Home-School Communication Book
- Pages
- 4
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Life Skills, Special Resources
- Topic
- Communication, Reflection
- Preparation
- Print ready
From the author
About this resource
Choose between two home–school communication formats. The reflective template records what went well or was difficult at school and home, alongside feelings prompts. The daily log separates morning and afternoon sessions and provides My Comments and Parent Comments boxes.
Each two-page PDF includes a Name and Class cover and a repeatable template. The log fits two dated entries on one page. Agree with the family who will complete each section before using the book.
Clipart by Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator.
Related resources
More resources teachers may find useful
More resources on the same subject and topic.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Name one thing that went well and one thing that was difficult, separately for school and for home
Connect an event to a feeling, recording how they felt when the day went well and when it did not
Consider the day from someone else's side by recording how other people felt in each case
Teaching tips
The reflective book splits school from home deliberately, giving two prompts to each; using both halves keeps the record from turning into a school-only report.
The log page carries two dated entries, so reprinting it builds a booklet at one sheet per two days.
Both books open with a cover carrying Name and Class lines, so a class set can be printed and labelled before term begins.
The feelings columns in the reflective version name no writer, so it is worth settling with families at the outset whether the student fills them in alone, with an adult at home, or with an adult at school.
Skills covered
Daily self-reflection — students record what went well and what was hard, separately for school and for home, across the reflective version's four prompts.
Perspective taking — a second column beside each prompt asks how other people felt, turning the entry outward from the student's own experience.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
What separates the two books from each other?
Their purpose. The first is reflective: four prompts about doing well and struggling, at school and at home, each with columns for how the student and other people felt. The second is a plain record: dated entries split into Morning Session and Afternoon Session with My Comments and Parent Comments boxes underneath.
Who writes in the comment boxes?
The log version labels its two boxes My Comments and Parent Comments, so the day's note and the family's reply sit under the same date. The reflective version labels no writer on its feelings columns at all, which leaves the teacher free to have the student complete them alone, at home with a parent, or alongside an adult at school.
No reviews yet
Downloaded this resource? Tell other teachers how it went.
Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
Home-school communication
Self-reflection
Emotional awareness
Topics
Explore more
Categories this resource belongs to
Explore related searches
More to explore
