It seems that the time always flies by and before I know it I am needing to wrap up my conversation so I like to have a schedule that I follow {yeah I type it out so I don’t forget anything 🙂 Here’s what that will most likely look like….
Meet & Greet
Go over report card
Questions/concerns about the report card
Share student video {see below}
Share student letter {see below}
Share a Day in the Life of a Kindergarten {see below}
Forms, signatures, etc
Hand out support material if needed {flash cards, fluency sheets, etc}
Hand out Ready, Set, First – -an introduction to 1st grade Common Core {see below}
Conclusion and additional questions
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After typing that out and I very thankful our conferences for this year where pushed to 20 minutes rather than just 15! Above I mentioned a few activities that I will elaborate on below! The first being sharing the student videos.
{example page from the packet}
I put that packet on my wishlist for next school year. 🙂 Looks cute and helpful!
Sarah
teachingiscolorful.blogspot.com
What a great idea to let parents know what is coming up in 1st grade AND ways to help their child!! Definitely on my wish list now!!
Debbie 🙂
K is for Kinderrific
We have conferences this Thursday. I'm hoping to be able to whip up some videos too. Thanks for the great idea. Love the freebie!
Pencils, and Crayons, and Books! Oh, My!
Thanks so much for the love ladies!
Mrs. Krol you will not be disappointed in the videos… they love to show off! 🙂
You are awesome Tara! What do you use for the videos? We don't conference with parents this time. We just send the report card home!
Thanks so much Tara! These are great! I'm sure the parents will love the videos! The kiddos must have had so much fun being the star of their own show! Such a cute idea!
ThePolishedTeacher
When I track back in, I will be doing parent teacher conferences! Thanks so much for the great ideas and freebie!!
Katelin
Thank you for sharing. Do you have a packet to explain kindergarten standards to parents at the beginning of the year?
Samantha,
Here is the link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ready-Set-Kindergarten-introduction-to-K-ELA-Math-Common-Core-Standards-711865
Thanks,
Tara
What do you use for a report card? I just had to make my own and it seems like I have way to much information in it!
My district has always provided a mandated report card! We have always picked and chosen which standards to cover! It would be a lot to do all 🙁 That does sound like a huge undertaking! So sorry about that 🙁
Tara