Family and Community Engagement is essential. It is important to involve the entire school in creating an environment that supports parents. We
This playground stencil helps kids work out their conflicts on the playground with Soul Shoppe’s Peace Path®!Soul Shoppe’s Peace Path® is being used on thousands of playgrounds across the United States, giving students a chance to resolve conflicts peacefully, literally “step by step.” It allows adults to lessen their involvement, or be involved in more meaningful ways while empowering students to settle their own disagreements fairly with both parties being heard. Enjoy a more peaceful and fun school where students learn to walk and talk out their issues respectfully. Be sure to check out Soul Shoppe's Peace Path® Guide to help your staff understand how to implement the Peace Path throughout your school community in an effort to resolve conflicts… amicably and peacefully. Size: Approximately 4 feet wide by 13 feet long.
⚠️ ~Please note that this listing is for a digital file only. No physical print will be shipped.⚠️ The PTO membership form is essential for any school looking to enhance family involvement through the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). You can quickly customize your PTA membership form with the instant download option. Our editable PTO bundle allows you to efficiently share the reasons why parents should join the PTA or PTO. Make a difference in your school community today by getting your PTO membership form! What's Inside: 1✅ Editable Template (6 design options ): Personalize each form to align with your PTA's goals and needs. ✅Black & White Versions: These simple, no-fuss designs are easy to print and perfect for every budget. ✅Color Versions: Bright, engaging forms to make a great first impression with your PTA members. ✅ 2-per-page Versions: Save paper and print double the forms with our convenient 2-per-page layout. ✅QR Code Versions: Make sign-ups a breeze with QR codes that link directly to your online resources. ✅Membership Fee Information: Keep track of all payment details with our clear, easy-to-read sections. 📣📣Perfect For: PTA leaders School volunteers Parent coordinators Anyone tasked with PTA membership management Join the PTA Success Story – Grab Your Bundle Now! DIGITAL DOWNLOAD listing. No physical product will be mailed. After purchase, you'll receive an email from Etsy with a link to download high-quality PDF files. No returns. Contact me for assistance. Personal use only, not for commercial use. Any queries? Message me on Etsy.
PTO sponsored school family fun night events are the key to a thriving and engaged school community. So many great ideas that your families will love!
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Cultivate Young Minds with a School Garden Club! Are you passionate about fostering creativity, responsibility, and love for nature among your students? Introducing our guide to starting a School Garden Club! Why Start a School Garden Club? Educational Growth: Enhance hands-on learning in science, math, and environmental studies. Healthy Habits: Teach students the value of nutritious food and sustainable practices. Community Engagement: Instill teamwork and leadership skills through collaborative gardening projects. What's Inside: Step-by-Step Setup: This guide will lead you through the things you need to think about when starting a school garden club. Parent and Community Involvement: Tips for garnering support and volunteers. Information you can use if you want to write a grant. Other resources in my TPT store... Ready-to-Use Resources: Save time with printables, worksheets, and activity guides. Inspiration Galore: Spark creativity with project ideas and themed garden activities. Customizable Templates: Adapt materials to suit your unique teaching style and classroom needs. Garden Club Flyer FREE in my TPT store! School Garden Rules FREE in my TPT store! School Garden Lesson Plans Bundle Get Started Today! Transform your schoolyard into an outdoor classroom where learning blooms. Empower your students with practical skills and a deeper connection to nature. Download our guide now on Teachers Pay Teachers and watch your garden—and students—flourish! Join the School Garden Club Revolution!
Community Helper activities and lessons encourage preschoolers to think more closely and appreciate all of the people in their community
Inspire elementary and middle school teachers with engaging November service learning projects, fostering compassion and community involvement in the classroom.
Community is such an integral part of who we are at Ciderpress Lane and we want you to feel that connection too.
Explore fresh ideas for parent involvement and power up your new school year. Uncover new strategies to engage and collaborate with parents in the classroom journey.
How do I know it's back to school time? My plants are dead. All of my plants that I grew so lovingly in the spring, watered all ...
