Do you introduce yourself to your students before meeting them? Every year, I send a letter telling the students (and parents) about myself and reminding them about our Meet the Teacher Day. I love sending a letter and every year I get fantastic results. I have found that it makes students feel less anxious about meeting me because they already know what I look like and some facts about me. I have also found that parents tend to use what I wrote as an icebreaker to start a conversation with me.
Below is the letter I will be sending this year to my students. We don't start until September 2nd, but I like to get this out of the way so that once my school opens, I can spend my time setting up my room.
*I am currently doing 5 things at once, so please let me know if there is a typo in the letter. Thanks!
I also made my letter into a FREE editable template for grades K-6. You can download it at
my TPT Store.
I would love to hear how you acquaint yourself with your students at the beginning of the year.
UPDATE: Due to some requests, I recently updated
my homework post with an editable template as well!
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