It's Lisa from Growing Firsties dropping by today to talk a bit about getting Parent Input.
Over the last few years I've been pretty jazzed about Growth Mindset. You may have already seen this recent Primary Chalkboard post or this Growing Firsties post.
Smile if you like getting input from your students' parents at the beginning of the year about their child's learning style and personality. (Did ya smile? Hope so!)
Back in April, when I started thinking about my new crop of students, I started thinking about how I could get different input from parents...mindset-based input.
'Cuz, at the very beginning of the year, before I reallllly know my students, it's helpful to know which students may...
need extra organizational help
be reluctant to try something new
are reading at the beginning of the year benchmark, but it was lots of hard work to get there
benefit from close support to learn routines
For some students, the above characteristics are pretty easy to see...but in others, the ones who stay under the radar a bit, not so much.
Sarah has a GREAT post about her parent input form - you can read it by clicking {right here}.
I like to hit the ground running as much as possible, so this is the Parent Input Form I developed.
Here's a bit of a closer look:
You can download it by clicking either of the above pictures. It's a zipped (compressed) file because one of the formats is EDITABLE. Yep...you can make it work for YOU and YOUR context. :) I hope you find it helpful!!!