Hey everyone! It's Anna from Hanging with Mrs. Hulsey! The school year is officially in full swing-- and my students are definitely feeling more comfortable with me and each other! One thing I've decided we need to focus on more is our classroom community! Here are some quick ideas to help you promote a positive climate in your classroom! Use Team Builders Team building activities are easy to implement! They don't take a lot of time, students find them to be engaging, and they are often FREE! Here is a quick list of some of my favorite student team building activities: Human Knot (Students stand in circle, reach for hands of people across the way, and then they must untangle themselves without letting go. This can also be done as a spiderweb using a ball of yarn) Tallest Tower (Divide students into groups and give them supplies like straws, tape, blocks, etc. The team that can make the tallest tower wins!) Minefield (Set up a "minefield" that students must navigate a blindfolded partner through) Hula Hoop Pass (Can be played whole class or in teams. Students hold hands and must pass through a hula hoop as quickly as possible) Switch Sides If... (Use a chalk line, rope, or tape line. Have students stand on one side of the line. Read off items like "switch sides if you like to bake", etc.) The internet provides an infinite source of team building activities! I've included a few links below: http://www.ventureteambuilding.co.uk/team-building-activities/ http://www.momjunction.com/articles/team-building-activities-will-keep-kids-busy-summer_0074763/#gref http://mommieshobbies.blogspot.com/2014/01/switch-sides-if.html?m=1 Hold Morning Meetings Time is precious in my classroom because we departmentalize. It feels like we are always on the go. However, I feel that even something as small as a weekly morning meeting would help my students develop a more positive feeling toward one another. You can read more about morning meetings for older elementary students here! I also love this product from TPT! Write Daily White Board Messages I think this is a such a simple way to start the day off with a positive vibe! The night before (or morning of) write a simple prompt on the white board/chalkboard and have students respond on the board. This will foster another sense of ownership and community. You can find white board messages by searching google or Pinterest! Here are some quick ideas to get you started: 1 Thing Wednesday-- name one thing we've done this year that you'd like to do again! I Think I Can Thursday-- what is one goal you want to achieve this year? Flashback Friday-- what is one new thing you have learned this week? Write a compliment for a classmate by their name (no repeats!) Name 3 traits of a great friend What is your favorite book you've read this year? Thankful Thursday-- what is 1 thing you are thankful for? Make it Monday-- what is 1 thing you've always wanted to create?' Top 2 Tuesday-- write your top 2 favorite things about the school year so far Compliment Circles This activity would pair well with morning meetings! You and the students sit in a circle with everyone's legs out straight. Begin the compliment circle by giving a compliment to someone. Once someone has been complimented they cross their legs. Compliments continue until everyone has received 1. I think this is a great way to encourage students to see each other in different ways! Create a Kindness Board I created this one for the visual it would provide to my students. Plus, I wanted them to point out kindness when they see it in others! This one is easy to implement: 1. Print out the letters and hang on a wall or bulletin board. 2. Print the "caught being kind" strips on various colors of paper (I used Astrobright paper). 3. Cut the strips apart and keep on hand for when students catch others being kind. 4. When students experience a kindness or act of friendship, they come and ask you for a "caught being kind" strip. They write down their experience. 5. Start a paper chain and add a new link every time someone catches others being kind! You can find this HERE in my TPT store! Here is another type of board with a similar theme (kindness): You can find these fall themed board HERE in my store! I hope you found these ideas to be useful to implement in your classroom! If you have any questions-- feel free to leave them in the comment section!
If you are reading this, you are probably either a school PTO leader, principal or room mom trying to figure out how to get more parents involved! Know this, you are not alone! Schools across the country struggle to get the participation that they want and need everyday! I've been there too. Here's the scenario... My son attended a middle school with approximately 700 kids that was in need of a PTO leader. Sure, why not! I love education, kids and planning so how bad could it be? Right?!?! Wrong! I almost immediately realized that getting people to actually come help with anything was difficult. Honestly, it felt impossible. I had a mini pity party and decided that wasn't going to cut it! These are good people that love their kids. I knew that! Now, I just needed to come up with how to get them involved! That leads me to the topic of this post! How to Increase Parent Engagement at Your School First and foremost, remember that you were willing to step up. Whether that was out of guilt, because there was no one else or you are part of an amazing school that has an active PTO, someone cares about the PTA group! The reality is, while it may not seem like it, everyone wants it to work. They just aren't jumping up and down saying
Planning a multicultural festival is a great way highlight the cultural diversity of your community through music, dance, art, storytelling and more.
