Home-School Communication Book

Product description

From the author

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.

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.

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.
Home-school record keeping — teachers keep a dated note of the morning and afternoon sessions with a matching space for the family's reply on the same page.

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.

How is a single day divided in the log version?

Into two named halves. Each dated entry gives a Morning Session box and an Afternoon Session box, with the comment spaces beneath covering the day as a whole; two full entries fit on one printed page.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Home-school communication
Self-reflection
Emotional awareness

Topics

Home-school communication Daily behavior log Family contact

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