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Editable Monthly Newsletter

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Editable Monthly Newsletter

Editable Monthly Newsletter

Providing parents with continual updates and communication is important. I use an editable monthly newsletter form that provides parents with all sorts of information.

First, the newsletter is a calendar. I add in all of the things that are happening during the month.

Editable Monthly Newsletter

Next, the newsletter informs parents of daily student behavior. My teammates utilize this as part of their behavior system. There are little squares beside each date that the students color in daily according to where they landed on the behavior chart at the end of each day (red/yellow/green). I’m not big on tracking daily behavior unless there is some kind of SEVERE reason to do so. Everyone has a bad day. A bad WEEK however is a different story. So I do not use this part of the newsletter.

Editable Monthly Newsletter

I also include a little snippet of our curricular focuses for the month. It’s easy to type in a quick description of the primary standards that we’ll be covering.

The  “to do” section to highlight some key things that need attention during the month.

Last, my favorite part. The editable newsletter has 12 pre-written parent tips. This “parent chat” section is easily filled in with a simple click!

Editable Monthly Newsletter

With these parent messages BUILT IN,  just click the one you’d like to add, or add your own. There are 12 pre-written options. The article topics are:

  • Welcome & Consistency
  • Communication
  • Responsibility
  • Limiting Screen Time
  • Creating Traditions
  • Experiences
  • Teamwork & Collaboration
  • Growth Mindset
  • Encouraging Independence
  • The Value of Boredom
  • For the Love of Reading
  • Inspiring Writers

Here’s a little video about it!

Editable Monthly Newsletter

You can grab this school year MUST HAVE in my store.

Editable Monthly Newsletter

I hope you enjoy this resource. I update it each year so that the dates are already filled in for you and ready to go!

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  • Hillary
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    July 12, 2018 at 7:15 PM

    My school has a ton of different languages spoken at home. I would love to use a newsletter like this but I’m not sure how to make sure the information is communicated efficiently. Any ideas?

    • Traci
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      July 12, 2018 at 10:43 PM

      Hi Hillary,
      I totally get it. We have been using some parent helpers to help us translate things that we are sending out. I definitely keep the things I write as simple as possible so that many of the kiddos can read it to their parents.

      I found out that many of my parents use translation apps to understand things I sent home. I think that is AWESOME and definitely recommend it to new parents that come in asking about the “lost in translation” problem.

      If you’re thinking about using this newsletter, the text for all of the “parent chats” are included in the directions. You could give those to people who could translate for you. That way you could type them up in the different languages.

      haha, our job is SO hard!

      Good luck!

  • Ericka
    · Reply

    June 20, 2019 at 3:09 PM

    Is it able to be accessed digitally after purchased. Can I post the individual month on my school website and email them home?

    • Traci
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      June 27, 2019 at 11:26 PM

      Hi Ericka,
      All of the months are in one file, so you won’t be able to post it as a .pdf. However you can easily take a snapshot or use your snipping tool to make an image of the month you’d like to email and/or post.

      I hope this helps!
      Traci 🙂

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