand-sanitizer), wipes, floor and dusting swiffers, craft supplies, classroom designing, and best of all the SALES!!
I'll start with what I did last year as I again find my way to a fresh new year :)
Meet your Teacher Night - Stations
So many great ideas found online were compiled for my welcoming and informational evening. *7 stations for my 7 year olds* to complete with their parents each one with directions on a giant paperclip stand from the DollarTree. This is all very easy and keeps parents moving so you can talk to them all.
Station 1: Welcome Sign and Folder including my Emergency Contact Postcard, back to school letters, and a photo release form. Everything is completed and signed before they leave!
Station 2: How do we get home? I had 2 paper, one for the first day/week of school and one for the rest of the year. I have found that the first day/week parents do the pick up and after that the carpools and bus riding kicks in.
Station 3: The ever important School Supply List with Modals. I like to have all the same items for my students so my display helps them see some of the special items like the Primary Ruled Notebook with the drawing and writing space with the helpful lines (BEST notebooks for CCSS word problems).
Station 4: Good ol' parent contact information! I asked them to sign up for my emails and text message system (Remind101) but with where I teach I wasn't so successful this time...I'll try again this year! There are also a set of planners on this group, and every group, so the parents know they will be used in my classroom.
Station 5: The fun or prize station for my new students! If they can read (which most couldn't) they were to follow the poem and add the ingredients from the desks. I borrow the poem and added in numbers for items so I had enough just in case all of my families showed up. THIS made me a "cool teacher" to the big brothers and sisters :)
Station 6: A gift for parents and hope that they will join our parent room! I copied this cute picture and made postcards on VistaPrint so they are sturdy and I have some for future years and parent visits.
Station 7: I gave prizes and gifts now you can return the favor to help your kids! Helping Hands to request different school supplies and gift cards to store I buy all of the fancy learning tools (office stores, Target, Walmart, etc.)
