Building Strong Relationships with Parents in Grades 3-5: First Days of School Guide
Welcome to a guide focusing on building positive relationships with parents during the first days of school for grades 3-5. Topics include establishing a classroom climate, advice for the important first days, reasons to contact parents, and effective communication strategies. Learn how to handle discipline, maintain professionalism, and encourage parental involvement for a successful academic year.
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Building Relationships with Parents/First Days of School Grades 3-5
Establish Classroom Climate Can you tolerate noise? Must the room always be quiet? Must your classroom be neat (orderly rows, clean boards, limited clutter) or can you stand it messy? How do you want student to turn in work?
Important First Days Advice Be Professional (dress, attitude, manner) Be Prepared Be Organized (whatever this means for you) Be Patient Be a Real Person, and Honor Each Student as a Real Person Be Sensible with Discipline Be Aware of Your Own Needs
Reasons to Contact Parents? Thoughts on this? Good reports? Bad days? Test days?
Biggest Reason for Most Parent Contact is Discipline! Be consistent! Rarely sit down! Quickly learn and use student names Find an effective means of quieting students, avoid SHHHHH Avoid using threats for control of the class but if you do, be prepared to carry it out Don t make promises you can t keep When possible discipline a child one-on-one instead of across the room
How will you contact parents? In my situation, it depends on the reason Agenda? Phone call? Notes? Request a conference?
My thoughts on parent contact Establish a positive rapport with parents and administration (you will have some meeting with both) Keep good, strong lines of communication open between you and parents Decide how you want to be contacted (email, school phone, personal phone, text messages, face-to-face) My advice is NOT to communicate through social medias (our district does not allow it) Don t be afraid to contact parents Contact parents about positive changes also Encourage parents to be proud of their children Provide opportunities to volunteer/participate in the classroom
Keep a Parent Contact Log Some school districts will require this Make it simple and keep it handy! I don t use a log to keep track of notes in agenda books, but for conferences and phone calls I try to make quick notes! Date Type of Contact Reason for Contact Outcome
Attention Grabbers Teacher: Ba da ba ba ba (McDonald s Theme) Students: I m Lovin It! Teacher: Na na na na, na na na na Students: Hey, hey, hey, goodbye Teacher: Hocus Pocus Students: Everybody focus! Teacher: Macaroni and Cheese Students: Everybody freeze! Teacher: Tootsie Roll, Lollipop Students: We ve been talking, now let s stop!
Dont Get Stuck ask for help!
Have Fun! In memory of some great role models!
Fun Sites to Check Outif we have time! www.teachertube.com Brainpop and Brainpop Jr Learn360 www.storylineonline.net/ Edhelper www.superteacherworksheets.com Education World
