Pick 3 ~ This Month's Top Pinterest Picks Linky Party

Theme: Items to Use in the Classroom During the Month of September.

Middle schools usually don't hold a Meet the Teacher event before school begins.  However, we do have an Open House.  For us it usually falls the first or second week of September.

One fabulous Pinterest find was from 

Teaching Teens In the Twenty First Century,

a parent questionnaire.

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Not only does this give parents and guardians something to do while waiting for the room to fill,
but the information will be very useful.

A Letter to the Student from the Parent by Second Grade Style

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Although this picture obviously is geared towards second grade, I think it would work just as well with middle schoolers.  This second grade teacher asks her parents to write a letter to their child during Open House and she has them sitting on their desks when they arrive in the morning.  I have mailboxes for my students.  I'd probably put the letters in their mailboxes with a little gift.  Along with the sign-sheet, this will help me know immediately who came and who didn't.

Meet the Teacher Newsletter by Kristi DeRoche

Another useful and great idea.  Sharing a little of yourself is a great way to connect with families right at the beginning.  Love this idea.

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Now it's your turn.  Why not join the fun?  

Link up and share with us your fabulous pins for September.  

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