Social Studies Parent Letter

    Here is an example of a parent letter that I wrote about the Social Studies Unit that is being planned. Take a look!




     Dear Parent/Guardian,

     I would like to introduce myself, my name is Ms Robinson and I am excited to be your child’s 6^th grade Social Studies teacher. I am very excited to have the opportunity to work with your child.

      I have high expectations for my students and in our classroom we will behave in a way that is appropriate to young social studies scholars to achieve and master the content and skills needed to complete the 6^th grade social studies curriculum.

     Let me start by explaining a portion of the Social Studies unit students will be working on this term. The curriculum expectations we will be focusing on in this unit is Strand B “People and Environments: Canada’s interactions with The Global community”.

     The Big Idea and Big Question for the unit this term is “What are the implications of Canada’s involvement in international sporting events?” Throughout this unit students will be involved in a Blended Learning environment throughout the unit. If you have any questions about how your child will be learning in a blended learning environment, what is different about it and its positive implications visit this site and it will help explain the difference between technology integration and blended learning http://bit.ly/1upOPgZ.

      This will be an integrated unit and will incorporate Science and Physical Education throughout. The culminating activity the students will be doing at the end of this unit is they will be developing a short news story answering the Big Question. Feel free to follow me on my twitter at http://bit.ly/1cWNPv9  and my Blog at http://bit.ly/15E4wLZ  to keep updated with what is happening in your child’s classroom. I really hope you take a look at them to keep updated with all the awesome things we will be doing this term!

      If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call or send a note or drop in. You can reach me at the school phone number. I am always happy to talk to the families of my students. You are the most important people in my students’ lives! Let’s work together to make sure your child gets everything he or she needs to be successful this year!

Sincerely,

                

       Ms. Robinson