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DANCE-A-THON FUNDRAISER EVENT FLYER This printable 'DANCE-A-THON FUNDRAISER' flyer is yours to keep forever to use year after year! A great value for your school, church, Community Center, scouts, PTA, parent appreciation, fundraising events and more! ________________________________________________ FULL EDITING OPTIONS WITH TEMPLETT! TRY THE DEMO NOW - Click here This is a digital product only, no physical item will be shipped or mailed to you. TEMPLATE FORMATTED SIZES: 8.5" x 11" ________________________________________________ EDIT RIGHT IN YOUR BROWSER! Edit your files with Templett.com right after purchasing. * No special software download needed!! * Simple, Easy, Fast and Fun to use! * Edit All Text * Most Text color, font and size can all be changed! * Add your own images - including photos!! * Save as a high quality JPG or PDF file for easy printing at home or at photo labs/office supply stores WHAT YOU CANNOT EDIT: The artwork on the template is not editable, you cannot move, delete, change their colors or alter in anyway ________________________________________________ How Does It Work? It's such A SIMPLE PROCESS: • Within 5-15 minutes (sometimes longer during peak business times) after placing an order for a Templett.com file, you'll be sent an email (from Templett.com) with an access link. This email is sent to the email address used to make the purchase. If you do not receive the link please be sure to check your spam or junk folders - you can also search for “Templett” Templett.com recommends using Google Chrome for best results while editing. Clicking the access link will take you to a page where you will need to confirm your account details and set a password for your account. 1. Once in, go to templates at the top left and click on it. 2. A small thumbnail of your template will appear 3. Click on that and your file will appear in the editing area. 4. After you are done editing save, and download (upper right corner) it gives you an option to download directly as a jpeg or pdf file. 5. Simply print at home or send off to the printer of your choice 6. If you want to use as an evite you can, it is not required to print your file! Simply download as a jpeg and upload to your email or social media/online sites of your choosing. Visit the Templett.com help center by clicking here Already a Templett user? Since you already have an account, anytime you purchase any Templett product from any seller you won't get an email anymore. All you need to do now is go to www.templett.com a few minutes after placing your order and login with your username and password and you will see the new file(s) there for you. ________________________________________________ Need to get your new file(s) printed? TidyLady Printables has partnered with Prints Of Love which offers fast, high quality, affordable and eco-friendly printing. They also offer free 2-3 day U.S. shipping and free envelopes! Simply follow this link to check them out:https://printsoflove.com/ref/tidylady-printables/ Prints Of Love will handle the rest! For every order you place, Prints of Love plants a tree in your name. It is their way of creating a net positive environmental impact with each order! They are proud to be an official Reforestation Partner with their friends at One Tree Planted. ________________________________________________ All site content, including files, images, video, and written content is the property of TidyLady Printables, and are protected under DMCA. Files are for PERSONAL USE ONLY. You may not copy, forward, share, re-sell or distribute the files. Mass production, file sharing and commercial use of these files are strictly prohibited. Copyright 2020 TidyLady Printables - All rights reserved [id:3633318]
Wow...my hat goes off to those of you who blogged regularly throughout your first week back to school. I literally was lucky to make it home without falling asleep at the wheel! Teaching procedures to 8th graders is SO much easier than teaching them to 6th graders. In fact, since I am new to the school, many of them were super helpful in telling me how things are done there and so on. The bell schedule is a little different than the one I was on last year, so I have new dismissal times to memorize. I would just ask my kids how much time is left and wouldn't you know...most of them ACTUALLY know how to read a clock!? Amazing. I was so impressed with how my students behaved all week. These are some of the most polite kids I have ever taught. My classes are widely diverse, but the kids don't even acknowledge it, which is awesome. I am so privileged and blessed to have these kiddos to call my own. After our first day of getting to know you activities (I actually saw all of my classes for about 30 minutes a piece that 1st day!), I knew we were ready for team building on day 2. I had already gone over my syllabus on the first day which I hadn't ever done before, but I felt like I could since I didn't have to give a school tour, etc. I am the one who needed the school tour! (True story...my kids walked me down to the textbook room so that I could issue them