I have many working parents who want to help in the classroom but can't volunteer to come in and they want to help. So I developed take home packets. I like to put them out at Back to School Nights or Parent Teacher Conferences so parents can sign up. I also send them home with parents who request this.
One easy project to send home is the math manipulative pages that I tear out of the back of our Everyday Math Books. Other things to send home: take apart Book Order forms, cut out lamination, call list for Market Day parent reminders, type up student stories for publishing and anything that you can think of.
I glue this sheet to the front of a manilla envelope. I include all the supplies that the parent will need. I try to make it as easy as possible. Click on the page to download it in a word doc so you can adjust it to fit your needs.
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