I've been so jealous of the fantastically cute classroom newsletters I've seen out in bloggy land. Jealousy isn't a good thing, so I knew I had to do something about it ...
I've always done parent communication letters - a plain old word document, 1/2 a sheet in length, sent out every two weeks - full of information, but lacking that "WoW" factor I push my students to give me. If I keep telling my students "presentation counts", I guess I should ALWAYS be modelling it.
I found an easy, yet perfect, template for Word here. After that, it didn't take me long to write a much better, and much more interesting newsletter for my classroom. So happy with it! I can't wait to send it out tomorrow!
Happy Wednesday!
This is great! Thanks for sharing. I downloaded and just typed my first class newsletter.
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That is too cute! Much cuter than my template :)
ReplyDeleteI love this! I'll have to add "Newsletter" to that ever-growing To Do list!!
ReplyDeleteKim
http://joyin6th.blogspot.com
Beautiful newsletter. What a blessing you are to your class and their families!
ReplyDeleteBarbara
I would trade you. I LOVE designing newsletters. You blog and I love to putter with MS Publisher and/or Word.
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ReplyDeleteI love your newsletter! I'm using a simple one this year and uploading it each week to my webpage on my school's website. I was sending a paper copy home with my 6th graders, but I don't think many of them were actually making it home. Sigh... I might start stapling it to the graded papers that I send home each week to be signed by the parents. :)
Shannon
http://6thgradescottforesmanreadingstreetresources.wordpress.com/
That's awesome!
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