8 Back to School Tips from a Teacher

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Okay so I have 4 days until I go back to work setting up my classroom. The kids come the following week. There is a lot of obvious stuff to grab at the grocery store discount aisle but then there are those essentials that the average parent may not think of. Here are 8 things like that:

  • Walking home/pick up rehearsal and quiz on possible scenarios.
  • Clothes laid out the night before.
  • Lunch arrangements.
  • Role-play respect scenarios. ie; toward teacher scolding you, toward other students.
  • Review how to “react” in a fight situation. My advice to parents is to always run and tell a teacher instead of fighting back.
  • Talk about the importance of grade ______.
  • Discuss incentives for good grades and good reports from the teacher.
  • -and- Tell them a story of when you did the right thing in grade _______.

2 Comments

  1. Posted August 10, 2008 at 5:47 am | Permalink

    Those are good things that most people wouldn’t have thought of for back to school…

    My son starts kindergarden in two weeks – he already has homework from his teacher she mailed to us! It’s going to be hard for me to adjust to all the rules and policies, lol.

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  2. Posted August 10, 2008 at 6:39 am | Permalink

    Homework already? That makes me feel gauche … Tell him having fun is the #1 priority. I’m not a big homework giver unless it’s family fun oriented.

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