textbooks!) I know I have COMPLETELY rambled, so let me get right to it! I read about The Marshmallow Challenge earlier this summer and KNEW that I wanted to try it in my class! If you want to read more about The Marshmallow Challenge, click here. I spent about $10 on supplies for 6 classes which equates to about $0.06 per student. I am so willing to spend that on any lesson that students are going to get something out of. Here is the basic challenge: Students use the following materials: 20 pieces of spaghetti 1 yard of tape 1 yard of string and 1 marshmallow I also include scissors for easy cutting The challenge is that students must create the tallest freestanding structure out of these materials with the marshmallow on top--in 18 minutes or less. It is super easy to do this, but the marshmallow is the key to keeping it upright. Many students build the structure as tall as they can and then put the marshmallow on top...and then watch it collapse before their eyes. We all think of marshmallows as light, airy, and fluffy, but in this challenge, they might as well weigh as much as a brick! I did have several groups that were successful, but sometimes I was too excited that I forgot to take a picture! The tallest one was in 7th period and it was 22 inches. I did not let the students tape anything to the desks and that is what was harder as well. Here are some of the successful groups: This was the first one done in 1st period, and they were so proud. They had started doing some large contraption that of course fell right over after putting the marshmallow on top. This must have been Plan B. Or Plan E. Either way, they were only 1 of 2 groups that were successful in that class! This was the winner in 1st period at 18.75 inches. They said their inspiration was the Eiffel Tower! I was so shocked that this one stayed up! This one was the 3rd period winner. This was the winner in 7th period and overall! 22 inches...super proud of these boys! I can't wait to see what else I can throw at these kids to do this year. They are all begging me to do this again so that they can fix their mistakes--I promised that we would do it in the spring to see how much they had improved! The best part was the recap at the end of the challenge where we discussed that most everything in life has a "marshmallow aspect" to it where it kind of throws a wrench in the plans and how we can overcome it in math. Did I mention I love my kids?!? If you made it this far in my post...thank you! If you are looking for an easy way to incorporate this into your classroom without much setup, you might be interested in this product that can be found in my TPT store: Looking for more Back to School activities to use in your math class? Check these out! Be sure to drop me a line and tell me how it went in your class!
Parent involvement matters. In this post, the benefits of having parent support are shared. Parent handouts for teachers are included.
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Looking for a way to get your community involved in your school Art Show? Compliment Cards are perfect way to show appreciation and recognition for your student artists. Included in this listing: -index card size templates with 10 cards per page -signage in various sizes -- one for the table where people will write the cards, and one for the wall where the cards will be taped or pinned to. Just print and go! Craftsmanship Posters Drawing Technique Practice Sheets How to Analyze Art
The first week of school generally consists of getting to know one another, in addition to discussion and practice of classroom procedures and routines. We also got our creative juices flowing by creating summer reflection writing pieces, squiggle stories, and "All About Me" mini-posters. Students are getting to know one another and me, and we are learning to work together to build a successful and positive classroom environment. On Wednesday, I wrote out six questions, all having to do with how to make our classroom and ourselves function to the highest level, on six pieces of chart paper. Students, in groups of three, spent two minutes at each chart, collaborating and responding to each question on a sticky note. After all groups visited each chart paper station, I hung all of the charts up and we discussed each answer and noticed some very interesting trends. Here's the finished product, which you can click on to enlarge: Inspired by Life in 4B To tie into the previous activity, I was inspired by my wonderful teammates, Mrs. Fadden and Ms. Mattox, to develop at class pledge with my students. We reviewed our responses to the above questions, and then we put all of the ideas together to form a cohesive paragraph that we have all agreed will help us to remember why we are here at school and what our common goal is. Below is the rough draft of our class pledge (which I will type up, make pretty, and have all of my students sign): Since we were able to develop a class goal (to achieve success in third grade), I also had each student determine an individual goal after reading the story Matthew's Dream by Leo Lionni. I displayed our "Hopes and Dreams" for third