Suzanne Colbert

This report is sent home once a week for parents. It allows teachers to be specific about what type of behavior infraction occurred. Parents can easily see when the behavior issues happened and whether it was behavioral or academic. It can also be edited to meet your specific rules in your classroom.

I normally send home student work once a week. In that folder I post this form, and keep it there for the grading period. Students set goals in AR and AM for each grading period. This sheet always me to keep documentation that parents have seen their student's work, as well as documents their child's progress with AR and AM. Student's color their own dashboards weekly.

This is a template for a monthly reading log. It allows students to keep track of their reading level, the goal for the grading period, what books they've read, etc. I attach this to the inside of a file folder and they go home every night. When they students take AR tests they can document how they did. When the folder goes back home, the parents are able to see that as well.

Every year I add this document to my Open House packet. It gives me all of the information I need about my students. It includes all the information about where they live, who they live with, and allows them to let you know who they would prefer you contact first. My favorite part of this document is that the parents rank how they would like to be contacted. I was surprised to see the different answers. Many parents preferred different things. I keep all of these sheets in one notebook to make