[Class name] news: week of [Month DD]
From [Teacher name] · [School name]
How to use this template
Copy last week's file and rewrite it; most weeks take twenty minutes. A family who reads only the grey panel should know what to do and when, so put every action and deadline there. Leave out any section with nothing new this week.
Write about the class, never about one child: no names next to grades, behavior or health, and photos only of children whose families have agreed. Most email apps and browsers translate messages; say so once under Get in touch, with who to ask for a printed translation or an interpreter.
At a glance, for example: Field trip forms are due Friday. We finished our plant journals and start measuring on Monday.
Try this at home, for example: Ask your child to find three things in the kitchen that are heavier than a book, and to explain how they know.
This week at a glance
Two or three sentences a parent can read at pickup.
Action needed
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Coming up
Date | What | Your child needs |
What we're learning
Reading | |
Writing | |
Math | |
Science and social studies |
Try this at home
One question or five-minute activity for the dinner table.
Class highlights
About the class or a group, never one child.
Reminders
Get in touch
Phone or class app | |
When I reply | |
Other languages |
Thank you for all you do at home.
[Teacher name]