Back-to-School Flip Book

I was looking at all the handouts I wanted to give out to my parents on meet the teacher night.  It’s a lot of them and they always seem to get lost in bags and packets of materials from other teachers.   I decided to change things up a bit.  This year I want to share a BTS flip book to contains all my info in ONE easy to read document.

As I was deciding on what to send home, I wanted to create a flip book that didn’t require cutting or pasting at all.  I needed something I could shoot throughout he copier, fold, and staple.  After countless hours, I figured out a way to make double-sided flip books that don’t need any cutting or pasting!  No fuss I call them 🙂

1. Dress Code

The students at our school wear uniforms.  I gave a general description of what students should wear as part of their uniform and I put a picture of a collard shirt in there so that parents can see an example of what I’m referring too.  This is a good place to remind parents of common dress code violations such as no logos or exposed shoulders, and a reminder to send children to school with comfortable shoes that they can run and play in.  So many times I see little girls coming to school with high heels and they can’t play the whole day with their friends.

2. Classroom Information and Schedule

I teach in an ELD room which requires specific blocks of time to be used towards English development.  I took this time to let parents know what this and gave them our classroom schedule.  Having the class schedule in there will help parents schedule appointments in the future.  I always ask them to please try scheduling them after reading and math time if possible and parents appreciate the recommendation.

3. Supply List

I’ve found that pictures of what you need is so helpful to parents.  I wrote what items are needed and inserted pictures of what the items look like.  I just googled pictures that I needed and slipped them into the PowerPoint slide. 

4. Rules and Procedures

What better time to explain your classroom rules and procedures?  I even included a picture of my clip chart in here and a description of each level.  This way if anything comes up, they will have this reference tool to look back to.  

5. Homework 

I gave a general description of daily homework here.  So many times I have parents that tell me that their child came home saying they don’t have homework.  This reference tool is going to help me so much!

You can’t see all that is written on these, but I also included a little welcome message and my contact info so that parents can always get ahold of me.  

I posted the video below on Instagram and I was slammed with requests for an editable version to be posted in my shop.  

After a week of measuring and test prints, I finally was able to make my flip book double sided to not waste any paper. No cutting or gluing or lining things up! Just print and fold👍 Now I have the template ready to go forever 👏👏👏 #teachersofig #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #iteachtoo

A video posted by Learning in Wonderland (@learninginwonderland) on Jul 14, 2015 at 11:07am PDT

I am beyond proud of this flip book! It took so many hours to get it right, but every minute was worth it.  This resource has made back-to-school time easy for 1,800+ teachers! Check out some of the reviews below: