Quick and Easy Ways to Connect with Students and Their Parents, Grades K-8

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The research is indisputable. The more involved parents are with their child's education, the more successful that child will be in school. Therefore, finding ways as a teacher to reach out to students and their parents is crucial in improving academic performance.Quick and Easy Ways to Connect With Students and Their Parents, Grades K-8 provides strategies to enrich the classroom environment, motivate students, and improve communication with parents. Supplying numerous sample forms, documents, and letters that teachers can use or adapt for their own purposes, author Diane Mierzwik offers simple, classroom-tested methods for building relationships with students and their parents.Designed for both beginning and experienced teachers, this hands-on guidebook includes information on:• Facilitating constructive parent-teacher conferences• Preparing for Back-to-School nights• Reaching out to uninvolved parents• Talking to...