How do you pass out report cards in your classroom? In the past few years, I have done everything from just putting them on their desk right or in their mailbox before the bell rang to having an individual conference with each child. Simply putting the report cards in their mailbox did not provide enough feedback for the […]

Notes From the Portable: The #1 Way to Improve Student Behavior. Self assessment

Free parent-teacher conference forms to help guide your conversation and make sure you share everything you want and need to with parents.

Tweet We are 7 weeks into the school year and gearing up for parent teacher conferences later this week. In our school, we try to schedule all conferences on a Thursday evening or Friday morning. This way if multiple folks need to be involved in the conference, we are all in the building at the same time. The evening hours also work much better for parents. As the math specialist I get invited to attend the difficult conferences. If a student is behind or in some cases very ahead of their…

Participating in Parent Teacher Conferences can be a stressful part of being a teacher. You want what is best for your students. Sharing areas of strength and other positives is the easy part. Presenting concerns can be uncomfortable for both you and parents. I am approaching my twelfth year of parent teacher conferences. There are times that I am nervous, but by now I have a routine and things that I do to every year that help to make them successful. Prior to Conferences Send out your…

I always have my students fill out this self-reflection printable as we near conference and report card season! It is helpful to see how students assess their own progress, as well as receive some feedback as the teacher.

An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

An easy personal self evaluation sheet for students to use for reflection. This activity is editable, allowing you to change the framework of the evaluation to suit individual students or your whole class context.