grade near the classroom door, so that we can refer to, and revisit, them throughout the year. Lots of students are interested in learning how to sharpen their cursive skills, multiplication and division skills. I was very impressed by the number of students ready to take on our 40 book challenge! More on that later! Here's our class display of our hopes and dreams for third grade: Lastly, I read a book called Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The premise is that everyone carries an invisible bucket everywhere they go. When your bucket is "filled" you feel happy.When your bucket is "empty" you feel sad or upset. People can fill buckets by lending a helping hand, smiling, being kind, including others in games, and more. People can empty buckets by teasing, being ungrateful, acting disrespectfully, and more. I encourage my students to recognize the actions of bucket-fillers by writing them quick note and sticking it in their bucket display. This helps make everyone feel good. When we feel good, we want others to feel good. Therefore, kindess is passed from person to person. This is our bucket-filling display, complete with ways we can fill buckets and ways we can empty buckets: I look forward to more of these types of meaningful activities that promote teamwork, kindness, and achievement with your child!
Family and Community Engagement is essential. It is important to involve the entire school in creating an environment that supports parents. We
Behavior Reflections Sheet Morning Work Sheet Observation and Inference Activity This activity will allow the kids to be investigators for the day. They will be using their observation and inference powers to solve three different cases. Exit Slip Hopefully these will help me keep track of what knowledge my students are bringing to the lesson and what aspects of the lesson may not have been clear. Parent Contact Log Sheets
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Today I'm sharing one of my favourite tasks for building community in the classroom. Students are able to share an important aspect of themselves (the story of their name) with the class and with me, their teacher. Through this task we are also working on important skills, like reading comprehension, writing, and reflection. Day 1 To begin, I asked my students to write any name they wish they had on a sticky note. They then placed it in a mason jar. I read my class the story "The Name Jar" by Yansook Choi. We stopped at several points in the story to predict, make connections, infer, and ask questions. At one point, we paused in the story so that students could journal about the name they wrote down on the sticky note earlier: - Did they choose their own name? Or another? - Why? - If you chose another name, where did you hear that name before? Day 2 At the end of Day 1, students were given homework. (Stick around to the bottom of this post for a chance to get your own copy of this sheet.) I make it very clear, that while names all have meanings, your family may not have chosen your name for that reason. They might not know the meaning, and you can choose to look it up with your family if you wish. I also focus a lot on nicknames and your own feelings about your name. While I've never taught a student in foster care, or one who was adopted, I do think it's important to mention that this could be a touchy task in those situations, so be sure to know your students first, and modify as needed. Students use the homework task, and the journal write from the previous day, to write "The Story of their Name". Some possible options to include are: - who you are named after - the meaning of your name - a name you'd rather have - your feelings toward your name - nicknames you may have - the person (or people) who chose your name - how your name was chosen This piece of writing is then self, peer, and teacher edited, and a "good" copy is made. Day 3 I found this excellent step-by-step self-portrait from "Art Projects for Kids". I modified the task so that instead of drawing the left or right side of their face, they would draw the top half. Students find that folding their page into quadrants as she suggests is very helpful. Under the document camera I demonstrate each step, and students copy, adapting to their own facial features. Each student gets a mirror to look in to help them personalize. The final pieces are put on a bulletin board for display. Students also coloured in a bubble letter version of their names to complete the display. (I used the font KG Red Hands Outline for this.) Day 4 Once we've completed the task, the last job is to reflect on our work. I pulled some elements from our Arts Education curriculum (very relevant regardless of where you teach) for students to self-assess on. I've used the proficiency scale language our school has moved to for all reporting. A few students found it helpful to complete their reflection while looking at the finished product on their bulletin board, but most didn't need this. Want a copy of both my homework and reflection pages? Follow the image or button below to grab your copy. Take Me to the Free Download Pin this post.
