Getting to Know your Child

Dear Parents,

I am writing to ask your help in becoming partners with me in your child’s education.  I will have only a short time to be a part of your child’s journey through life-just one fleeting school year-but I want to make a contribution that last a lifetime.

I know that my teaching must begin with making your child feel at home in my classroom.  I want to help the children come together in a learning community made up of particular, unique individuals, each with his/her own learning style, interests, history, and hopes.  Would you help me teach well by taking a quiet moment to write me about your child?  What is your youngster like?  What are the things you, as a parent, know that would be important for me to know?  What are your child’s interest?  I want to know how your child thinks and plays and how you see your child as a learner and as a person. 

Please use the attached index card, write on your paper or email me a response at jbronste@houstonisd.org. 

Thanks!  As partners with you, we will work together to ensure that your child has a happy, successful year in Kindergarten.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Sawyer